LNG Slowly does it for African LNG projects in 2015
There may have been little progress on the headline LNG export projects in Mozambique and Tanzania this year, but small FLNG and FSRU projects across sub-Saharan Africa are gaining traction.
Brass LNG FID to continue without Total
Total’s withdrawal from the Brass LNG project will not impede the signing of its FID, Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum and group managing director of NNPC has said.
23 December 2015Trans-Med leads drop in NA pipeline exports
North African pipeline export volumes into Europe fell by just 2% week on week in Week 51, led by an 8.9% drop in volumes via the Trans-Med pipeline from Algeria to Italy.
23 December 2015Ndovu agrees gas sales terms for Kiliwani North
Ndovu, Tanzanian subsidiary of London-listed Aminex, has reached an agreement with the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corp. on all terms of the gas sales agreement for the Kiliwani North field.
21 December 2015Eni, Sonangol CEOs meet to discuss Lobito upgrade
Francisco de Lemos José Maria, chairman of Angolan state oil company Sonangol, and Eni’s Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi met to discuss the upgrade of the Lobito refinery.
21 December 2015
Pipelines, Storage & Power Ghana 1000 misses 2015 FID, but on track for 2018 startup
Ghana 1000 will not hit its planned 2015 FID date, but it is in the final stages of negotiating for gas from the Sankofa field and the first phase should still be online by 2018.
17 December 2015Civil groups plan legal challenge to Moz LNG
Civil society groups in Mozambique are planning a legal challenge against the government and United States-based oil firm Anadarko.
17 December 2015Sonatrach to offer IOCs exploration rights
Algeria’s Sonatrach plans to increase domestic crude production by 5% in 2016 and offer oil and gas exploration rights to foreign investors by the end of March.
17 December 2015Gigawatt Mozambique commissions power plant
Independent power producer Gigawatt Mozambique has successfully commissioned its 100 MW gas-fired power station at Ressano Garcia.
16 December 2015Africa-Europe pipeline volumes holding steady
North African pipeline exports to Europe were almost unchanged in Week 50 compared with the previous week, at 599.1 MMcm.
15 December 2015
LNG Old plants have edge over new – NLNG exec
Nigeria LNG is optimistic about the future of the industry and will have an advantage in the new competitive market, external relations manager Kudo Eresia-Eke tells Interfax.
15 December 2015Massive interest in Ophir’s Fortuna FLNG
Ophir Energy has signed heads of agreements with six buyers for LNG from the planned Fortuna project, the company has said.
9 December 2015
LNG Mozambique close to agreeing Coral FLNG plan
State regulator INP is close to agreeing a plan of development for Coral FLNG, while the unitisation agreement with Anadarko could lead to a more ambitious onshore plan.
9 December 2015Nigeria breaking up Petroleum Industry Bill
Nigeria’s government is breaking up the Petroleum Industry Bill, which has been stuck in parliament for years, replacing it with several smaller laws.
8 December 2015Tamboran granted Botswana exploration licence
Tamboran Botswana has been granted a licence to explore for oil and gas in the Kgalagadi and Ghanzi districts in western Botswana, the government announced on Tuesday.
8 December 2015Italian volumes drag down North African imports
North African pipeline exports to Europe fell by 2.3% in Week 50 from a week earlier, led by a drop in Italian imports.
8 December 2015South Africa may launch FSRU tender in 2016
South Africa may launch a tender for an FSRU in 2016, Karen Breytenbach, head of the Department of Energy’s independent power producer (IPP) office, said last week.
7 December 2015
LNG Moz LNG makes regulatory progress, sales still hanging
While Mozambique LNG has made progress on the regulatory and technical side, commercial offtake agreements are lagging.
4 December 2015Anadarko and Eni sign agreement on Moz resources
Anadarko, operator of Offshore Area 1 in Mozambique, and Eni East Africa, Offshore Area 4 operator, have signed a unitisation and unit operating agreement for the development of resources that straddle the blocks.
3 December 2015Karoo to frack in Botswana conservation area
UK-listed Karoo Energy has been granted licences to drill for shale gas in more than half of the Kgalagadi transfrontier park on the border of Botswana and South Africa.
2 December 2015ROMPCO to expand Moz-SA pipeline
The Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investment Co. plans to expand the capacity of its 865 km gas pipeline from Temane in Mozambique to Secunda in South Africa.
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