Eni and Sonangol have today announced that they have agreed to finalize the assessment of a gas field project aimed at generating up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of electricity for Angola. The two companies declared this in a statement issued following a meeting in Rome with the chairman of Sonangol, Francisco de Lemos Maria, and Eni's Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi. The statement further...

Wentworth Resources and its JV partner Maurel et Prom, have reported the commencement of gas deliveries to the new transnational pipeline in Dar es Salaam. Towards achieving a way to generate power in Dar es Salam, the production facilities at Madimba, and the Kinyerezi Gas Receiving Facility are now operational and the gas produced from the Mnazi Bay field is presently being used at the...

The Kudu gas-to-power project in Namibia is anticipated to see the Final Investment Decision (FID) taken by mid-2016. The project is to play a critical role in meeting the country’s power demand. Ever since the project landed on the drawing board, the costs have risen dramatically, doubling to about $2.3 billion. The project will require gas from the offshore Kudu field being piped to a...

Coal Petroleum and South African private company Kumvest’s are to begin construction at their $4.2-billion coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant project in Botswana in 2016. The project is aimed at tapping South Africa’s more than 200-billion tonnes of coal resources to reduce reliance on petroleum product imports. According to Holland & Hausberger, technical advisers to Coal Petroleum, the...

Afrox has revealed plans to partner with a start-up Biogas Company in order to produce quality carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane for distribution to industries in the Western Cape which have been suffering from shortages of CO2. “Initially, we expect to produce between 18 t and 30 t a day of CO2, which will benefit wastewater treatment applications, as well as the food and beverage industries....

South African regulators on suspicion of price fixing raided firms of five of the biggest suppliers of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. The firms raided include African Oxygen Limited, Oryx Oil South Africa and the gas division of Total. “The commission believes that the information that will be obtained from today’s operation will enable the competition commission to determine...

Chevron SA’s new executive chairperson Shashi Rabbipal who was appointed last week has today commented on Government’s plan to build Africa’s largest refinery saying that, the slowdown in the economy has controlled demands and the country now has abundant gasoline production and for that reason South Africa does not need another oil refinery “Should another refinery be built, it would...

The government of Sudan has announced it recently had talks with china over financial and technical arrangements for implementing a plan to enlarge the country’s largest refinery. Sudantribune reports The refinery, situated 70 klm north of the country’s capital, was created as a 50-50 partnership between the Sudanese Oil Ministry and the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC)....

China National Petroleum Corporation's (CNPC) Soraz oil refinery in Niger has resumed production after a 45-day shutdown due to a mechanical failure, according to a company spokesman. The refinery, a joint venture between CNPC and the government, has a capacity of 20,000 bo/d and processes oil from the West African country's Agadem field which started production in 2011. "Output has restarted at...

Technip’s wholly-owned affiliated company, Technip Umbilicals Ltd.; a wholly-owned subsidy of Technip comprising of Technip Umbilicals Ltd. in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Technip Umbilicals Inc. in Houston, USA, Angoflex in Lobito, Angola and Asiaflex Products in Johor, Malaysia and Angoflex Ltd have been awarded a contract by ENI S.P.A. to supply umbilicals to the Block 15/06 East Hub Development...