DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa

3 September 2020

UAE, UK, Omani firms mount court bid to retrieve Iranian fuel seized from tankers by US

2 September 2020

White House alleged cargoes were bound for sanctioned Venezuela. Companies claim they sold gasoline onwards to UAE-based Citi Energy FZC and that it was destined for Trinidad for sale to customers in Peru and Colombia.

EPRA head says price hikes, emergency imports helped Kenya avoid fuel shortages

2 September 2020

Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has said that recent price increases and emergency procurement campaigns are helping the country to avoid petroleum product shortages.

NRG: Risks to stability

1 September 2020

Report: Security threats likely to linger in Mozambique despite security pact with Total

1 September 2020

The memorandum signed last week between Total (France) and the government of Mozambique may serve to improve security arrangements for the Mozambique LNG project without improving security conditions in surrounding areas of the country.

Nigerian Senate orders investigation of NLNG dividend withdrawal charges

31 August 2020

Nigeria’s Senate has ordered a probe of allegations that the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) consortium illegally appropriated $18bn over a 15-year period.