Africa Energy has signed a farm-out agreement with a subsidiary of Pancontinental Oil & Gas to buy a 10% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration License 37 offshore Namibia (PEL 37).
VAALCO Energy has finalized the acquisition of a further 3.23% participating interest in the Etame Marin Permit located offshore of the Republic of Gabon from Sojitz Etame Limited.
Fourteen national and International companies have submitted bids for the development of industrial projects that make use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Mozambique.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) for the third phase of a solar park in Dubai, at a rate of $29.90/MWh.
Iran's Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, said that the country was prepared to leave its oil production at levels that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had agreed at its September meeting in Algeria.
Tanzania and Zambia are to negotiate a new deal for transport of refined oil and natural gas. The talks will center around either modernizing the existing 1,710km Tazama pipeline or building a parallel pipeline for gas.