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Economy Energy International

TotalEnergies Granted Authorization to Explore Offshore South Africa

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has granted French major TotalEnergies environmental authorization to conduct exploration activities in the offshore Block 5/6/7, located in an area approximately 10,000km² between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. The decision follows the conclusion of all prescribed procedural requirements by TotalEnergies, including public consultation and environmental checks, with the major expected to drill up to five exploration wells between Q4 this year and mid-2024.  Representing a high-potential block –

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Economy Energy International

Prices register Reduction in the Italian Energy market

Year-on-year inflation in Italy slowed to 7.6 percent in March, against 9.1 percent in February, thanks mainly to the slowdown in energy prices, announced the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat). The slowdown in inflation is mainly due to the deceleration in the prices of non-regulated energy goods (from 40.8 to 18.9 percent) and the fall in regulated energy prices (from 16.4 to 20.3 percent), whose effects were only partially offset by acceleration in unprocessed

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Economy Local News Oil

Brent Oil traded lower at USD 80, 82

Negotiations of Brent, the benchmark for Angolan oil exports, for delivery in June, opened lower on Wednesday 19th April in the international market, positioning at US$80.82 per barrel, a drop of 0.10 percent. In previous barrel trading, Crude Oil was likely to find support at $79.91 and resistance at $83.44. The Dollar Futures Index, which tracks the performance of the US dollar against a basket of six major currencies, gained 0.02 percent to trade at

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Economy International News Oil

DRC’S OIL INDUSTRY YIELDED A MEAGER USD 364.6 MILLION FROM 2020 TO 2021

COUNTED AMONG THE COUNTRIES OF THE CONTINENT WITH AN OIL POTENTIAL CAPABLE OF REVOLUTIONIZING ITS ENTIRE ECONOMIC SECTOR, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) STILL DOES NOT ATTRACT GREAT BENEFITS FROM THIS SECTOR. According to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report, between 2020 and 2021, the DRC’s oil sector brought in only USD 364.6 million to the public treasury. A modest sum that does not reflect the oil potential of the country estimated at more

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Economy Gas Local News Oil

DRC AND ANGOLA NEARING AGREEMENT WITH CHEVRON FOR OIL AND GAS BLOCK 14C

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola have been collaborating for several years to achieve the monetization of a maritime area of ​​common interest, considered rich in hydrocarbons.  The Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons, Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga, announced on April 13, 2023 that a production sharing agreement is being negotiated. It engages the DRC, Angola and Chevron, the American oil company. The DRC and Angola share Block 14c, an oil perimeter known as of common interest located

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Diamonds Economy Local News

ENDIAMA committed to training of Engineering specialist

ENDIAMA is increasingly committed to the qualified training of Angolan students in the field of engineering, said the executive director of the national diamond company of Angola, Domingos Margarida, when he witnessed on behalf of president Ganga Júnior the delivery of ten computers to the Department of Education and Research of Engineering School of the Agostinho Neto University. He explained that the offer of the computers resources to the institution of the higher education is

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Economy Local News

Angolan Economy: Pillars, Profitability, and Future Challenges

The growth and robustness of the Angolan economy in the next decade will largely be based on the increased productivity of public companies. The profitability and productivity of these companies will be fundamental for the balance of public accounts and will allow the government to effectively manage or even divest the state’s stakes in these companies, creating many investment opportunities for existing and potential players. Sonangol Drives Multi-Faceted Energy Growth The cornerstone of Angola’s economic

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Top Regional Networks Connected to Angola

Angola is well-positioned to leverage its world-class oil and gas resources to promote trade, collaboration and growth within the wider African energy economy. Set to bring about significant opportunities for the entire southern African region, the country’s participation within regional energy networks based on the creation of hubs and pipeline systems will serve as the backbone for the distribution of power and socioeconomic development between countries in the region. Southern African Development Community Angola is a

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Economy International News Oil

Nigeria lost N16.3tn to Crude Oil theft, spent N13tn on fuel subsidies since 2005

The Federal Government of Nigeria stated on Thursday 13th April that N13 trillion was spent on petrol subsidies between 2005 and 2021. It also stated that N16.3 trillion was lost to oil theft from 2009 to 2020. At a policy dialogue on oil swap that was co-hosted by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and Policy Alert, an indigenous civil society organization, with assistance from the Opening Extractives, it was revealed in Abuja. Orji Ogbonnaya-Orji,

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Economy International News Oil

Russia boosts Oil sales despite sanctions

Russian oil exports reached a three-year peak in March despite sanctions, but gains are lower than in 2022, according to data released this Friday 14th April by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Ukraine’s allies have adopted economic sanctions against Moscow to reduce Russia’s ability to finance the war effort that began with the invasion of the neighboring country on February 24, 2022. Even so, Russian oil exports increased in March by 600,000 barrels a day

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