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ANPG to offer free access to data covering blocks in onshore licensing round
Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) has said it will make data on all nine onshore blocks involved in the country’s next licensing round available to all potential investors free of charge.
Moroccan energy ministry pledges support for Chariot’s Anchois gas project
Morocco’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy has pledged to back Chariot Oil & Gas (UK) and ONHYM in the development of Anchois, a natural gas field within the offshore Lixus block.
Tanzania, Uganda comment on start date for EACOP construction
Tanzania and Uganda appear to have slightly different expectations about the start date for work on the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will pump crude from fields near Lake Albert to the coast of the Indian Ocean.
SNH reportedly seeking to buy Chad’s stake in oil pipeline
Cameroon’s national oil company Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) has reportedly expressed interest in acquiring a larger equity stake in a pipeline used to pump oil from Chad to the port of Kribi on the Gulf of Guinea.
Liberia begins construction work on new Harper fuel storage facility
Liberia’s National Port Authority (NPA) has begun construction work on a new petroleum product storage depot within the framework of a wider effort to refurbish the port of Harper.
AfrOil: Sasol’s gas FID
South Africa’s Sasol has made a final investment decision (FID) on the development of an onshore natural gas field in neighbouring Mozambique.
Eni restarts Damietta LNG plant in Egypt
Italy’s Eni announced this week that the first cargo since 2012 from the Damietta LNG plant in Egypt had been produced and lifted.
Brazzaville kicks off ambitious refinery project
Algerian president appoints new oil minister
Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has appointed a new oil minister to his cabinet, replacing Abdelmajid Attar with his predecessor, Mohamed Arkab.
Former VP urges Nigeria to authorise full privatisation of refining sector
Atiku Abubakar, the former vice-president of Nigeria, has urged the government to adopt plans for full privatisation of the country’s oil-refining sector.
Angolan MPs give green light to exploration work in onshore basins
Members of Angola’s National Assembly have voted to lift a ban on oil and gas exploration in two environmentally sensitive onshore basins.
Angolan president authorised to offer special incentives for Cabinda refinery project
Angolan legislators have voiced strong support for the government’s plans to reduce the country’s dependence on imported petroleum products.
Chariot, Predator eager to move forward with gas projects in Morocco
Two British companies – AIM-listed Chariot Oil & Gas and Jersey-based Predator Oil & Gas – have announced plans to move forward with a natural gas scheme in Morocco.
NCDMB takes 30% transitional stake in modular refinery
Nigeria’s National Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is investing in a small-scale oil-refining project led by a local company, Waltersmith Petroman Oil Ltd.
AfrOil: Angolan MPs vote on downstream, exploration projects
Angolan MPs have voted on downstream and exploration projects.
Lukoil makes a second bid for a Sangomar stake
FAR has postponed a shareholder meeting scheduled for February 18 to consider Lukoil’s last-minute offer for 100% of its equity.
Israel to connect Leviathan to Egyptian LNG terminals
Egypt’s petroleum ministry announces a new bid round for oil and natural gas exploration
Tanzanian LNG hopes dashed after Equinor write-down
Mozambique LNG project may be back on track soon
Total’s CEO says work may resume on the Mozambique LNG project by the end of March, pointing to his company’s security agreement with the Mozambican government and insisting production will begin in 2024.
GNA orders payment of all PFG wages
Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) said last week that it had ordered the payment of all overdue wages to members of the Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG).
AfrOil: Forward movement in Uganda
In East Africa, Uganda’s government is turning its attention to plans for extracting and exporting crude oil from fields near Lake Albert.
Dangote Group delays opening of refinery
Nigeria’s Dangote Group has pushed the target date for opening its new 650,000 barrel per day oil refinery back from the fourth quarter of 2021 to early 2022.
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