The president of the Brazilian oil company, Jean Paul Prates, said that one of the company’s priorities during Lula da Silva’s government will be the development of offshore wind farms. Prates, in the first press conference he gave after assuming the helm of the largest Brazilian state-owned company, explained that, although Petrobras is not going to abandon its main assets or the exploration of hydrocarbons, it will focus on renewable energies to start a process
The Mozambican Association of Fuel Companies (AMEPETROL) calls the situation in the sector “dramatic”, complaining that it is buying fuels at elevated prices, but without prices at filling stations being updated. “We have absolute faith that the Government understands our situation, that it is supportive and will find mechanisms to ensure that companies continue to operate normally,” the association’s president, Michel Ussene, told Lusa. Ussene was reiterating warnings AMEPETROL has voiced since the beginning of
The price of fuel suffered an average reduction of 1.5 percent of the amount paid in the purchase of petroleum derivatives, found a safe source. This reduction stems from the update of the maximum fuel prices in Cape Verde to be in force during the current month of March, carried out by the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy (ARME). The phenomenon takes place after the average price of fuel fell 7 percent in December
A recent report has revealed that a shipment of Russian oil is on its way to storage tanks in Ghana, despite Ghana’s administration formally denying involvement in any such business. After the European Union’s decision to halt practically all seaborne imports from Russia in December, the development raises the possibility that dealers are searching the market for new consumers of Russian barrels. Moscow became heavily dependent on Chinese and Indian imports as a result of
An appeal regarding the contentious oil projects in Tanzania and Uganda by the energy corporation TotalEnergies was dismissed by a French court on yesterday, 28th February In the two projects, the Tilenga oil development and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, six French and Ugandan activist organizations accuse the French firm of not doing all possible to safeguard people and the environment (Eacop). Both TotalEnergies and the plaintiff organizations were silent as of press time.
Energy engineering and technology company TechnipFMC announced that it has secured a $250 million contract with oil and gas multinational TotalEnergies for the engineering, procurement and supply of flowlines and connectors for the Girassol Life Extension (Girlfex) project. , located in Angola offshore Block 17. According to a document that JA had access to, the installation of flexible pipes is expected to extend the useful life of the Girassol field, bypassing the outdated rigid pipe
Sonangol has already sold a total of 24 assets, which yielded 130 million dollars, and is in negotiations to privatize another seven year, the chairman of the board of directors of the state-owned oil company said last Friday, 24th February. “This total of alienated assets allows us to say we have contracted, in terms of alienation, the equivalent of a collection of 130 million dollars”, said Gasper Martins, in a press conference. The chairman of
The Institute for Development and Economic Planning (IDEP) held on Saturday 25 February a webinar on “How Africa can go green through a clean energy strategy” in preparation for the 9th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development scheduled to take place in Niamey (Niger) from 28 February to March 2nd, 2023. Urbanization and population growth are putting intense pressure on Africa’s energy infrastructure. Demand is significantly outstripping supply leading to power cuts
Angola’s state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has revealed its strategic plan for 2023-2030, which includes a focus on the value chain linked to hydrocarbons, an increase in refining capacity to 425,000 barrels of oil per day, and the addition of a petrochemical complex. The company also plans to increase storage capacity and produce renewable energy from photovoltaic projects to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by around 15%. Furthermore, the company aims to increase carbon capture and investment
During the next five years, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) expects that Uganda’s land acquisition procedure for oil and gas infrastructure will be a model for best practices in megaprojects both within and outside of Uganda. The PAU director of legal and corporate affairs, Mr. Ali Ssekatawa, stressed via an article the necessity of a well-organized compensation and resettlement scheme for those impacted by any large infrastructure project to succeed. This subject has been
