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Petrofac Secures Multimillion Integrated Services Contract in Africa

Petrofac, a leading global oilfield services provider, has recently been awarded a significant facilities management contract by CNR International (CNRI) for offshore operations in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. This multimillion-dollar contract spans an initial three-year period and entails Petrofac’s Asset Solutions business delivering integrated services for the Espoir Ivoirien Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Under this agreement, approximately 110 personnel currently supporting the FPSO, both onshore and on the vessel, will transition

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Angola’s Cabinda Refinery Secures $335M Credit Facility

Emerging markets asset manager, Gemcorp, has successfully secured a $335 million financing facility to support the construction of the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola. The financing was mobilized in collaboration with two finance organizations, the African Finance Corporation (AFC) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). With this financial backing, project partners Sonangol and Gemcorp have obtained the necessary capital to move forward with the development of the refinery. The $335 million facility, combined with $138

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Angola’s Fast-Tracking Sustainable Oil Development Yields Fruit

Angola has a long history in the petroleum business, and it has risen to become one of Africa’s largest crude oil producers. However, the country’s oil sector faces significant challenges due to a decline in output resulting from various factors, such as the maturation of offshore oil fields and inadequate investment in upstream capacity. Despite these challenges, Angola is taking steps to raise production levels and stabilize them. Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas,

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DRC’s MIBA produces 16.6K carats of diamonds in Q1 2023

The Bakwanga mining company (MIBA), a Congolese state holding company, produced only 16,664.12 carats of diamonds in the first three months of 2023. According to figures from the Ministry of Mines, the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reached an estimated production volume of 2,035,090.71 carats of diamonds in the first quarter of 2023. The report indicates that 1,554,858.73 carats come from artisanal mining, i.e. 76.40% of total production;479,605.11 carats from industrial

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Oil outlook: Demand to peak before 2025 due to shift towards EV adoption

The shift towards electric mobility is likely to cause a peak in oil demand before 2025, and with Venezuela and Iran eventually returning to the market, there could be surplus supplies and lower prices, according to private bank analysis. In its latest fact sheet on crude oil, Swiss private bank Julius Baer said it was sticking with its neutral view but added that the market could become livelier with prices swinging more wildly going forward.

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Uganda Targets investors for $4.5 billion refinery project

Uganda is seeking new investors for its $4.5 billion refinery project after three failed attempts with Russian, South Korean and now US/Italian private companies to raise a critical portion of the required financing. Uganda’s Ministry of Energy says it will work with public sector capital – a veiled admission that only bilateral deals were left to explore to get the project going. On July 3rd 2023, after the Project Framework Agreement (PFA) signed with the Albertine Graben

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OPEC revises high world oil demand in 2023

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) this Thursday raised its forecast for world oil demand in 2023 by 100,000 barrels a day, compared to estimates made a month ago. Global oil demand is forecast to grow by 2.4 million barrels per day in 2023, after an upward revision of around 0.1 million barrels per day from last month, mainly due to stronger demand in China. in the second quarter”, said OPEC in its monthly

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Angola and DRC Sign Historic Cooperation Agreement

Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a significant cooperation agreement for the exploration, production, and development of hydrocarbons in the Common Interest Zone located on their maritime border. The historic deal was signed on July 13th in Kinshasa by Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, and DRC’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, Didier Ntubanga. This agreement marks the culmination of almost two decades of negotiations between the two countries

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Financial Package Finalized for Construction of Cabinda Refinery

Gemcorp Holdings Limited (GHL), the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announce, in a statement released this Thursday, the completion of the financial package for the construction of the Cabinda Refinery, valued at $335 million. The project, valued at $473 million, is financed with $138 million in resources already provided by its shareholders and $335 million in project financing provided by a banking syndicate led by AFC, Afreximbank, and a group

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TotalEnergies will begin executing $27 billion Iraqi projects within a month

French energy giant TotalEnergies will start work on a $27-billion oil and gas contract with Iraq within one month citing a top official. Iraq, which controls the world’s fifth largest proven oil reserves, signed the massive deal with the French firm to develop its oil, gas and renewable energy sector on Monday. It is the largest foreign investment in the history of the war-torn Arab nation. Under the agreement, the four projects specified by the contract will have to

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