DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa

Oil minister claims Iran’s become OPEC’s biggest petrol exporter

Equatorial Guinea hopes Noble can launch Alen field by end-2020

The government of Equatorial Guinea has said that it hopes Noble Energy (US) and its partners will be able to launch production at the offshore Alen field before the end of this year.

Shell lifts force majeure on Bonny Light crude shipments

Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC), a Nigeria-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (UK-Netherlands), has lifted force majeure on shipments of Bonny Light crude.

Libyan oil production reportedly down again

Libya’s oil industry has continued to suffer over the last week, with production sinking to a new low.

Tanzania’s energy minister says domestic fuel stocks are growing

Tanzania has made concrete progress in its effort to expand domestic petroleum product stocks, according to Energy Minister Medard Kalemani.

Angola shortlists bids for 100,000 bpd oil refinery

Turkey tangles with its neighbours in the East Med and beyond

Coronavirus the focus of major oil policy decisions

Iraq looking at alternatives to Iranian natural gas

Sharjah makes first gas discovery in three decades

Saudi petchem giant reports first quarterly loss in decade