The African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 conference and exhibition, organized by the African Energy Chamber, is centred on facilitating investment across the entire African energy value chain. This year’s conference featured the inaugural African Farmout Forum, a dedicated investment platform spearheaded by financial services company Moyes & Co; global acquisition and divestment advisor Envoi; and oil…

Africa Oil, Maersk Agree on Payment Terms Following 2016 Farmout

Africa Oil has reported that further to the previously announced farmout agreement between Africa Oil and Maersk Olie og Gas A/S (Maersk) on 4th February 2016, the companies have agreed to payment terms related to the US $75 million advance development carry.

According to the announcement Africa Oil is due to receive equal quarterly payments of US $18.75 million at the end of each calendar…

Simba Energy Approves Essel Group Transactions, Rebrands to Simba Essel

Simba Energy has announced that at its recent annual general meeting 97.8% of the common shares held by disinterested shareholders voting at the AGM were voted in favour of ratifying, confirming and approving the two agreements the Company had entered into with Essel Group Middle East DMCC in 2015.

Pursuant to the first agreement, dated June 15, 2015, EGME was grantedthe right to earn a 60%…

Sterling Energy Revises Farmout Agreement For Odewayne Block, Somaliland

Sterling Energy has announced that it has agreed with Petrosoma Limited to revised terms of the Farmout Agreement between Sterling Energy (East Africa) Limited (SEEAL) and Petrosoma dated October 2013. The revised terms will reduce the amounts due by SEEAL to Petrosoma and reduce SEEAL’s interest in Odewayne by 6%.

Pursuant to the Farmout Agreement, SEEAL purchased a 10% interest in the Odewayne…

Pemex sella su primer farmout petrolero

La australiana se convierte en la primera extranjera en desarrollar recursos petroleros en México dentro de Trión, el cual promete ser uno de los 10 principales campos descubiertos en el Golfo. (more…)

Bowleven Farmout in Tanzania’s Ruvuma PSA Terminated

Ruvuma PSA operator Aminex has advised that the proposed disposal of a 25% interest in the Kiliwani North Development Licence and a 50% interest in the Ruvuma PSA to Bowleven PLC, announced to shareholders on 19 November 2015, will not proceed.

This follows a failure by the involved parties (Aminex, its lender, the Tanzanian authorities and Solo Oil plc) to agree on a forward work programme.

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Answer: I've always thought it's about being in the closet, it's the only interpretation that makes sense to me. Even back then, "paura di star bene, di scegliere e sbagliare" really spoke to me as a gay man. Now that we know what his life was like at the time, and with the second verse being so autobiographical, I can't really see it any other way.

I see the "you" in the song as "love" in general. He's had a taste of it but he's unable to actually have it. Outside of the closet there is only darkness, because it's so unknown and scary. But outside is where love is. And he's scared that these thoughts will make him see "love" as a sad thing that he will lose interest in. It also explains the vampire in the video, she sort of represents "love" for him, it's something that he can enjoy in the dark while it drains his life, and something that can't tolerate sunlight.

Italian listeners don't tend to think in gay themes though, and at the time he was actually closeted, so I think they see it more in general terms: being afraid to love and be loved, or being afraid of how much you love someone. As for his own quotes, a few months ago he was kind of asked about it and he said it was inspired by a Mexican roommate who was always anxiously waiting for his girlfriend. In the video introductions on the TZN DVDs he simply says it's "a love song". No idea if he's said more about it back in the day.

Swala Energy requests share trading halt ahead of Kenya’s farmout announcement

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Swala Energy Limited  has requested that a trading halt be implemented in respect of all Swala securities quoted on the Australian bourse (ASX)  pending an announcement from the Company in relation to an update of the farm-out agreement for a 25% working interest in Block 12B in Kenya.

The Company in its letter by company secretary Adrian Di Carlo to Sebastian Bednarczyk…