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Buhari says Nigeria’s new NOC should become Africa’s biggest

2 March 2022

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will make the new national oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd (NNPCL), the largest and most well-capitalised oil operator in Africa.

AfrElec: Deputy minister says Ghana must take cautious approach to energy transition

2 March 2022

Ghana’s Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer said on March 1 that Accra should not adopt decarbonisation policies that are so strict that they limit options for the development of hydrocarbons.

Zimbabwe: Invictus finds anomalies while processing seismic data from SG 4571

2 March 2022

Australia’s Invictus Energy says the ongoing processing of new and existing seismic data has revealed multiple anomalies in Special Grant 4571, the company’s licence area in the Cabora Basin in Zimbabwe.

AsianOil: JERA to pursue LNG-to-power in Vietnam

2 March 2022

Japan’s JERA announced on March 1 that it had kicked off full-scale operations in Vietnam. The company intends to pursue LNG-to-power projects through its new Vietnamese unit.

AA: South African fuel price hike to hurt the poor

1 March 2022

The Automobile Association of South Africa says that the fuel price increase announced this past week will have a sharp and immediate effect on the poor and a long-term impact on inflation.

NorthAmOil: IEA members to release 60mn barrels amid Ukraine conflict

1 March 2022

International Energy Agency members led by the US agreed on March 1 to a co-ordinated release of crude oil from emergency stockpiles.

GLNG: Shell, PipeChina sign terminal use agreement

1 March 2022

Subsidiaries of Shell and China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network – known as PipeChina – have signed a memorandum of co-operation (MoC) and two terminal use agreements.

LatAmOil: IEASA gets green light for Vaca Muerta gas line

1 March 2022

Argentina’s government has authorised state-owned Integración Energética SA (IEASA) to build a new pipeline that will serve unconventional gas fields in the Vaca Muerta shale formation.

AfrOil: Venus-1x may be sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil find

1 March 2022

UK-based Wood Mackenzie has speculated that the Venus discovery announced last week by TotalEnergies (France) at the PEL 56 licence area offshore Namibia may be the largest oil find ever made in sub-Saharan Africa.

PetroSA to take over Sapref

1 March 2022

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says that PetroSA could take over operations at Sapref

Tanzania reduces fuel levy

1 March 2022

The government of Tanzania has decided to cut petrol, diesel and kerosene prices by TZS100 ($0.043) per litre.

Exodus of Western majors from Russia begins

1 March 2022

International oil companies have started announcing plans to exit Russia, potentially marking the biggest ever withdrawal of foreign investment from the country’s oil and gas industry during such a short period.