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Sudan's sole oil refinery begins maintenance

Waltersmith secures Seplat oil for Nigerian refinery

Kenya, Eni discuss biofuel production in Mombasa

Nigeria’s DPR shortlists 161 companies in marginal field auctions

Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has shortlisted 161 companies in its Marginal Oilfield Bid Round.

Total asks some staff to vacate Mozambique LNG site on safety concerns

France’s Total is reported to have asked some of the staff working on the construction of Mozambique LNG to vacate the site on security concerns.

A long, strange year: 2020 in review

NewsBase’s editors are marking the start of 2021 with a review of how each of the regions covered by our organisation was affected by the events of the past 12 months.

ANPG to launch onshore bidding round on April 30

Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) has set a new date of April 30 for the launch of its next onshore licensing round, which had originally been due to take place in May 2020.

NRG: Energy markets edge cautiously into a new year

Concerns about energy demand and OPEC+ production quotas continue to exert pressure on oil prices, despite the debut of the COVID-19 vaccine

Ethiopia preparing to scrap GTL contract following probe

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has announced plans to exit the contract it signed with US-based GreenComm Technologies last April for the construction of a new gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in the Somali region.

Supply disruptions in Algeria contribute to LNG market tightness

In Algeria, the port of Arzew, which is home to the GL3Z LNG complex, had been at a standstill for about 10 days as of December 11 owing to bad weather.

ExxonMobil, Vopak weigh up South African LNG project

ICG: Questions about handling of Libyan oil revenues persist

The ceasefire deal that has allowed Libya to bring more than 1mn bpd of oil production capacity back online may soon founder, owing to questions about the handling of petroleum revenues, according to the International Crisis Group.

Nigeria considers holding new bidding rounds in 2021

Nigeria’s government is reportedly mulling the possibility of holding new licensing rounds in 2021.

Security concerns mounting in Mozambique

Major LNG projects are facing more risk in light of Islamists’ continued clashes with the Mozambican armed forces and the swelling number of refugees.