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Will China remain central to Sudan’s oil sector?
Recent improvements in US-Sudanese relations may shift power away from state-owned Chinese oil majors, but change is not likely to occur overnight.
NNPC head: NLNG shareholders now discussing Train 8
Shareholders in the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) consortium have begun discussions on the construction of an eighth production train at their natural gas liquefaction plant on Bonny Island.
NRG: Oil market strategising
Policy decisions made this past week will have both long and short-term ramifications for the wider energy sector.
Explosion rocks South African oil refinery
Africa Energy: Results from Luiperd-1x highlight potential of Outeniqua Basin
Drill stem test results from Luiperd-1x, an deepwater exploration well drilled within Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, indicate that the Outeniqua Basin is a “world-class hydrocarbon province,” according to Canada’s Africa Energy.
BP launches new drilling programme at Platina field offshore Angola
Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) reported last week that BP (UK) had launched a new drilling programme at Platina, a section of the offshore licence area known as Block 18.
Woodside pre-empts FAR’s planned sale of Sangomar stake in OVL
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum has opted to block the planned sale of a minority stake in RSSD, the joint venture set up to explore and develop the Sangomar block offshore Senegal, by FAR Ltd to a subsidiary of India’s OVL.
Mozambique launches new fuel storage terminal
Uganda approves ESIA for EACOP
Uganda’s National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) confirmed last week that it had approved the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) conducted for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.
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