OPEC Celebrates 60th Anniversary
On the 14th of September 1960 in Al-Shaab Hall in Baghdad, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries was birthed. The five founding fathers were Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo of Venezuela;...
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Sound Energy Releases H1 Report for 2020
Sound Energy has published its activities for the first half of 2020 through a statement from its newly appointed Executive Chairman (appointed in February; within the period under review), Graham...
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Angola Set to Begin Construction of the Cabinda Refinery
Angola is ready to commence the construction of an oil refinery in the northern Cabinda province. This is after it received the landmine-free certificate which attests to the safety of...
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Equatorial Guinea to evaluate existing data on historic NDOTE-1 well
The Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Gabriel Obiang Lima visited the first oil well ever to be drilled onshore in Equatorial Guinea; the NDOTE-1 in the...
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Sasol Finalises Sale of Air Separation Units in South Africa to Air Liquide
Sasol announced it has concluded negotiations with French Industrial Gases Group, Air Liquide Large Industries South Africa Proprietary Limited (Air Liquide), for the disposal of sixteen air separation business in...
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Total Wins Tender to Import Fuel to Mozambique
French oil and gas giant, Total, has won the tender for importing liquid fuels into Mozambique. The tender is to take effect from November 2020. The current supplier is Saudi...
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Kosmos Energy Cuts Down Asset Portfolio in Africa for the Gulf of Mexico in a Deal with Shell
Kosmos Energy has agreed with a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell to farm down interests in a portfolio of frontier exploration assets for a fee worth up to $200 million....
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West Africa: WASCAL Agrees to Deal with Germany on Partnership for Hydrogen Exploration
Germany and WASCAL have entered into a strategic partnership for the establishment of a hydrogen exploration project. The project is to benefit all the West African countries under the umbrella...
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Tanzania: TPDC Women Engineers to Distribute Natural Gas to Households
Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has announced plans to distribute natural gas to households to conserve and protect the environment and save women the stress of searching for firewood to...
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Zenith Energy Makes Second Acquisition in Tunisian SLK from CNPC Tunisia
Zenith Energy has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zenith Energy Netherlands, has signed a conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with CNPC International (Tunisia), a fully owned subsidiary of CNPC...
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