Nigeria to commence the supply of gas to South Africa

Riverside LNG, an energy-based in Nigeria, has announced plans to supply gas to South Africa, in what would be the first such deal between the two countries. Earlier this year, Riverside LNG inked a gas-export partnership agreement with Johannes Schuetze Energy Import AG of Germany, and the company is presently exploring potential deals on the continent, according to Chief Executive Officer David Ige, Bloomberg reported. Nigeria boasts the largest gas reserves in Africa. The country

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Europa Oil & Gas Buys into Offshore Equatorial Guinea License

London-listed exploration and production company, Europa Oil & Gas, has acquired a working interest in Block EG-08 offshore Equatorial Guinea through a three-million-dollar acquisition of Antler Global. In partnership with national oil company GEPetrol (20%), Antler Global owns an 80% stake in Block EG-08, located in the Douala Basin. The deal sees Europa Oil & Gas acquire a 42.9% equity interest in Antler Global, with the funds used to execute a first-year work program that

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Five Decarbonization Initiatives to Watch in Angola

Along with spearheading the expansion of its oil and gas sector, Angola is simultaneously prioritizing decarbonization and environmental stewardship, aligned with its recently-approved National Strategy for Climate Action. This strategy focuses on adopting a low-carbon development model, mobilizing state resources and enhancing local capacity to develop and adopt new and environmentally-driven technologies. The country’s long-term development strategy aims to achieve 60% electricity access by 2025, with 70% of installed generation capacity derived from renewable sources.

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Nigeria: Another 1M Barrel Crude Cargo Delivered to Dangote Refinery

Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has received its next one-million-barrel crude oil cargo from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO), bringing the total to two million barrels at the facility’s Single-Point Mooring. The latest shipment supports the refinery’s phased plan to receive a total of six million barrels from various sources to support its 650,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity. Subsequent shipments will be provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and ExxonMobil. The refinery, gearing

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Top Lessons Onshore Markets Can Learn from Libya

Contrary to most African producers, the majority of Libya’s proven oil reserves are held onshore, with offshore fields playing a limited role in production to date. Serving as Africa’s second-largest crude oil producer, the country has maximized its onshore assets through the construction of extensive production and export infrastructure. Onshore exploration features lower costs and reduced barriers to entry, thereby fostering the participation of junior and independent explorers, along with major operators. As onshore drilling

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Oranto Petroleum Extends Licenses Offshore Uganda

Nigerian independent Oranto Petroleum – a prominent actor within Uganda’s emerging exploration scene – has secured a two-year extension to its Ngassa Deep and Ngassa Shallow exploration licenses from Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. The extension will enable the company to drill an exploration and appraisal well. Oranto Petroleum was initially awarded the exploration license for the Ngassa asset in 2017. The license was one of three issued in the country’s first oil

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Equatorial Guinea Reaffirms OPEC Membership and Commitment to OPEC+ Goals

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea shares the same core values as OPEC/OPEC+, in its strategic positioning and vision in the world, but above all, in the constant objective of improving the standard of living of the people, to whom we owe a position of responsibility and solidarity, through a policy that imprints certainty in the ability of governments to plan their Economy, through policies that provide markets certainty, states Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and

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ETU Energias SA Expands Holdings with 2.5% Stake Acquisition in PTTEP

In a strategic move to bolster its presence and investments, ETU Energias SA, formerly known as Somoil – Sociedade Petrolífero Angolana SA, has successfully concluded the acquisition of a 2.5% stake in the Thai company PTTEP, operating in Block 17/06 offshore Angola. The process, initiated back in December 2022, forms a critical part of ETU Energias SA’s growth strategy. The company signed the purchase and sale contract for this significant participatory interest, withholding the value

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Sonangol increased production this year in the operated blocks

Sonangol reinforced its positioning in the Oil and Natural Gas sector, with an increase in production from operated blocks and the resumption of onshore oil exploration activity, declared the chairman of the Board of Directors, when announcing the relevant facts of the company’s evolution during the year. In a New Year’s message addressed to the company’s workers, released yesterday December 28, Sebastião Gaspar Martins highlights, in the field of onshore exploration (on land), the drilling

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Portugal considered second largest Exporter to Angola in the third quarter of 2023

Angola’s current account balance remained in surplus, standing at US$2.5 billion in the third quarter of 2023, with Portugal being considered the second largest exporter to the country. According to the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Report, cited by Lusa, referring to the third quarter of 2023 from the National Bank of Angola, the behavior of the current account was influenced, “essentially, by the increase in the balance of the goods account and

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