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COP27: Africa lobbies to retain gas use despite pollution dangers

African nations are lobbying to be allowed to use their natural gas reserves to lift up to 600mn people out of energy poverty and to connect them to modern electricity supplies.

Ghana's finance minister cleared of wrongdoing over alleged 'diversion' of $100.7mn in oil revenues

South Africa hopes to revive Saudi-SA oil refinery project in KwaZulu-Natal, minister says

South Africa: Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe hopes to revive Saudi-SA oil refinery project in KwaZulu-Natal province

Former Nigerian defence minister sues ex-partner over multi-billion arbitration award

United Oil & Gas sees good results from ASH-4 development well in Abu Sennan licence, Egypt

SDX Energy’s production rises 3% as operations in Egypt, Morocco grow

African NGOs call for suspension of Tema LNG project in Ghana

A group of African non-governmental organisations has called for the suspension of the Tema LNG project in Ghana, arguing that the deal could end up costing the country $1.5bn

South African equity investor Coronation cashes in on Europe's energy crisis with 20% ROI since early 2022

Turkey strikes oil and gas exploration deal with Algeria, expert questions its viability

Nigeria’s UTM Offshore set to sign FEED contract for FLNG project

UTM Offshore is preparing to sign a front-end engineering and design (FEED) services contract with for Nigeria's first floating LNG (FLNG) project.

Slovenia signs deal to import natural gas from Algeria

TotalEnergies, ConocoPhillips complete joint acquisition of Hess’ share in Waha concessions in Libya

TotalEnergies (France) and ConocoPhillips (US) have completed the joint acquisition of an 8.16% equity stake in the Waha concessions in Libya from the US independent company Hess.

Mozambique’s sixth licensing round attracts six bids from Eni and CNOOC

Mozambique’s sixth licensing round has attracted a total of six offers, with Italy's Eni and China's CNOOC International the only bidders.

Renergen resumes LNG production in Free State after temporary shutdown

South Africa’s Renergen has resumed LNG production after taking its onshore natural gas liquefaction plant off line for several weeks to repair a faulty conduction oil system.

ASX-listed Invictus Energy reaches total depth at Zimbabwean exploration well, more zones with elevated gas

SDX Energy opens two gas production areas in northern Morocco

Egypt signs MoUs with seven international companies to reduce carbon emissions

Angola reports fuel sales up 21% in Q3 2022

Italian court rejects Nigerian bid for compensation from Eni and Shell

An Italian court has rejected a $1.1bn compensation claim made by Nigeria against Eni and Shell over a $1.3bn oilfield deal.

Bechtel-led coalition awarded contract for study on eliminating gas flaring at Idku LNG plant

Shell (UK), the operator of the Egyptian LNG (ELNG) plant, has awarded a US-led coalition a contract for a feasibility study on the decarbonisation of its 7.2mn tonne per year facility in Idku.

Canada-based ReconAfrica finds no commercial oil in Namibia well test, pledges further drilling

AIM-listed Invictus Energy says Mukuyu-1 well shows working hydrocarbon system

Ex-boss of Ghana's state-owned Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) arrested by UK authorities for alleged bribery

Turkey, Algeria agree to establish joint oil exploration firm

Eni confirms export of first LNG cargo from Coral Sul FLNG offshore Mozambique

Eni (Italy) confirmed on November 13 that Coral South LNG had exported its first cargo of natural gas from Mozambique.

AfrOil: African refining capacity set to rise by 1.2mn bpd in medium term