DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa

Aramco finalises gas pipe lease, signs deal with BlackRock

Malaysian piping specialist Wah Seong secures $254.1mn East African Crude Oil Pipeline contract

Aramco keen on Chinese investment amid refinery reports

Declaration of Niamey revives Trans-Saharan gas pipeline

Shell warns that LNG market will remain tight in 2022

DMEA: Trans Sahara deal signed

Zimbabwe: Head of ZIPAWU union complains about fuel retailers’ use of contract labour

Samuel Hova, the president of the Zimbabwe Petroleum and Allied Workers Union (ZIPAWU), has complained that too many of the country’s fuel sellers have hired contract workers rather than salaried employees.

Eiffage finishes all 21 caissons for FLNG breakwater at GTA field

Eiffage Genie Civil (France) has finished building all 21 of the caissons that will form a breakwater protecting the FLNG vessel at the Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim (GTA) gas field offshore Senegal and Mauritania.

DataPro assigns Nigeria’s A-Z Petroleum Products long-term ‘BBB’ rating with stable outlook

Libya's gas to Italy resumed through Green Stream pipeline, says Eni

Sylva says Nigerian government regrets gasoline shortages, acknowledges inspectors’ failures

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva has expressed regret for the gasoline shortages that have been gripping the country.

Sonatrach signs contract with two Sinopec subsidiaries for Skikda LNG storage tank

Algeria’s national oil company (NOC) Sonatrach has signed a contract for the construction of a new storage tank at the Skikda LNG plant with two subsidiaries of China’s Sinopec.

Duport Midstream refinery and power plant ready for launch

Partners mull IPO for Borouge

Aramco Trading signs supply, offtake deal for Egypt’s Red Sea project

Consortium agrees to $1.6bn financing for Assiut hydrocracker

Gasoline shortages and unexpected consequences

Nigeria’s attempt to avoid labour unrest and consumer discontent by keeping its gasoline subsidy in place indefinitely backfires.