President Mahamadou Issoufou has announced that Niger is to commence oil exports in 2017 using a pipeline that runs through Chad and Cameroon. A joint deal was signed two days ago by Issoufou and his visiting Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby Itno. "Progress has been made and we hope to start exports by 2017," Issoufou told Xinhuanet news. He however expressed his gratitude to the Chadian...

President Mahamadou Issoufou has announced that Niger is to commence oil exports in 2017 using a pipeline that runs through Chad and Cameroon. A joint deal was signed two days ago by Issoufou and his visiting Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby Itno. "Progress has been made and we hope to start exports by 2017," Issoufou told Xinhuanet news. He however expressed his gratitude to the Chadian...

In a bid to appreciate partners who helped in the development of Libya’s oil and gas industry over the years, the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) is to hold an awards ceremony to show their appreciation for their partners’ continuous support of Libya’s oil and gas industry. The Awards Ceremony of the NOC is to be held on 19th of October 2015, the first day of the 4th New Libya Oil and...

Privately-owned Green Energy Norway Cameroun (Grenor SA) has announced that it will be investing $186.66 million into Cameroon's energy sector. The green energy company said it will use the finances towards the development of gas power plant in the West African country, which is expected to have a generation output of 300MW. To the country's Monetary and Financial Committee, Cameroon...

Privately-owned Green Energy Norway Cameroun (Grenor SA) has announced that it will be investing $186.66 million into Cameroon's energy sector. The green energy company said it will use the finances towards the development of gas power plant in the West African country, which is expected to have a generation output of 300MW. To the country's Monetary and Financial Committee, Cameroon...

The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has  issued a 7- day Ultimatum to the Federal Government on the unsettled issues affecting Chevron contract workers over alleged anti-labor practices, stating it will start a nation-wide strike action if the Federal Government refuse to intercede. NUPENG in a statement signed by its president, Igwe Achese stated that there is...

South Africa is considering building an oil refinery that will process Iranian crude to boost its petrol supply and reduce its dependence on foreign companies, according to a government official. Plans for the new refinery were being conceived; the deputy director general for petroleum and petroleum products regulation at the energy ministry, Tseliso Maqubela (photo) said adding that he could...

Organizers of the Texem's Leaders in Africa's Oil & Gas Summit have said that this year’s event will take place in London on October, 22, 2015. A statement from the organizers described that with international attention highly focused on Africa's oil and gas resources, the summit comes at an essential time. TEXEM indicated that it was greatly honored to be able to organize the summit as...

Ceremony for the partial set-up of Lom Pangar’s dam which was initially set for 15 September 2015 could not be held as planned. Nevertheless, technical operations for the project was launched, authorized sources revealed. Following the event, the public authorities and lenders are holding back from rapidly completing the project, especially with the gold miners, actually present on project...

In Morocco, the company Habanos will set up a processing factory for cigarettes, cigars and other cigarillos in the Casablanca region. The infrastructure which will require an investment of 1 billion dirhams will create 600 jobs. In terms of production capacity, the factory which is scheduled to open next January, will produce 400 million packets of cigarettes in 2016 and 1.4 billion packets a...