DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa

31 October 2024

Aramco, Petrovietnam sign collaboration framework agreement

30 October 2024

Saudi Aramco has signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement (CFA) with Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam), laying the groundwork for future cooperation between the two companies.

Multiple groups call on Nigerian government to investigate corruption in the NNPCL

30 October 2024

Energy Reforms Advocates (ERA) and All Progressives Congress Youth Vanguard for Change (APCYVC) have called on the Nigerian government to investigate the Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd. (NNPCL) over its failure to rehabilitate refineries.

Petrol imports have cost Iran $3bn this year as president urges for reforms

30 October 2024

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian called for a rethink on the petrol subsidy scheme, urging a “fairer distribution of the handouts” amid a growing fuel shortage.

Iran releases prices for feedstocks

29 October 2024

Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum has rolled out significant increases in natural gas prices for various industrial sectors, including petrochemical feedstock, industrial fuel, steel production and cement manufacturing.

Reports of damage at Iranian refinery during Israeli strikes rejected

29 October 2024

The Iranian Oil Ministry's Shana News Agency on October 29 rejected media reports that a major refinery the south-western Khuzestan province was pounded in Israeli air strikes over the weekend.

Wood wins engineering work for Aramco gas expansion

29 October 2024

Wood has been selected by Aramco to carry out engineering services to support gas expansion

OQ begins construction of $202mn fuel storage facility

29 October 2024

Oman’s state-owned energy investment company OQ has begun construction on its $202mn Strategic Fuel Storage Project in Musandam, laying the foundation stone for the facility on October 23.

Kuwait’s oil sector awards and extends contracts

29 October 2024

Kuwait’s central tender agency has moved forward with several key contracts and extensions

Jordan provides update on imports from Iraq

28 October 2024

Jordan’s crude oil imports from Iraq ran at 10,226 bpd in September

Dangote helps Nigeria cut down on jet fuel imports

24 October 2024

Nigeria’s 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) Dangote Refinery has cut aviation fuel imports down to 5,000 bpd this year from 13,000 in 2023, according to a report by Energy Intelligence.

South Africa continues to fund fuel subsidy with oil stockpiles

24 October 2024

Bloomberg revealed this week that South Africa is still selling oil from its strategic stockpiles to insulate its citizens from spikes in fuel prices – continuing a policy that was first introduced in 2022.

Iran moves to contain oil spill off Kharg Island

24 October 2024

Iranian authorities have been battling to contain an oil spill that occurred on October 17, 6.4 km from its main crude oil export terminal on Kharg Island, according to a report made by Iranian media outlet IRNA.