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
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
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
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
Gold prices reached a nearly three-week high on Tuesday 11th of July 2023, supported by a weaker dollar, as investors awaited U.S. inflation data that could impact the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rate hikes. At 1223 GMT, spot gold was up 0.4% at $1,932.69 per ounce, marking its third consecutive session of gains. U.S. gold futures also rose 0.4% to $1,938.20. UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo commented on the reaction to the U.S. inflation data,
The government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, has announced that it is seeking investment partners to advance the development of a 60,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery. In a press statement, the ministry stated that it has reached several milestones regarding the implementation of the refinery and now seeks financing to progress further. Specifically, the Ministry is turning to public sector capital providers to accelerate the implementation of the downstream project. “The key achievements
The price of a barrel of Brent oil, which serves as a reference for Angolan exports, for delivery in September ended, Monday, on the London futures market down 1.07%, to US$77.69. File Despite the rise registered in the price, in coincidence with the closure of the European stock exchanges, which would have allowed it to close higher, Brent could not withstand the gains and returned to last week’s levels, with the exception of Friday the
Brent crude futures were down $0.40, or 0.5%, to $78.07 a barrel at 1005 GMT and West Texas Intermediate crude was also down $0.40, or 0.5%, to 73. .46 dollars per barrel. “Oil investors should be cautious ahead of the US CPI and China economic data series later this week,” CMC Markets analyst Tina Teng said of inflation data due to be released next Wednesday. Friday’s data pointed to the lowest job gains in two
Kuwait’s oil minister, Saad Al Barrak, has announced that Kuwait plans to invest more than $300 billion in the energy sector by 2040. Al Barrak made this statement during the 8th OPEC International Seminar held in Vienna. The country aims to increase its oil production capacity to 3.2 million barrels per day by the end of 2024. According to Al Barrak, Kuwait plays a positive role in supporting OPEC and works towards fostering consensus and
Used for the production of lithium-ore batteries, copper and cobalt are becoming increasingly sought after as nations move to transition to a renewable energy future. A 2023 Battery Metals anticipates global copper production to increase by an average rate of 3.2% a year between 2022 and 2031, with output rising from 2.1 million tons to 28.2 million tons per year (t/y) during the same period. In this scenario, the report states that Africa – rich in
