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Nigeria’s DPR shortlists 161 companies in marginal field auctions
Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has shortlisted 161 companies in its Marginal Oilfield Bid Round.
Total asks some staff to vacate Mozambique LNG site on safety concerns
France’s Total is reported to have asked some of the staff working on the construction of Mozambique LNG to vacate the site on security concerns.
A long, strange year: 2020 in review
NewsBase’s editors are marking the start of 2021 with a review of how each of the regions covered by our organisation was affected by the events of the past 12 months.
ANPG to launch onshore bidding round on April 30
Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) has set a new date of April 30 for the launch of its next onshore licensing round, which had originally been due to take place in May 2020.
NRG: Energy markets edge cautiously into a new year
Concerns about energy demand and OPEC+ production quotas continue to exert pressure on oil prices, despite the debut of the COVID-19 vaccine
Ethiopia preparing to scrap GTL contract following probe
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has announced plans to exit the contract it signed with US-based GreenComm Technologies last April for the construction of a new gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in the Somali region.
Supply disruptions in Algeria contribute to LNG market tightness
In Algeria, the port of Arzew, which is home to the GL3Z LNG complex, had been at a standstill for about 10 days as of December 11 owing to bad weather.
ExxonMobil, Vopak weigh up South African LNG project
ICG: Questions about handling of Libyan oil revenues persist
The ceasefire deal that has allowed Libya to bring more than 1mn bpd of oil production capacity back online may soon founder, owing to questions about the handling of petroleum revenues, according to the International Crisis Group.
Nigeria considers holding new bidding rounds in 2021
Nigeria’s government is reportedly mulling the possibility of holding new licensing rounds in 2021.
Security concerns mounting in Mozambique
Major LNG projects are facing more risk in light of Islamists’ continued clashes with the Mozambican armed forces and the swelling number of refugees.
Globeleq secures $250mn in debt funding for Temane gas-to-power project
UK-based Globeleq and its partners in Central Termica de Temane (CTT) have secured up to $250mn worth of debt funding for a scheme that will use domestically produced natural gas to generate electricity.
Kosmos Energy finalises sale of African, South American assets to Shell
US-based Kosmos Energy has finalised a farm-down deal involving assets in Africa and South America with Royal Dutch Shell (UK/Netherlands).
NRG: Brent soars to nine-month high
MODEC signs operations and maintenance contract for Sangomar FPSO
Japan’s MODEC has signed a contract with Australia’s Woodside Energy for the operation and maintenance of a floating production, storage and off-loading unit that will be installed at RSSD, an oil-bearing block offshore Senegal.
Transit fees from Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline up 2.5% in 10M-2020
Cameroon’s Pipeline Steering and Monitoring Committee (PSMC) said last week that it had seen earnings from crude oil shipments through the Chad-Cameroon pipeline rise slightly in the first 10 months of the year.
Invictus urged to sponsor job creation, infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe
Tribal leaders in the Muzarabani district of Zimbabwe’s northern Mashonaland Central Province have urged Australia’s Invictus Energy to sponsor local job creation and infrastructure initiatives as it explores the Special Grant 4571 block.
Nigeria needs to capitalise more on gas wealth: NLNG
NNPC opens tender for fuel supplies
OVL’s mixed upstream fortunes
India’s state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has had something of a mixed week, with good news onshore Colombia being offset by a missed acquisition opportunity in Senegal’s deep waters.
Will China remain central to Sudan’s oil sector?
Recent improvements in US-Sudanese relations may shift power away from state-owned Chinese oil majors, but change is not likely to occur overnight.
NNPC head: NLNG shareholders now discussing Train 8
Shareholders in the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) consortium have begun discussions on the construction of an eighth production train at their natural gas liquefaction plant on Bonny Island.
NRG: Oil market strategising
Policy decisions made this past week will have both long and short-term ramifications for the wider energy sector.
Explosion rocks South African oil refinery
Africa Energy: Results from Luiperd-1x highlight potential of Outeniqua Basin
Drill stem test results from Luiperd-1x, an deepwater exploration well drilled within Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, indicate that the Outeniqua Basin is a “world-class hydrocarbon province,” according to Canada’s Africa Energy.
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