Sonangol announced, in a statement, on Wednesday January 17th, that it had launched an international competition to select fuel suppliers to the country for the period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. In the document, the company declares that it has launched a limited tender, for which it invited 14 companies, of which some will be selected to conclude contracts to supply gasoline and diesel in the form of on-site delivery. Competitions of
Under efforts to strengthen bilateral relations, Angola and Tanzania signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in Zanzibar on January 16. The agreements include a cooperation MoU related to the oil and gas industry; an MoU for the waiver of visas and passports for diplomatic and professional holders; and a cooperation document in the health sector. In addition to the agreements, the countries agreed to explore new avenues for collaboration in areas such as air travel
British Multinational oil and gas company shell, is set to divest the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), which holds onshore oil assets in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The sale, valued at $1.3 billion, involves a consortium primarily composed of local energy entities including ND Western, Aradel Energy, First E&P, Waltersmith, and Petrolin. Additional payments of up to $1.1 billion are anticipated and the completion of the transaction is contingent upon
The African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed a $2.25-billion loan to support the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in bolstering services across the petroleum value chain and improving the country’s macroeconomic stability. The loan is part of a $3.3-billion financial package extended to the NNPC by Afreximbank, Gunvor International BV and Sahara Energy Resources Limited. In addition to restoring stability, the loan serves to facilitate Nigeria’s access to import financing for raw materials and essential
Access to charging stations is not the only factor limiting the wide-spread adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Experts are concerned that, in the coming years, EV sales could be further dampened by the diminishing supplies of a material most Americans have thought little about since high school chemistry: cobalt. A heavy metal found primarily in central Africa, cobalt is an essential component of the batteries used to power electric vehicles. And for
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel. President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, elatedly thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his support, encouragement, and thoughtful advice towards the actualization of this project. Dangote also thanked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and Nigerians for their support and belief in the historic project. “We
The Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José de Lima Massano, stated, Wednesday, in Luanda, that the country is going through a moment in which it is not enough to just have “the highest price per barrel of oil or more oil production”, considering that “this is no longer what solves our problem”. When speaking at the 11th edition of CaféCIPRA, which is currently taking place under the theme “Impact of private investment in the
Sonangol announced, on Thursday 11th January, in a statement, that it had confirmed the prevalence of oil in a second evaluation well in Block 11 of the Kwanza Onshore Basin, called Kon 11, after drilling operations concluded on December 21, 2023. The document indicates that the operations were carried out by the Exploration and Production Business Unit (UNEP), having occurred “at a considerable depth” and that the drilling, considered “very positive”, resulted in the confirmation of
TotalEnergies has inked an agreement to increase its participation in two offshore Namibian exploration licenses. The French multinational is set to acquire an additional 10.5% participating interest in Block 2913B – home to the Venus discovery – and a further 9.39% stake in Block 2912 from Impact Oil and Gas, pending approval from Namibian regulators and joint venture partners. If approved, the deal would boost TotalEnergies’ stakes to 45.25% and 42.5%, respectively. Upon completion of
Portuguese multinational energy corporation Galp – alongside project partners the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) and energy company Custos – has announced the discovery of light oil at the Mopane-1X well in Namibia. Located in Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 83 in the Orange Basin, the discovery is the sixth in the country since 2022. According to Galp, drilling operations revealed a column of light oil in high quality reservoir-bearing sands. The project partners will
