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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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Egypt to Export 10 GW Surplus Electricity to Europe and Other African Countries

Egypt said it has started discussions to export 10GW of surplus energy to Europe and countries in Africa. The country aims to export to the European market with Greece and...
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NNPC Dismisses Allegations of AKK Gas Pipeline Inflation; Threatens Legal Action

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dismissed the recent allegations that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project was inflated to $1.527 billion. The Corporation says the allegations are false,...
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Sasol Invites Partners to help achieve its GHG Emission Reduction Goals in South Africa

South Africa's petrochemical giant Sasol, is searching for partners in the development of technology that will reduce its carbon footprint, in line with its emission-reduction goals. In a statement on...
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Liberia: LPRA Pre-qualifies Seven Liberian Companies for Ongoing Offshore License Rounds

The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) has pre-qualified seven Liberian companies out of the nine that expressed interest in the ongoing Offshore License Round for the Harper Basin. The evaluation...
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Woodside to take over Cairn’s interest in the Sangomar Joint Venture

Woodside has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire Capricorn Senegal's participating interest in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture. Completion of...
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EBRD grants $54 million to Acwa for Solar Power Plant in Egypt

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided $54 million to Acwa Power for the construction of the Kom Ombo solar photovoltaic power plant. The clean energy solar...
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“Total is here in Tanzania to stay” – Msuya-Kilewo

Contrary to recent speculations, Total have no plans of leaving Tanzania, as the advertisement for the sale of some of its asset was a normal asset management program. According to...
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Solar and Wind Accounted for 67% of Power Plants Built in 2019 – BNEF

According to a report by BloombergNEF, solar and wind power plants accounted for 67% of new capacity put in place with 118 gigawatts in 2019. The "Power Transition Trends 2020"...
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