Companies involved in the production of and exploration for oil in Africa

• ExxonMobil [NYSE:XOM] is one of the largest net producers of hydrocarbons in Africa. ExxonMobil’s operations in Africa accounted for about 16 percent of the company’s 2005 net oil and gas production and about 15 percent of upstream earnings, with those percentages expected to increase as new projects come on stream. The production base includes operations in Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. In addition to those countries, exploration activities are taking place in Libya, Madagascar, Niger, the Republic of Congo, and the Nigeria-Sao Tomé and Principe Joint Development Zone and Senegal. ExxonMobil is also progressing LNG opportunities in Nigeria and Angola.
  

• Royal Dutch Shell plc [NYSE:RDS-A] is involved in exploration and production in Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia.

• Chevron [NYSE:CVX] is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Chad and Nigeria.

• Total S. A. (NYSE:TOT) has exploration and production activities in 41 countries and produces oil and gas in 29 countries. (Including Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan)
  

• BP plc [NYSE:BP] is involved in exploration and production in Algeria, Angola, Egypt and Libya.
  

• ENI SpA [EIPAF.PK] is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Congo, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal
  

• Chinese National Oil Company Ltd (CNOOC) [NYSE:CEO] is involved in exploration and production in Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger and Sudan.

• Petronas [Kuala Lumpur:5681.KL] is involved in exploration and production in Chad, Ethiopia, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan and Togo

• Petrobras is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Libya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania.
  

• Norsk Hydro [Oslo:NHY.OL] is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco and Mozambique.

• ConocoPhillips is involved in exploration and production in Libya, Nigeria

• Occidental Petroleum Corporation is involved in exploration and production in Angola and Libya
  

• Woodside Petroleum Ltd is involved in exploration and production in Algeria, Canary Islands, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mauritania and Sierra Leone.
  

• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is involved in exploration and production in Algeria, Benin, Mozambique and Nigeria and explored Eritrea.
  

• Artumas Group Inc [AMGRF.PK] is involved in exploration and production in Tanzania and Mozambique.

• Tullow Oil plc [LSE: TLW.L] is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (DRC), Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.

• Devon Energy Corporation [NYSE:DVN] is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana and Nigeria.

• Addax Petroleum Corporation is involved in exploration and production in Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria.

• Baraka Petroleum Ltd is involved in exploration in Mauritania and Mali

• Kosmos Energy LLC is involved in exploration in Benin, Cameroon and Ghana

• Sterling Energy plc is involved in exploration and production in AGC: Dome Flore (Casamance-Bissau Sub-Basin), Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia,Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mauritania and Senegal
  

• Ophir Energy plc explores in the AGC (Senegal/Guinea-Bissau Common Zone), Congo (Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, JDZ (Nigeria Sao Tomé/Principe Development Zone), Somaliland and Tanzania.

• Gupco (Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company) is involved in production in Egypt.

• Badr el-Din Petroleum Company is involved in production in Egypt.

• Suez Oil Company is involved in production in Egypt.

• Deminex is involved in production in Egypt.

• Zaafarana Oil Company is involved in production in Egypt.

• British Gas is involved in production in Egypt.

• Apache Corporation is involved in production in Egypt.

• Seagull Energy Corporation is involved in production in Egypt.

• Burren Energy is involved in exploration in Egypt.

• GEPetrol is involved in exploration and production in Equatorial Guinea.

• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (India) is involved in exploration in Equatorial Guinea.

• Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is involved in exploration in Equatorial Guinea and production in Nigeria.
  

• Perenco S.A is involved in exploration in Eritrea.

• Vaalco Energy Inc is involved in exploration and production in Gabon.

• Maurel et Prom (M&P) is involved in exploration and production in Gabon.

• (Amerada) Hess is involved in exploration in the Gambia, Libya
  

• Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is involved in exploration in the Gambia.

• Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is involved in exploration and production in Ghana.

• EnCana Corporation is involved in exploration in Ghana.
  

• Vanco Energy Company is involved in exploration in Ghana, Madagascar, Namibia
  

• Dana Petroleum is involved in exploration in Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania and Senegal
  

• HyperDynamics Corporation is involved in exploration in Guinea.

