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International Energy Renewable Energy

Hyphen Hydrogen, DBSA Sign $5.4M Project Preparation Facility

Green hydrogen development company, Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, has signed a Project Preparation Facility (PPF) agreement with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) for its large-scale green hydrogen project in Namibia. To the tune of $5.4 million, the PPF will support the engineering, environmental and socioeconomic components of the project. “The DBSA and Hyphen’s partnership will facilitate the creation of a new asset class in the energy sector with a profound and positive economic, social

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Energy International

South Africa’s nuclear power expansion targets 2,500 MW amidst Energy woes

Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced that South Africa will initiate a procurement process for an additional 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power to tackle blackouts that have crippled the nation. The first of the new units will likely be operational in 2032 or 2033, Department of Energy Deputy Director-General for Nuclear Zizamele Mbambo told reporters Tuesday in the capital, Pretoria. According to data provided by Eskom, South Africa is facing a severe electricity crisis

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International Oil Petroleum

Dangote Refinery finally receives its first shipment of crude after years of delay

Dangote’s 650,000 b/d refinery has received its initial crude feedstock in the country, as reported by market sources and tanker tracking data, according to SP Global. This development signals the commencement of fuel production at the long-awaited $19 billion facility after enduring years of delays. The OTIS tanker loaded a 950,000-barrel cargo of Nigeria’s Agbami crude on Dec. 6 to Lekki, the nearest land port to Dangote’s offshore crude receiving terminal. The Suezmax tanker, chartered

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Oil International Petroleum

Dangote Refinery to Launch Diesel and JetA1 in Early 2024

The Dangote refinery will start the production of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) and JetA1 (aviation fuel) in January 2024. However, the production of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol is being delayed by the supply of crude oil in instalments. This is because the facility requires a minimum of six million barrels of crude oil to kick-start the full production of refined petroleum products including Automotive Gas Oil (diesel), Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), Jet A1

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International Oil Petroleum

Niger to begin Oil exports via Benin Pipeline in January

Niger expects to export its first barrels of crude oil through a newly established Niger-Benin pipeline in January, as stated by the country’s military leader, Abdourahamane Tiani, on state television. The export pipeline project, supported by PetroChina, was inaugurated on November 1, connecting Niger’s Agadem oilfield to the Benin port of Cotonou, Reuters reported. Tiani mentioned in an interview on Niger’s RTS channel on Sunday that the storage tanks in Cotonou are currently being filled

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Gas International News Oil

Invictus Energy Announces Gas Discovery Onshore Zimbabwe

Australian-listed independent oil and gas company, Invictus Energy, has made a gas discovery at the Mukuyu-2 well in Zimbabwe. Representing the second exploration well drilled at the onshore Cabora Bassa Project, the find has opened up the basin, which represents one of the largest underexplored interior rift basins in Africa. Located seven kilometers from the Mukuyu-1 well, the Mukuyu-2 well was spudded in Q3 2023, with a total of four hydrocarbon samples recovered from two

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Energy International

West Africa’s Energy Transition Offers $1T+ in Investment Opportunities

West Africa is home to a diverse landscape of energy players, from mature petroleum producers to emerging gas frontiers. For established markets, the energy transition requires decarbonizing and optimizing existing operations, while bringing renewable energy and carbon capture technologies to the forefront. Meanwhile, frontier markets are seeking to build sustainable energy mixes from the ground up, relying on integrated gas developments to fuel their transition. As a result, an array of partnership and investment opportunities

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Diamonds International Mining News

Botswana Diamonds to undertake next stage Exploration near its KX36 project

Diamond company Botswana Diamonds will embark on follow-up ground geophysics on four anomalies that were identified contiguous with the company’s KX36 project in the Kalahari, in Botswana. They were identified by the heavy mineral train flowing from KX36 where it is thought that there may be undiscovered buried kimberlites in the vicinity of KX36 as kimberlites generally occur in clusters and not in isolation. The KX36 project is a 3.5 ha kimberlite pipe in the

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Diamonds International News

Rough Prices on the Mend at Latest Petra Tender

Petra Diamonds’ rough prices have started to rebound, initial results from its latest tender indicated. The first part of the trading session brought in $58.7 million from the sale of 462,794 carats, at an average price of $127 per carat, Petra said last week. Prices were 20% higher on a like-for-like basis — comparing similar categories of diamonds — than at the fiscal year’s second tender, which ended in October. Prices of rough under 2

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Diamonds International News

Anglo American to Cut De Beers’ Overheads by $100M

Anglo American will slash De Beers’ budgets in response to the diamond-market downturn, the parent company said last week. “At De Beers, we are taking a different approach as the business has performed very well operationally. What’s gone against us is the market,” Anglo CEO Duncan Wanblad said at the group’s annual investor update. “Demand and prices for diamonds have fallen as global GDP [gross domestic product] growth has fallen.” The current downturn is likely

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