Saudi Arabia maintained its spot as China's top oil supplier in February, two months into the first OPEC output cuts in almost a decade, despite a near 13% fall in shipments from 2016.
Iran's First Vice-President, Eshaq Jahangiri, said that Iran has now become a major exporter of gasoil and will soon turn into an exporter of gasoline.
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced that oil production has reached 700,000b/d, recovering from a drop earlier in March caused by fighting at two key oil ports.
The research consultancy Rystad Energy indicated that the oil field development in Iran and Iraq is expected to drive the largest production growth in the Middle East over the next four years.
Mozambique will gain $350m in capital taxes from Eni after the Italian oil and gas company agreed to sell a stake in a gas field to ExxonMobil Corporation.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced late March the release of foreign exchange (Forex) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to marketers to import diesel and aviation fuel.
Iran started pumping oil from the oil layer of South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf). Production from seven oil wells in the complex began and should reach a net peak capacity of 35,000b/d in about a week.
South Sudan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Equatorial Guinea to regulate the oil and gas relationships between the two African countries.