AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas

Paris Club rejects debt relief for Chad, citing surging oil prices

Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery now 97% complete, NMDPRA chief says

BP, Kosmos gain more gas for LNG via deal with Mauritania on block containing BirAllah, Orca gas fields

BP (UK) and Kosmos Energy (US) appear to have signed a preliminary deal for Block C8, a natural gas-bearing licence area offshore Mauritania, with the country’s Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy.

South Africa: Kinetiko strikes gas in well near power plant

ASX-listed Kinetiko attracts $3.1mn investment from South Africa's Phefo Power to advance gas project

US private equity fund Carlyle Group reportedly preparing to sell Gabon-focused upstream operator

Carlyle Group, a US-based private equity fund, is gearing up to sell its subsidiary Assala Energy, an oil and gas producer focused on Gabon, Reuters reported on October 11.

Tanzania, Kenya agree to fast-track gas pipeline

Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track plans for the construction of a natural gas pipeline that will eventually run from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi.

Nigeria: HEPL asserts legitimacy of claim to Atala marginal oilfield

Nigeria’s Halkin Exploration and Production Ltd (HEPL) has dismissed allegations that it acquired control of Atala, a marginal field formerly known as OML 46, through underhanded means.

Nigerian naval officer complains of IOCs’ complacency in face of oil theft

A Nigerian naval officer has accused international oil companies (IOC) of complacency in the face of widespread crude theft at wellheads in the Niger River Delta region.

Eni starts production from two gas fields in Algeria’s Berkine

Ghana highlights five offshore blocks ripe for foreign investment

Qatar plans to speed up development of two oil wells off Namibian coast, says energy minister

Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project awaits $25bn funding deals

Nigeria's $25bn gas pipeline to Morocco may get investment nod in 2023, NNPC reveals

Nigerian Senators reject President's proposal on scrapping of controversial fuel subsidy

Turkish gas deal in Libyan waters 'illegal, charge Egypt and Greece

AfrOil: DR Congo rejects US request to scale back onshore licensing round

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has rejected a request from US climate envoy John Kerry to reduce the number of blocks included in its current onshore licensing round from 30 to 24.

Zambia, Namibia ink pact to facilitate private sector-led construction of a refined oil pipeline linking them

Pipeline theft highlights larger problems in Nigeria

Disruptions in oil flows to export terminals are affecting Nigeria’s politics, economic standing and efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in fuel.

Algeria revises gas prices with Spanish firm Naturgy on market developments