A source at state energy company Sonatrach said that Algeria expects to produce more than 9bcm/y additional gas output, when three projects come online during 2017.
Iran will build up its natural gas supply to Armenia from 1mcm/d to 3mcm in the next few years, and will make gas supplies to Georgia through Armenian territory.
Dangote Industries said that the recent discovery of oil in Lagos State in commercial quantity is a good sign for the development of the oil and gas industry in the country.
Italian energy company Eni connected the Laarich East-1 well in the Sahara desert of Tunisia to production, with a reported output rate of 2,000b/d of oil.
Upstream assets in Algeria, Iraq and Malaysia have pushed oil and gas production by Indonesia's Pertamina Internasional Eksplorasi and Produksi (PIEP) to surpass its target in 2016 by 15%.