Portugal was overtaken by Belgium in exports to Angola in the first quarter of this year, with China remaining at the top, according to the Bulletin of Foreign Trade Statistics, published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Between January and March 2022, Angola’s trade balance showed a positive balance of 4.55 billion kwanzas (10 billion euros) due to the behavior of the price of oil, the main export product. In the first quarter, exports registered
The consultancy Oxford Economics has revised the forecast of oil production in Angola, anticipating that the country will be able to pump 1.18 million barrels a day this year, increasing production for the first time since 2015. “We expect oil production in Angola to rise to 1.18 million barrels per day in 2022, up from 1.13 million barrels in 2021, but the balance of risks is negatively unbalanced due to the possibility of further technical
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+), led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, confirmed this Thursday that it will increase oil supplies by 648,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd) to a total of 43.85 million barrels bdp in August.The 31st OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting is scheduled for 3 August.Angola is a member of OPEC and its production quota has increased from 1,450 to 1,502 million barrels per day for
Last week’s Kimberley Process meeting in Botswana rejected a petition from civil society and representatives from Ukraine, the European Union, Australia, Great Britain, Canada and the United States, which sought to broaden the definition of “blood diamonds”. , a wording that would include diamonds from or with the participation of Russia. In the run-up to the meeting, various civil society groups lobbied, via a public statement, to place sanctions on Russia on the meeting’s agenda. However,
In response to the coordinated withdrawal of international trade and project financing from Africa’s oil and gas industry, Afreximbank and APPO have signed an agreement for the creation of an African Energy Transition Bank The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), who have had a long, mutually beneficial relationship, have signed an agreement for the joint establishment of an African Energy Bank (www.EnergyChamber.org) at the 8th African Petroleum Congress and Exhibition
State oil company Sonangol has signed a memorandum of understanding with German companies Gauff and Conjucta for the production of green hydrogen, starting in 2024. According to a press release from Sonangol, the agreement follows technical and economic feasibility studies, previously carried out, for the financing, construction and operation of a plant for the production of green hydrogen and derived products, in Angola. The objective is to commercialize the product on the local and international
Last year, the Government collected more than 900 million dollars in taxes with the Angola LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) project, the Secretary of State for Oil and Gas said this Thursday. José Barroso, who was speaking in parliament during the presentation of the bill authorizing the President of the Republic to legislate on changes to the tax regime for the Angola LNG project, said that the State is concerned with guaranteeing income in the process
Angola is expected to have a less severe impact when compared to its African partners due to increased oil revenues; more stable production and high oil prices have resulted in a flow of petrodollars during the last year, which has strengthened the rate of exchange rate of the kwanza and improved the opinion on the sovereign credit of the country”, write the analysts of Oxford Economics. In the comment on the impact of the war
Angola overtook Nigeria as the largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa in May, according to data from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), by pumping 1.1 million barrels a day. Angola’s production fell from 1.183 million barrels a day pumped in April to 1.162 million in May, but benefited from an even greater drop by Nigeria, whose production fell from 1.219 million barrels in April to 1.024 million the following month, thus losing the
Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of the Portugal-based company Frezigest, SGPS (“Frezite”). Frezite’s offering primarily consists of made-to-order polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools for metal and wood applications, with exposure to the automotive, general engineering and aerospace segments. The company will be reported within Walter, a division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions. “With the acquisition of Frezite, we take another important step in our shift to growth strategy.
