Libya’s state-owned oil company the National Oil Corporation (NOC) is preparing to launch a tender aimed at mobilizing private sector investment in oil production and development. Targeted towards domestic private players in Libya, the move marks the first time in the country’s history that Libyan companies have been invited to invest in the production segment of the value chain. The tender falls under efforts by the NOC to stimulate new investment, “increasing oil production and developing
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) the leading infrastructure solutions provider on the continent, has announced its investment in Mahathi Infra Uganda Limited, one of East Africa’s largest oil and gas downstream players. AFC’s US$95.25 million investment will finance the construction of two self-propelled barges for operation on Lake Victoria, providing a more efficient and less carbon intensive alternative to traditional trucking. The financing will also support enabling infrastructure including 14 petroleum storage tanks, 20 truck loading
Namibia is emerging as a sought-after exploration destination due to significant oil discoveries like TotalEnergies’ Venus-1 and Shell’s Graff-1, La Rona-1, and Jonker-1. These findings confirm the presence of a functional light oil system offshore Namibia. Consequently, major oil companies and other industry participants are intensifying their drilling operations within the country. Regarding TotalEnergies’ ultra-deepwater Venus-1X exploration well, it was spud at the beginning of December 2021, using the Maersk Voyager drillship. The Venus discovery is a light oil and associated
Uganda is engaged in discussions with undisclosed partners hailing from Africa, the Middle East, and China, aiming to drive forward a projected 60,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery initiative. A senior government regulator’s official disclosed this development. This effort persists despite the recent departure of the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) from the $4 billion refinery venture in June 2023. AGRC’s withdrawal resulted from challenges in securing the necessary funding within the stipulated timeframe for the final
Azule Energy has partnered with the software company Palantir Technologies to optimize and modernize its upstream production operations. Through this collaboration, Azule Energy will implement Palantir’s solution, Palantir Foundry, across its operations to provide valuable support to various engineering roles, including petroleum engineers, process engineers, and flow assurance engineers, thereby enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. A key aspect of the partnership involves the integration of data across Azule Energy’s upstream infrastructure. By connecting data from sources
Angola is accelerating efforts to stimulate Chinese investment into its energy sector through bids for new oil and gas projects. The move is poised to leverage China’s robust financial sector and attract additional capital and technological input into the southern African country’s energy sector development. With support from the Embassy of Angola in China, Angola is actively presenting opportunities to Chinese companies to participate in bidding opportunities for 12 major oil and gas blocks in
Sonangol is set to launch a bond issuance tomorrow August 15th, through which it will contract debt in the amount of 75 billion kwanzas with a maturity of five years (2023-2028), according to a statement released by the company on Friday. In the document, the oil company announces a Public Subscription Offering of bonds valued at 75 billion kwanzas, at a unit price of 10,000 kwanzas, corresponding to 10 million units at an interest rate
Figured at 21.2 billion dollars at the beginning of the year 2023, the fortune of the Nigerian billionaire and the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, recorded a fall of almost 6 billion dollars, from 21 $15 billion following the devaluation of Nigeria’s national currency, the Naira. According to data from the Bloomberg agency based on the Billionaires Index method, this drop, the highest recorded since 2014, is tributary to the wake of the elimination
Total sales stood at just over $106 billion, down from $150 billion in the second quarter of 2022. In an earnings report filed with the Saudi stock exchange, Aramco said the decrease “mainly reflected the impact of lower crude oil prices and weakening refining and chemicals margins.” The company reported net income of $30 billion, compared to $48 billion in the second quarter of 2022, a decline of 37.8 percent. Aramco nevertheless raised its dividend
Crude oil closed higher on Tuesday August 8th after spending much of the trading session in the red. Prices were supported by an upward revision in the United States Department of Energy’s (DoE) projection for Brent crude oil prices. Production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia also seem to be having the intended effect of boosting prices by limiting supply, according to analysts. On the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), September WTI crude oil closed
