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Details of PIB emerge
Nigeria’s proposed oil law reportedly calls for privatising NNPC, amending the royalty regime and changing the line-up of state agencies overseeing the hydrocarbon sector
Tanzania reports LPG imports up 16.4% in 2019
Tanzania’s Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) revealed last week that LPG imports went up by more than 16% in 2019.
NNPC compares gas flaring volumes to domestic distribution
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) revealed last week that it had burned off more associated gas than it supplied to domestic industrial consumers in the 12-month period ending in July 2020.
Gabon reports oil output up 3% y/y in H1-2020
Gabon’s General Directorate of Economy and Fiscal Policy has released a report showing that the country’s crude oil production rose by 3% year on year in the first half of 2020.
NRG: The blue-green future
Energy consumers and producers are evaluating how the arrival of hydrogen as a mainstream source of fuel will affect their environmental, political and financial goals.
Nigeria looks to boost gas use in transport
Siemens to provide cryogenic BOG compression train for NLNG
The Nigeria LNG (NLNG) consortium has arranged to acquire a cryogenic boil-off gas (BOG) compression train from Germany’s Siemens.
Angola to launch onshore bidding round in January
Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) has said it will launch its next onshore licensing round early next year.
Equatorial Guinea aims to move ahead with modular refinery project
Equatorial Guinea’s government is moving ahead with plans to build the country’s first oil-processing plant, according to Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, the head of the Ministry of Mining and Hydrocarbons (MMH).
NRG: Steps being taken in several directions
Cabinda refinery site cleared of mines
OVL ready to quit Sudan
With officials in Khartoum failing to meet financial obligations and the amount of oil involved remaining small, India's OVL has little reason to stay in Sudan.
Nigerian fuel shortages loom as key roads closed
Algerian cabinet member says he doesn’t support shale gas plans
Chems-Eddine Chitour, Algeria’s Minister of Energy Transition and Renewable Energies, said last week that he did not support the government’s plans to push forward with the exploration and development of shale gas reserves.
AIPCC Energy hopes to boost Edo refinery’s capacity 10-fold by 2025
AIPCC Energy, a joint venture formed by Nigeria’s AFCOM and China’s Peiyang Chemical Equipment Co. (PCC), has announced plans for a 10-fold increase in the processing capacity of its new modular refinery.
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire develop new fuel infrastructure
Uganda signs deals on $3.5bn Tanzania oil pipeline
Waltersmith to launch modular refinery next month
Tullow suspends plan to sell Kenyan stakes after securing exploration extension
Tullow Oil (UK/Ireland) has suspended plans to unload its assets in Kenya after securing an extension of its exploration licence for Blocks 10BB and 13T in the South Lokichar Basin.
Libyan oil: Still on hold?
LNA chief Haftar has apparently not lifted the blockade preventing the country’s coastal terminals from exporting crude.
NRG: Ahead of the peak
A warning that oil demand will peak within a few years overshadows some of the positive news coming from oil producers in recent days.
BP warns of peak oil demand just around the corner
Equipment problems force Renergen to revise gas drilling programme
South Africa’s Renergen has revised its drilling programme for the Victoria gas project after encountering equipment problems during the drilling of an inclined well.
Kyari: NNPC still mulling plan to unload majority stakes in refineries
The head of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) said last week that his company was still looking into proposals for selling off majority stakes in the country’s four largest oil refineries.

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