Egypt has struggled to find interested customers for its LNG cargoes, which could quell the impetus to boost production from its Idku and Damietta plants.
28 November 2019Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is matching its spending to bold ambitions in a bid to ramp up output to return the United Arab Emirates to being a net gas exporter, a status it has not held since 2007.
27 November 2019North Africa’s less-endowed resource holders are looking to boost domestic gas activity in a move to curb the surging cost of Algerian gas imports.
26 November 2019The company is doubling down on developing its largely untapped gas reservoirs, although costs and technological challenges persist.
21 November 2019As fewer contractors are using the main road from Pemba to Palma, the insurgency in northern Mozambique has been drawn further north – closer to the LNG site itself.
19 November 2019Lebanon’s embattled political elites need to show a sceptical public that progress is being made in tapping offshore oil and gas blocks, but blaming IOCs looks wide of the mark.
14 November 2019The conflict-afflicted North African country is starting to build up its gas production, offering greater stability of supply to domestic and international offtakers.
11 November 2019The Saudi NOC has spent recent months flagging up its gas expansion plans in a move to attract investors for its planned stock market listing.
7 November 2019The country's long-awaited Integrated Resource Plan has set an impossible timeline for the development of an LNG-to-power programme.
31 October 2019Iran will have to rely on domestic resources to develop its new fields as appetite from foreign investors has dwindled as a result of US sanctions.
17 October 2019The arrival of the Russian company completes the tendering process for the concession and is positive for the UAE’s plans to commercialise its technically challenging offshore reserves.
16 October 2019Countries in the MENA have ramped up LNG imports from the United States, which offers a cheaper and less politically sensitive alternative to buying piped gas from regional rivals.
10 October 2019Policy stasis means Mozambique could become the LNG import hub for South Africa, instead of Richards Bay or Coega.
10 October 2019Exxon celebrated an ‘initial’ investment decision on the project on Tuesday, but FID has been pushed back to Q1 2020 amid the uncertain security situation.
8 October 2019The successful appraisal of additional fields in the Grand Tortue complex adds credence to the case for at least one more FLNG plant in Senegal, which together with Mauritania could export almost as much gas as Nigeria by the end of next decade.
3 October 2019The attacks on Saudi energy installations last month has highlighted the increasingly gas-hungry region’s susceptibility to a deteriorating security climate.
3 October 2019Total's quick acquisition of Mozambique LNG has set it off on the right foot with the Mozambique government, which is eager to recoup tax from the sale.
30 September 2019The partners behind the offshore Leviathan gas field development must overcome concerns over security and demand before gas sales to Egypt get under way.
26 September 2019A gas prospect in northern Zimbabwe looks promising, but political and economic chaos in the country is discouraging interest.
19 September 2019As regional tensions mount, Iraq faces a battle to protect its import agreement with Iran as domestic gas demand keeps rising.
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