{"id":324511,"date":"2026-04-25T22:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=324511"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:35:35","slug":"petroenergy-sees-oil-drilling-in-africa-finished-this-yr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/petroenergy-sees-oil-drilling-in-africa-finished-this-yr\/","title":{"rendered":"PetroEnergy sees oil drilling in Africa finished this yr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">STOCK PHOTO | Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/oil-rig-guADzpF9pDI\" rel=\"noopener\">ZACHARYTHEODORE\/UNSPLASH<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>YUCHENGCO-LED PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC) said it expects to finish its drilling campaign in offshore Gabon, West Africa, later this yr, aiming to extend oil field production.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release on Thursday, the listed energy company said it continues to administer its offshore oil interests in Gabon because it undertakes a Phase 3 drilling campaign, which is anticipated to boost production to 18,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) from 15,000 bpd.<\/p>\n<p>PERC is a publicly listed energy company with a diversified portfolio spanning upstream oil exploration and development, renewable energy development, and power generation.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate holds a 2.53% participating interest within the exploration and production sharing contract (EPSC) covering the Etame block in Gabon, West Africa, in accordance with its 2025 annual report.<\/p>\n<p>The EPSC is a contract with the Gabonese government that grants the holder rights to conduct exploration, development, and production activities throughout the Etame Marin Permit area.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, total crude output from 4 oil fields \u2014 Etame, Avouma, Ebouri, and North Tchibala \u2014 reached 5.20 million barrels. Of this, 5.35 million barrels were exported at market prices starting from $57.09 to $78.12 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>PERC said its profitability in 2025 was affected by higher interest expenses, which rose to P652.66 million as a result of increased financing costs linked to recent project loans.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate also reported a 20.24% decline in oil revenues to P415.09 million, citing lower crude oil prices and reduced production from its Gabon operations.<\/p>\n<p>These aspects contributed to a 39.77% drop in attributable net income to P284.18 million.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, total revenues rose 8% yr on yr to P3.72 billion, driven mainly by higher electricity sales following the energization of three solar energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>PERC said it&#8217;s ramping up industrial operations of its solar assets in Bugallon and Isabela, in addition to completing the Panitan solar and battery energy storage system in Capiz. \u2014 <strong>Sheldeen Joy Talavera<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STOCK PHOTO | Image by ZACHARYTHEODORE\/UNSPLASH YUCHENGCO-LED PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC) said it expects to finish its drilling campaign in offshore Gabon, West Africa, later this yr, aiming to extend oil field production. In a press release on Thursday, the listed energy company said it continues to administer its offshore oil interests in Gabon because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5861,51031,19780,2667,46113,3731,822],"class_list":["post-324511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-africa","tag-drilling","tag-finished","tag-oil","tag-petroenergy","tag-sees","tag-year"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324514,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324511\/revisions\/324514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}