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NNPCL searches for private companies to run refineries

The NNPCL has revealed that it may be selling Nigeria’s Warri and Kaduna refineries to private companies.

Student union urges Tinubu to support Dangote Refinery as it begins gasoline production

The West African Students’ Union (WASU) has asked Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to take action to help the country’s 650,000 barrel per day Dangote refinery.

Eni to operate three drilling rigs for Egypt’s Agiba Petroleum starting in mid-September

Shearwater secures 4D seismic monitoring contract for Ghana's Jubilee oilfield

Libyan oil terminal set to resume exports following political turmoil

Engineers based at Libya’s Sarir, Messla and Nafoura told Reuters this week that they had been ordered to resume production following a standoff between the country’s two opposing political factions.

South Africa pledges more support to foreign energy firms after TotalEnergies quits gas project

Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery, Africa's largest, begins gasoline production

Zimbabwe orders sale of blended petrol in bid to save foreign currency

Work on $25bn Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline progressing owing to stakeholders' commitment, ONHYM official says

South Africa’s president clarifies gas responsibility sharing between two ministries

Libya’s oil export port Hariga stops operations; efforts to resume crude production continue

Canadian oil firm ReconAfrica progresses exploration drilling in Namibia, eyes second well by December

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy invest in oil block on South African side of prolific Orange Basin

AfrOil: Uganda expands oil exploration to new regions amid production delays

Aradel acquires Nigerian marginal fields

Zimbabwe-focused Invictus Energy officially becomes a gas developer

South Africa's planned switch from coal to cost 24,000 jobs by 2030, create 95,000

Libya’s main Sarir oilfield shuts down as central bank tensions escalate

The ongoing political tensions between the eastern and western factions in Libya have led to the shutdown of several oilfields, the latest of which is the Sarir oil field which produces around 209,000 barrels per day.

Oil exploration, appraisal drilling in deep-water Namibia set to resume soon after major finds in 2022

Political and security challenges delay development of major gas projects in Africa

Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, interest in Africa’s gas resources has surged. However, political and security challenges have delayed the development of major gas projects on the continent, according to analysts