South Africa's power utility Eskom announced that Kusile power station’s Unit 1 reached its full 800MW load-generating capacity early March after its initial synchronization in December 2016.
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has signed a 3-year lease agreement with Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) as it looks to expand the country’s oil storage capacity.
Kuwait wants the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to extend output cuts beyond June, becoming the producer group’s first member to call for more time to balance the global oil market.
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have been in talks over resuming work at neutral oil and gas zone fields that are owned by the two countries. Al-Wafra and Al-Khafji were halted in 2015 due to continuous dispute between them.
Qatar’s onshore oil price in February marginally increased above its price in January to reach $55.11 per barrel - $10.11 above the $45-per-barrel rate previously approved in the state budget.
Oyster Oil and Gas Ltd. announced early March that it has received Djibouti government's approval to commence the Phase III of its exploration contract at the country's Block 1.
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd. said it is rectifying the pipelines which exploded in February in Rivers, to ensure resumption of industrial gas supply within mid-March.