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GHANA Energy 29/09/2022

Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

Ghanaian workers walk at the construction site of Tema Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal Project in Tema, Ghana, on 5 January 2021. © Xu Zheng / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

DRC Energy Commodity traders 29/09/2022

Oil giant ADNOC deploys supertankers to boost trade in Africa

The Emirati firm has since 2018 been strengthening and diversifying its oil trading business, including by poaching staff from TotalEnergies. Since the invasion of Ukraine, it has been making inroads in Africa by dispatching supertankers to countries with no storage capacity of their own. It also hopes to bag some long-term contracts, notably in the DRC. [...]

NAMIBIA Energy 29/09/2022

TotalEnergies and Shell step on the gas in Orange Basin

A second TotalEnergies well, called Venus-2, is expected to begin drilling in Namibia's Orange Basin in the coming weeks. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Energy 29/09/2022

Fuel shortages persist in Bangui

Fuel shortages remain acute in Central African Republic, despite the recent arrival of barges carrying fuel supplies. [...]

CHAD Energy 28/09/2022

ExxonMobil and oil minister near agreement on departure bonus

Chad's Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Djerassem Le Bemadjiel (left) pays his respect as he passes the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, at the Palace of Westminster, London, on 18 September 2022. © PA Images / Alamy

EGYPT Infrastructures Energy 28/09/2022

Egypt and Ethiopia in race to sell electricity to Sudan

Egypt is pitted against Ethiopia in the race to sell electricity to neighbouring Sudan, which is plagued by recurrent power cuts and must respond to growing consumption. [...]

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SOUTH AFRICA Energy 28/09/2022

PetroSA and oil ministry feel industry pressure over South Africa petroleum bill

With the adoption of a new oil law still far off, companies are losing patience - and missing no opportunity to take the state oil company and energy ministry to task over the project. [...]

SpotlightAFRICA Energy 27/09/2022

TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

The European and US energy giants learnt early on that to gain access to QatarEnergy's huge gas projects they would have to include the Qatari company in all their African and Latin American deals. [...]

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné and QatarEnergy CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi at the signing of the partnership agreement for the North Field East project in Doha, Qatar, on 12 June 2022.

CONGO Energy Politics 27/09/2022

IMF recommendations on conflicts of interest spell trouble for oil ministry

Under pressure from international donors, the Congolese president has signed a decree to crack down on conflicts of interest within his administration. Its implementation is likely to have repercussions for numerous advisers to the oil minister who have one foot in the private sector. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 26/09/2022

Nigeria wins round in battle against P&ID shareholder

In mid-September, the court of the Southern District of New York granted Nigeria's request for discovery over VR Advisory Services. [...]

UGANDA Energy Commodity traders 23/09/2022

Museveni fears fuel shortage after turning down Russian oil

Under pressure from the United States, Uganda has declined to import fuel from Russia, but its reserves are now getting dangerously low. [...]

ANGOLA Energy 22/09/2022

Oil minister gives official approval to Somoil's acquisitions in blocks 14 and 14T

Le ministre du pétrole Diamantino Azevedo a entériné le 8 septembre le rachat par la junior angolaise Somoil des participations du japonais Inpex et du français TotalEnergies sur les blocs 14 (20 %) et 14T (10 %). [...]

DRC Energy Politics 22/09/2022

Kinshasa launches audit of petroleum products as fuel shortage kicks in

Faced with fuel shortages in Kinshasa, the government of DRC led by Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyeng has launched an audit on the pricing structure of petroleum products. [...]

ANGOLA Energy 21/09/2022

Two unknown players keen to operate block 33/21

The Angolan oil regulatory authority may award the role of operating block 33/21 to two companies that have no experience to their name and whose very existence is in doubt. The ANPG has said that no decision has been made. [...]

ALGERIA Energy 21/09/2022

Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

TotalEnergies and Sonatrach have received offers from three international subcontractors for work on the polypropylene facility project. The plant, so crucial to the Algerian state, is running behind schedule. [...]

CHAD Energy 20/09/2022

ExxonMobil battle with N'Djamena prosecutor heats up

The boss of the US major's subsidiary in Chad is under pressure from the prosecutor's office, which accuses ExxonMobil of withholding money owed to former employees. The company says it has done no wrong. [...]

In Focus NIGERIA Energy Politics 19/09/2022

The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Oil theft in Nigeria's Niger Delta region has become rampant. President Muhammadu Buhari is offering multi-million dollar contracts to the powerful leaders of armed local political groups in the hopes of being able to use their influence to the advantage of his party in the 2023 elections. [...]

Members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) armed group, September 2008.

LIBYA Energy 19/09/2022

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