AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas

23 June 2022

AfrOil: First gas loaded into Coral Sul FLNG

22 June 2022

The Coral South LNG consortium is on track to begin producing LNG on schedule in the second half of 2022, as it has begun loading natural gas into the Coral Sul floating LNG vessel.

Global Petroleum talks up PEL 94 farm-out plans in Namibia

22 June 2022

AIM-listed Global Petroleum said it had observed rising interest in Namibian opportunities among IOCs in the course of its effort to farm out a stake in PEL 94, an offshore licence area in the Walvis basin.

Eco Atlantic to spud Gazania-1 well offshore South Africa in September

22 June 2022

UK-based Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and its partners in Block 2B offshore South Africa are gearing up to spud the Gazania-1 exploration well before the end of the third quarter.

Ghana faces possible fuel shortage as central bank rations US dollars

22 June 2022

The country’s monthly fuel import bill rose from $250mn in January to $450mn in May, the report noted, citing two anonymous sources.

Egypt, Syria, Lebanon sign long-promised gas supply contract

22 June 2022

Egypt, Syria and Lebanon have signed a long-promised natural gas supply contract under which Egypt will use the Arab Gas Pipeline, which crosses Jordan and Syria, to deliver 650mn cubic metres per year of gas to Lebanon.

United Oil & Gas spuds Al Jahraa-14 development well at Abu Sennan onshore Egypt

22 June 2022

United Oil & Gas (UOG) announced on June 21 that it had spudded the Al Jahraa-14 (AJ-14) development well at Egypt's onshore Abu Sennan licence area.

Ghanaian energy think tank urges President Akufo-Addo to save Tema refinery

21 June 2022

The Institute for Energy Security (IES), an Accra-based think tank, has urged Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to save the state-owned Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) from collapse.

Chevron signs MoU with EGAS on infrastructure for East Med gas transport, export

21 June 2022

Chevron signed an MoU with state-owned EGAS on June 20 concerning co-operation in the transportation of natural gas from East Mediterranean fields to Egyptian LNG plants.

South African energy minister’s call to buy cheap Russian crude criticised by opposition

20 June 2022

South Africa: Energy Minister Mantashe’s call to buy cheap Russian crude critised by opposition

Nigeria: NCDMB, NEXIM Bank establish $40mn Women in Energy Fund

20 June 2022

Nigeria: NCDMB, NEXIM Bank establish $40mn Women in Energy Fund

Eni says first volumes of gas have been loaded into Coral Sul FLNG offshore Mozambique

20 June 2022

The Coral South LNG consortium is set to begin producing LNG on schedule in the second half of 2022, as it has begun loading natural gas into the Coral Sul FLNG vessel at Area 4 offshore Mozambique.

Kenya to adjust refined oil product prices to phase out subsidies

17 June 2022

Kenya intends to phase out the subsidy of petroleum products to create fiscal space for the government to support targeting spending on productive sectors.