Africa Positions Itself as Key LNG Supplier to Europe Amid Global Energy Shifts
Nigeria’s Petrol Imports Plunge as Dangote Refinery Dominates Local Supply
Ghana’s Damang Gold Mine Transitions to Local Ownership Under Engineers and Planners
Chevron Appoints Emmanuelle Garinet to Lead Exploration in the Americas and Africa
Angola’s Cabinda Refinery Nears Production Start Following Ministerial Inspection
Angola Begins Gas Exports from Quiluma Field with 150 Million Cubic Feet per Day
Angola Leads African Rare Earth Surge with $165 Million Investment in Longonjo Project
Burkina Faso Mining Development Fund Raises CFA85.7 Billion in 2025
Chinese Investors Dominate $21.8 Billion in Proposed Investments in Angola
TotalEnergies Restarts Production at Libya’s Mabruk Oil Field After 11-Year Shutdown
The Republic of Congo is embarking on a new economic era with the launch of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in partnership with Italian energy company Eni. This $5 billion project will utilize natural gas from Eni’s Marine XII project located off the coast of Congo and is expected to produce 3 million tonnes per annum (mmtpa) by 2025. The operation will consist of two floating LNG (FLNG) plants that will process gas
Moustapha Bechir, the Director General of Hydrocarbons at the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines in Mauritania, recently participated in the Mauritanian ministerial panel at MSGBC Oil, Gas, & Power 2023. During the event, he shared insights into Mauritania’s energy hub in Nouakchott, plans for local content development, and infrastructure revamp strategies. Mauritania possesses several strategic assets that contribute to its energy sector. These include its favorable geographical location in proximity to Europe, a vast
Angolan President, H.E. João Lourenço, signed a series of new bilateral cooperation agreements with Portugal’s Prime Minister, António Costa, during a two-day state visit by the Premier to Angola’s capital city of Luanda. H.E. President Lourenço received Prime Minister Costa on 5 June at the Presidential Palace in Luanda. During the two-day visit, talks between delegations of the two countries resulted in the signing of 13 agreements, including a Strategic Cooperation Program 2023-2027 and the
The South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) 2023 conference and exhibition, which will take place from 14-16 June in South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, is set to feature a series of keynote presentations and ministerial addresses by a distinguished lineup of international and national ministers from Africa’s energy sector. The opening ceremony, hosted by the Government of South Sudan, will include International Ministerial Addresses. Among the international ministers participating in the event are Hon.
Witness the transformative force of Africa’s burgeoning energy sector at African Energy Week 2023 (AEW), a highly anticipated event hosted by the African Energy Chamber (AEC). From October 16-20, 2023, this prestigious gathering will redefine Africa’s energy landscape, attracting influential experts, industry leaders, government officials, and stakeholders from Africa and around the world. Under the theme, ‘The African Energy Renaissance: Prioritizing Energy Poverty, People, the Planet, Industrialization, and Free Markets,’ AEW aims to chart a
Savannah Energy’s Nigerian subsidiary, Accugas Limited, has signed a gas sales agreement with exploration and production firm Amalgamated Oil Company Nigeria Limited (AMOCON) to supply natural gas to the local market. AMOCON will supply Accugas Limited with up to 20 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMscfpd), produced in the OML 156 sole risk petroleum lease area onshore Nigeria, over a period of ten years. AMOCON will leverage its new 140m pipeline
U.S. oil and gas production has continued to rise in response to high prices that were prevalent until the third quarter of 2022, according to an article by John Kemp of Reuters. In March, oil output increased by 171,000 barrels per day compared to February, with gains led by the Lower 48 states and the Gulf of Mexico, offsetting lower production from Alaska. Overall, oil output rose by nearly 10% in the first three months
In case you missed the announcements, here is a list of the top five contracts secured for oil and gas projects in the Middle East. Please note that this list is not a ranking. Aramco has awarded a $1 billion engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for its Safaniya offshore increment project to China Offshore Oil Engineering Co (COOEC), as reported by DMS Projects. The project includes the construction of 13 offshore jackets in
The Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris, organized by the African Energy Chamber in partnership with Rystad Energy and Afreximbank, centered on strengthening Africa-Europe relations while advancing investment in untapped energy opportunities across the continent. During the forum, the Republic of the Congo’s Hydrocarbons Minister, H.E. Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, provided insight into the country’s gas and marginal field opportunities, laying the foundation for discussions during the African Energy Week conference, scheduled for 16-20 October in Cape Town. Representing one
Since early discoveries of oil and gas in Africa, European investors and project developers have been instrumental in driving project developments, providing capital, technology and expertise and working closely with governments to monetize resources. Now, shifts in dynamics are seeing global stakeholders playing a much larger role in Africa, transitioning from energy players to partners as local content becomes a top priority continent-wide. At the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris this week – representing a
