Backbone Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (BINL) has announced plans to develop a $15 billion crude oil refinery and launch a free trade zone in Ondo State, in partnership with the state government. T he project aims to drive economic growth, reduce Nigeria’s trade deficit, and enhance the country’s refining capacity. BINL confirmed it will construct and operate a 500,000-barrel-per-day refinery within the Sunshine Industrial Park and Free Trade Zone, located in Ilaje Local Government Area. The
Dangote Refinery to Build Major Fuel Storage Facility in Namibia to Boost Southern Africa Distribution Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to build a large-scale fuel storage facility in Namibia with the capacity to hold over 1.6 million barrels of gasoline and diesel, according to two sources cited by Reuters. The project marks a significant step in the company’s strategy to expand its fuel distribution network across Southern Africa and reshape regional energy trade. The planned
Top international oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, TotalEnergies, and Eni, are actively competing in Libya’s newly reopened oil and gas licensing round, according to Masoud Suleman, Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). This marks Libya’s first major bid round since the country descended into civil conflict following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The renewed offering has attracted strong interest from a wide array of global energy firms, signaling a potential turning point
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that energy giants BP and Shell have signed new agreements to evaluate hydrocarbon exploration and development opportunities across three key Libyan oilfields. The move signals a cautious but significant return of major foreign investment in Libya’s oil sector, which has faced years of instability and production disruptions due to armed conflicts and political rivalries over oil revenues. As a result, frequent shutdowns have plagued the operations of Africa’s
Angola’s Inspector General of Labor, Manuel Bole, has expressed serious concern over safety conditions in the country’s oil sector following a deadly accident earlier this year that claimed three lives and left several workers severely injured. The incident occurred in May on the deepwater oil platform Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco, operated by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (Cabgoc), a Chevron subsidiary, in Block 14 off the coast of Cabinda. A fire broke out on the platform’s
Northern Ocean Ltd has signed a N$740 million drilling contract with Rhino Resources Namibia (Pty) Ltd to deploy its semi-submersible rig, Deepsea Mira, for exploration in Namibia’s Orange Basin. The contract, covering approximately 112 firm days, includes drilling the Volans-1X exploration well and is scheduled to begin in mid-July 2025. The agreement provides for one confirmed well with Rhino and another for a second, unnamed operator, with options for up to three additional wells. The
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the continent’s leading development financier, has revealed that its total financial support to the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Complex has exceeded $4 billion. This was disclosed by the bank’s President and Chairman of the Board, Prof. Benedict Oramah, during the closing session of Afreximbank’s 32nd Annual Meetings held on Friday. Oramah attributed the bank’s ability to fund such a massive project to its adoption of what he termed “African Best
The Dangote Refinery, Africa’s largest oil processing facility, will transition to using only Nigerian crude by the end of 2025, according to Devakumar Edwin, Vice President of Dangote Industries. The $20 billion refinery—owned by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man—currently processes 650,000 barrels of oil per day. In June 2025, the facility sourced approximately 53% of its crude from Nigerian producers, with the remainder imported from countries such as the United States, Brazil, Angola, Ghana, and
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has officially declared the Eban-Akoma oil and gas discoveries in the Cape Three Points Block 4 (CTP-B4) as commercially viable, marking a major milestone in Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector. The Declaration of Commerciality (DoC) was submitted by a joint venture comprising Eni Ghana Exploration & Production Ltd, Vitol Upstream Tano Ltd, Woodfields Upstream Ghana Ltd, and GNPC Exploration & Production Company Ltd (Explorco), in collaboration with the Ghana
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is moving forward with long-anticipated plans to list two of his industrial giants—Dangote Oil Refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Limited—on the Nigerian stock market. Although the idea has circulated for some time, recent developments suggest definitive timelines have now been set, particularly for the refinery. Dangote recently announced that his $20 billion oil refinery will be listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) by the end of 2026. During a visit by
