DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa

Basra refinery upgrade on track for 2025 completion

Study completed for private refinery at Duqm

Iran lines up Latin American investments, partnerships

Energy minister: Tanzanian government approves TZS100bn grant for fuel price relief

Tanzania’s Energy Minister January Makamba said on Tuesday (May 10) that the government was preparing to make TZS100bn ($43mn) in extra funding available to mitigate the economic impact of rising fuel prices.

Kosmos says GTA project is 75% ready

US-based Kosmos Energy said on Tuesday (May 9) that work on the Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim (GTA) project is more than three quarters complete.

Ghana reportedly receiving proposals from potential investors in Tema Oil Refinery

Ghana’s Minister of Public Enterprises Joseph Cudjoe has said that the government is starting to receive proposals from potential strategic investors in Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

DMEA: Duqm study and Iran dealing

Uganda-Tanzania MoU on defence will help establish security arrangements for EACOP

The governments of Uganda and Tanzania have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will help establish security arrangements for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

Dangote Petroleum Refinery will produce Euro-5 gasoline

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, a project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria, is being built to meet the new Euro-5 Premium Motor Spirit petrol standard.

Iran finds more partners as EU looks to save deal

Ghana: TOR workers call on govt for Jubilee field crude for refinery

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has indicated that efforts are being made by the government to rehabilitate TOR to enable it to contribute to stabilising prices.

An African pipeline revival

Modular refineries struggling for supplies

African gas and African realities

The case of Spanish-Moroccan-Algerian tensions over the GME pipeline demonstrates that if the EU wants Africa’s gas, it may also have to confront regional tensions and disputes.