Angola and Namibia Advance Energy Cooperation with Focus on Electricity Interconnection
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Ghana Prepares Alternative Gold Export Routes Amid Dubai Flight Disruptions
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Uganda Central Bank Launches Domestic Gold Purchase Programme to Boost Reserves
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Cascade Natural Resources Boosts Investment in Pensana to Accelerate Longonjo Rare Earths Project
Seplat Accelerates Production Growth with Idle Well Revival Program
Eni Raises Stake in Algeria’s Touat Gas Field to 42.9% After Engie Exit
Lucapa Diamond Company has announced that its MD and CEO, Stephen Wetherall, will step down at the end of this month. The board has resolved that Nick Selby, appointed as Executive Director Operations in September 2017, will be appointed as Interim CEO on Wetherall’s exit, and continue in the role while an executive search for a new CEO and MD is undertaken. Selby’s material terms of employment will be unchanged from those disclosed in the
French energy giant TotalEnergies will start work on a $27-billion oil and gas contract with Iraq within one month citing a top official. Iraq, which controls the world’s fifth largest proven oil reserves, signed the massive deal with the French firm to develop its oil, gas and renewable energy sector on Monday. It is the largest foreign investment in the history of the war-torn Arab nation. Under the agreement, the four projects specified by the contract will have to
Energy Capital and Power (ECP), the leading investment platform for the African energy sector, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with CV&A Consultores em Comunicação (CV&A) for the highly anticipated Angola Oil and Gas (AOG) conference and exhibition – taking place in Luanda this year from September 13-14. Under the theme, ‘Angola Oil & Gas: Energy Security, Decarbonization and Sustainable Development’, AOG 2023, organized by ECP, brings together global industry leaders, government representatives, investors and key
The Cabinet commended the joint statement issued by the Kingdom and France on cooperation in the field of energy and the keenness of the two countries to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. JEDDAH — The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman on Tuesday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, was briefed on the outcome of the official visit of Crown Prince and Prime Minister
The companies will increase output from two Sahara desert fields in southeastern Algeria, for export to France and elsewhere in Europe Algeria’s state oil company Sonatrach said Sunday it had signed contracts to boost gas production under an existing agreement worth about $740 million with French giant TotalEnergies. The companies will increase output from two Sahara desert fields in southeastern Algeria, for export to France and elsewhere in Europe, the company said in a statement.
Gold prices reached a nearly three-week high on Tuesday 11th of July 2023, supported by a weaker dollar, as investors awaited U.S. inflation data that could impact the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rate hikes. At 1223 GMT, spot gold was up 0.4% at $1,932.69 per ounce, marking its third consecutive session of gains. U.S. gold futures also rose 0.4% to $1,938.20. UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo commented on the reaction to the U.S. inflation data,
The government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, has announced that it is seeking investment partners to advance the development of a 60,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery. In a press statement, the ministry stated that it has reached several milestones regarding the implementation of the refinery and now seeks financing to progress further. Specifically, the Ministry is turning to public sector capital providers to accelerate the implementation of the downstream project. “The key achievements
The price of a barrel of Brent oil, which serves as a reference for Angolan exports, for delivery in September ended, Monday, on the London futures market down 1.07%, to US$77.69. File Despite the rise registered in the price, in coincidence with the closure of the European stock exchanges, which would have allowed it to close higher, Brent could not withstand the gains and returned to last week’s levels, with the exception of Friday the
China produces more than 15 million tons of crude oil Daqing, China’s largest onshore oil field, produced 15.09 million tonnes of crude oil in the first half of 2023, said the entity, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation. Since the beginning of 2023, the Daqing Oilfield has been focusing on the target tasks of stabilizing oil production. In the same period, the oil field produced around 2.97 billion cubic meters of natural gas, an
The Luanda Refinery carried out a successful test of the use of hydrogen (a fuel that does not generate greenhouse gases) in the production of energy for production, in what Sonangol, which controls the petrochemical unit, considers to be the scope a milestone in the decarbonization process. Luanda refinery uses hydrogen energy in production this is defined as a process of reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide, decarbonization is adopted to achieve
