Ocean LNG has signed a long-term deal of sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to provide Brazil-based CELSE-Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2020.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will announce the names of companies qualified for the lifting of the country's crude oil for 2017 by mid-December.
The Saudi Energy Minister was in Algiers for talks with his Algerian counterpart on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) policy and agreeing there should be a new date for technical committee talks.
Ghana will receive a Floating, Production and Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sankofa project by March 2017 after which production of crude would commence by August. An estimated 170mcf of gas would be produced daily by 2018.
Tehran will host the upcoming Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation during December, to discuss financial and technical models of a new contract with Russian firms.
Italy’s Eni will continue to buy Algerian gas in 2017 with the same vein as its purchases for 2016. Eni's CEO, Claudio Descalzi, said that the company discussed its expected volume purchases with Sonatrach every year.
Tanzania and Uganda agreed to speed up the execution of the $3.5b East Africa crude oil pipeline (EACOP). The parties considered removing the fiscal package from the intergovernmental agreement (IGA).
Angolan state oil company Sonangol and its partners including oil major Chevron have started production at the Mafumeira Sul oil field with an initial output of 10,000b/d.
Gas production has resumed at Libya’s eastern Abu Tifl field and 12,000b/d of oil will starting pumping by mid-November 2016, with the oil being pumped to Zuetina port.
Nigeria is planning new oil and gas policies aimed at attracting more private investors and boost crude production by 500,000b/d by 2020. The Federal government plans to list the Nigerian National Oil Corporation on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.