The Federal Government of Nigeria has entered into a $15 billion deal with India, in which the latter would make advance payment for crude oil purchases from Nigeria. According to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Kachikwu (photo), the terms of the deal would be agreed sooner or later. Under the deal, the Indian government would pay Nigeria in advance for crude...

Libya’s oil output has reached 551,000 barrels per day, bringing the country nearer to its target of 900,000 barrels per day by 2016 ending, National Oil Corporation chairman, Mustafa Sanalla revealed. This continuous increase comes after Libya reopened the Sidra, Ras-Lanuf, and Zueitina export ports in September. Production was between 270,000 bpd and 300,000 bpd before the ports were...

Solo Oil in its update on the Ntorya appraisal well in Tanzania, announced that the site being prepared for the Ntorya-2 appraisal well has now been completed and the mobilization of the Caroil 2 rig from the Ntorya-1 well site is currently in progress. The Ntorya-2 pad is situated about 1.5 km to the southwest of the Ntorya-1 well. The rig and associated equipment presently being transported to...

BP has entered into an agreement with Shell to process 650 Mmcf of gas, produced from the North Alexandria project, at Shell’s Borollos station for $0.3 per million feet. According to a senior source in the petroleum sector, the process of connecting the North Alexandria project to the station in Borollos is to commence in the coming period. He added that the Shell’s Borollos gas...

Israeli group Tahal International BV has partnered with Angolan firm ZRB to carry out a 7-year agricultural project. The association will take place in the framework of a partnership agreement signed with the Gestão de Terras Aráveis (Gesterra), a semi-public company. The $370 million contract is for the Kimina project which will reproduce the moshav model. This kind of multi-function...

South Africa’s Steinhoff International will buy Australian furniture group Fantastic Holdings for 361 million Australian dollars (US$274 million), under an agreement signed by both companies. In a statement published on October 15, 2016, Fantastic Holdings said the unit regrouping Steinhoff’s operations in Asia Pacific should acquire the totality of the Sydney-based group at AU$3.5 per...

On October 15, 2016, 150 out of 200 countries met in Kigali and agreed to phase down hydrofluorocarbons gases used in air conditioner and refrigerators and way more harmful than carbon dioxide (CO2), Africa News report.       Environment-protection organizations said this is a milestone in fighting global warming.“It’s a monumental step forward that addresses the...

Senegal’s Minister of Energy and Development of Renewable Energy launched power interconnection project to connect the country to Mauritania. The infrastructure which comprises a 225 kV power line will help Senegal get excess output from a 180 MW power plant in Nouakchott, according to a power sale-purchase agreement signed by the two countries, in 2013. The project which will...

The Egyptian Refining Company (ERC) has announced plans to conclude its refining project in Mostorod within the Q1 of 2017, as part of moves to address the supply gaps in the petroleum derivatives market. According to the company’s Managing Director, Mohamed Saad, 90% of the project has been executed and the overall investments in the project have reached $3.7b, with the completion of all...

The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has announced that following the completion of the 542-km gas pipeline from Mtwara to Dar es Salaam, plans are ongoing to set up a $150 to 200 million mega plant to enable the transportation of the natural gas to large-scale industries and households. According to the Acting Managing Director of TPDC, Engineer Kapuulya Musomba (photo...