• Premier Oil plc is involved in exploration in Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania,
  

• Global Petroleum Ltd is involved in exploration in Kenya
  

• Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL is involved in exploration in Kenya

• Afrex Limited is involved in exploration in Kenya

• Regal Petroleum plc is involved in exploration in Liberia

• Repsol YPF is involved in exploration in Liberia, Libya, Mauritania
  

• Broadway Consolidated is involved in exploration in Liberia

• Oranto Petroleum is involved in exploration in Liberia

• Ona Exploration Inc is involved in exploration in Liberia
  

• National Oil Corporation (NOC) (Libya) is involved in exploration and production in Libya
  

• OMV Aktiengesellschaft is involved in exploration and production in Libya
  

• Waha Oil Company is involved in exploration and production in Libya
  

• Marathon Oil Corporation is involved in exploration and production in Libya and Sudan
  

• Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Strategiques (OMNIS) is involved in exploration in Madagascar

• Vuna Resources (China) is involved in exploration in Madagascar

• SUNPEC International Ltd is involved in exploration in Madagascar

• Madagascar Oil is involved in exploration in Madagascar

• Aminex plc is involved in exploration in Madagascar

• Mocoh Resources Ltd is involved in exploration in Madagascar

• Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures(SMH) is involved in exploration and production in Mauritania
  

• BG Group is involved in exploration and production in Mauritania
  

• Roc Oil Company Ltd is involved in exploration and production in Mauritania
  

• Moroccan Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) is involved in exploration and production in Morocco

• Stratic Energy Corporation is involved in exploration in Morocco.
  

• Maersk is involved in exploration in Morocco.

• Cooper Energy NL is involved in exploration in Morocco

• Sasol Ltd is involved in exploration and production in Mozambique
  

• Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) is involved in exploration in Mozambique

• National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) is involved in exploration in Namibia
  

• BHP-Billiton is involved in exploration in Namibia, South Africa
  

• Itochu Corporation is involved in exploration in Namibia
  

• EnerGulf Resources Inc is involved in exploration in Namibia
  

• Hunt Oil is involved in exploration in Namibia, Senegal and Togo
  

• Neptune Petroleum is involved in exploration in Namibia
  

• Equity Energy Resources is involved in exploration in Nigeria

• Sinopec is involved in exploration in Nigeria

• Vangold Resources Ltd is involved in exploration in Rwanda
  

• Societe des petroles du Senegal (Petrosen) is involved in exploration in Senegal
  

• First Australian Resources is involved in exploration in Senegal

• Markmore Energy is involved in exploration in Senegal

• Frazimex Ltd is involved in exploration in Sierra Leone
  

• Rovagold Ltd is involved in exploration in Somalia

• Continental Petroleum Engineering Company (CPEC) is involved in exploration in Somalia

• China Petrochemical Cooperation (CPC) is involved in exploration in Somalia

• Range Resources Corporation is involved in exploration in Somalia(Puntland)

• Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA) is involved in exploration and production in South Africa, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Sudan.

• Anschutz International is involved in exploration in South Africa

• Forest Oil International is involved in exploration in South Africa, Gabon

• Pioneer Natural Resources is involved in exploration and production in South Africa

• Sudan National Petroleum Corporation (Sudapet) is involved in exploration and production in Sudan

• White Nile Ltd is involved in exploration in Sudan and Ethiopia

• Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) is involved in exploration in Sudan
  

• Petrodar is involved in exploration and production in Sudan

• Ranhill International is involved in production in Sudan

• Petroneeds Services International is involved in production in Sudan

• Ascom Group is involved in exploration in Sudan

• Heritage Oil Corporation is involved in exploration in Congo (Kinshasa), Mali and Uganda

• Talisman Energy Inc is involved in exploration and production in Algeria and Tunisia

• Essar Oil Ltd is involved in exploration in Madagascar and Nigeria.

• Dominion Petroleum Ltd is involved in exploration in Tanzania and Uganda

• Afren plc is involved in exploration and production in Angola, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon and Ghana