Australia's FAR Ltd, a partner in Senegal's SNE offshore field, announced early March that the project could start the production process before 2021, earlier than expected and at a higher rate than flagged before.
Total launched the production from the Moho Nord deep offshore project, located 75 km offshore Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo, The project has production capacity of 100,000 b/d.
Japan's Sumitomo Corp. is currently planning to sign a contract with a state-run Mozambican power company to construct a gas-fired power plant 700km northeast of Maputo by mid-March.
GE declared mid-March that Amandi Energy Ltd. will operate a 200MW combined-cycle power plant in Aboadze, Ghana. The turnkey plant will be powered by GE’s 9E.04 gas turbine with tri-fuel capabilities.
Hyperdynamics Corp.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SCS Corp., has signed a tri-party Protocol with the government of Guinea and Sapetro to drill Guinea's upcoming Fatala well.
Qatargas will double the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Poland's gas firm PGNiG to 2m tons/y. The deal will come into effect in January 2018 and run until June 2034.
Iran will keep its oil production cap at 3.8mb/d in the second half of 2017 if OPEC members stay committed to the oil cut agreement signed in November 2016.