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EWURA Tanzania Releases Petroleum Products Report for 2019; Records High Numbers

A new report by the Tanzanian Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) shows that the Liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG) market in Tanzania made a double-digit growth in 2019. The...
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Elecnor Exits from Mauritania’s Wind Power Project

Elecnor withdraws from the Boulenouar wind power project in Western Mauritania. This is a win for German energy company, Siemens, who formed a consortium with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, a...
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Angola 2020 Onshore Bid Round Opens in January 2021

The Angola 2020 Onshore Bid Round will officially open in January 2021, with nine (9) blocks placed on offer in the Lower Congo and Kwanza Basins. Last year, the National...
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PetroNor to Sign 30-year Lease Under New Agreements for A4 License in The Gambia

PetroNor has reached a mutual agreement with the Government of The Gambia to settle its Arbitration related to the A1 and A4 licenses. This has resulted in the reinstatement of...
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Equatorial Guinea to Build First Modular Refinery in Punta Europa

Equatorial Guinea will build the country's first state-owned modular refinery in Punta Europa. The Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Gabriel Obiang Lima, presented the Punta Europa Modular Refinery project in...
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OPEC Monitoring Libya’s Oil Production Restart

According to sources, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies (OPEC+) are closely monitoring the resumption of oil output in Libya to see if there is a...
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Angola to Privatise 55 State-owned Assets & Generate $160 million in 2020

Angola's 2019 - 2022 Privatisation Program aims to generate over $160 million (100 billion Angolan Kwanzas) in revenue through the divestment of several state-owned assets to the private sector this...
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Gabon Encourages Japanese Companies to Participate in Call for Tenders for Oil Blocks

The Ministry of Oil, Gas and Mines, Gabon, have expressed its wish to have Japanese investors participate in its ongoing call for tender for 35 maritime oil blocks in the...
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NNPC to Disclose Successful Bidders for Infrastructure Rehabilitation by the End of Q1, 2021

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced it will be unveiling the list of successful bidders for the rehabilitation of its critical downstream pipelines, associated depots and terminal infrastructure....
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African Countries Exported Highest Bopd for 10 months to India in August

The world's third biggest oil-importer, India, shipped in about 3.95 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in August, jumping to the country's highest in 10 months. Recent shipping data...
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