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5th October 2020

South Sudan to Construct Four Refineries; Train Engineers to meet World Standard

The world's youngest country, South Sudan, plans to construct four refineries in four locations in the country. They are Bentiu, Paloch, Thiangrial and Pagak. The Nilepet Director-General for Downstream, James...

28th August 2020

Waltersmith’s Modular Refinery in Nigeria to be Commissioned in September

Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited will commence operations in the 5,000 bpd modular refinery in Nigeria by September 2020. This was made known by the Chief Executive Officer, Chikezie Nwosu, on...

20th August 2020

Gabonese Government Cancels Sogara Refinery and GOC Merger

The Government of Gabon has reportedly ended the merger project between the Gabonese Refining company (Sogara) and the National Hydrocarbons Company, the Gabon Oil Company (GOC). The decision of a...

18th August 2020

Ugandan Government Rolls out New Timelines for Proposed Refinery Project

The Government of Uganda has renegotiated the project framework agreement of the country's proposed oil refinery to allow the investors enough time to complete the preliminary preparations. The Environment and...

11th August 2020

Refinery Construction in Uganda Postponed to 2025

The construction of Uganda's refinery has been postponed once again and cannot start until at least 2025. The push in the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the basin-wide upstream oil...

17th July 2020

Nigeria: McDermott Secures Contract for a 12,000 bpd Modular Refinery in Bayelsa

The engineering and procurement contract for the 12,000 barrels per day modular hydro skimming refinery in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, has been awarded to McDermott International Ltd by Azikel Petroleum Ltd....

10th July 2020

Guinea: AFC Sings Joint Development Agreement with Brahms Oil Refineries

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Brahms Oil Refineries Limited on the development and financing of a petroleum storage and associated refinery project...

8th July 2020

Nigeria: Sulzer Chemtech Selected as the Sole Supplier to Dangote Refinery

Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, Sulzer Chemtech, has been announced to be the sole supplier of column internals, packings, and trays for the Dangote Integrated oil refinery and petrochemical...

6th June 2020

Benin Considering Setting up an Oil Refinery

Benin is stepping up plans to set up an oil refinery. It has reportedly established a partnership, with responsibility for evaluating the requirements and viability of the project. On Wednesday,...

4th June 2020

There has Been No Crude at Indeni Refinery for Over 60 Days

The Indeni Petroleum Refinery, located in Zambia's industrial city of Ndola with a capacity to refine 24,000 bbp/d of crude oil and process 1,200,000 tonnes of feedstock annually, has reportedly...