Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has today declared force majeure on exports of crude oil from the Forcados Terminal in Delta State, subseauent to a leak on the Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP), which delivers Forcados grade of crude oil to the export terminal. Shell had in July lifted the force majeure declared on exports of Forcados on May 5, following leaks on the...

Ghana’s second floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, for the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) Project, off the west coast of Ghana, has been named in Singapore. Oilandgaspeople reports Dr Nana Lordina Mahama (picture), the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana at a ceremony in Singapore on, officially named the vessel ‘FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills’, after the late...

Cameroon’s floating liquefied natural gas project (FLNG) has been approved by all parties of the Gas Convention for the project at a signing ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon on the 30th of September. Golar LNG Limited stated that Cameroon’s state-owned oil and gas company Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), Perenco Cameroon (Perenco), Golar Hilli Corporation and Golar Cameroon...

Energy infrastructure companies Black Rhino and Mogs Oil & Gas Services, have together with the governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia, signed framework agreements for the construction of a $1.55-billion 550 km fuel pipeline system running through the two countries. The multiproduct pipeline will transport diesel, gasoline and jet fuel from Damerjog, Djibouti, to Awash, in central...

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...

RoyalGate Energy, Texan company on the lookout for big oil and gas prospects in Africa which are not yet operated, announced on 25th September the impeding start on block Z of his drilling programme on the Tulip Upper Isongo discovery and the Tulip Massive Isongo prospect. The drilling of the first Z-1 well on the block, located at the north of Bioko Island and south of the Alba oil field run by...

Starting from 28th September, Jumia is organising in Côte d'Ivoire the second edition of the Electronic Days which will end on 2nd October. After the July edition, the e-retailer decided to institutionalise the Electronic Days concept, in partnership with MTN. Jumia, who aspires to be the African leader on e-retail, wants to popularise online shopping, but also facilitate the access to...

About 515,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean sea to reach Europe since the start of 2015, according to data published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC). Around 383,000 individuals reached Greece, and another 129,000 Italy, according to the UNHCR which specified that 54% are of Syrian origin and 13% are Afghani. In Greece, 71% of the migrants are Syrians who...

From now on, selling SIM cards on streets is prohibited in Cameroon. Mobile operators will thus have to set up retail outlets or make deals with partners who have certified spots to commercialize their SIM. This is one of the main terms included in the 3rd September 2015 decree signed by Cameroon’s Prime Minister and which reinforces and clarifies the procedures related to the identification of...

The Kenyan bank group Equity Bank announced, on 30 September, having obtained the green light from regulators to acquire 79% of the capital of ProCredit Bank Congo. The transaction announced last May, and whose amount has not been revealed, falls within the framework of Equity Bank's expansion plan in Africa. The Kenyan group indeed announced, at the end of last March, that it was...