Africa | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 18
Egbin to Add 450MW to Tanzania’s Power Grid
Nigerian Energy company, Egbin Power Plc, is expanding in Tanzania with the construction of natural gas-fired power plants in Dar es Salaam, at $630m investments. The company will setup two facilities, each with a cap...
Swala Oil to Buy Stake in Burundi’s Oil Field
Tanzania’s Swala Oil and Gas Plc has agreed to purchase Surestream Petroleum Limited’s subsidiary. In return, Swala shall issue Surestream 6,247,154 fully paid ordinary shares in the company, The Citizen reporte...
Kenya to Build 55MW Solar Farm
Kenya’s largest solar power plant is set to add 55MW of power to the country’s national grid, according to ESI Africa. The solar farm will sit on 85-hectare parcel of land, 20km away from Garissa town in northe...
Nigeria to Boost Oil Output by 200,000b/d
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) estimated that the country will increase its crude oil production by 200,000b/d during the first quarter of 2018, Vanguard reported. NNPC’s Managing Director, Maikant...
Nigeria Enhanced Fuel Storage
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) increased the country’s storage capacity for petroleum products by 87.7m liters, with the re-commissioning of four product tanks at the Mosimi depot in Ogun Sta...
Marginal Fields Contributed 3% to Nigeria’s Crude
Nigeria’s marginal oil fields contributed 3% of the country’s crude oil production during a 12-month period from July 2015 to June 2016, Vanguard reported. Terminal data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporatio...
South Africa Increased Pump Prices
South Africa’s Department of Energy announced that as of early October the retail price of petrol 93 octane will increase by $0.44/L and that of 95 octane by $0.43/L. Core factors in the increase are the rand/US dolla...
Angola LNG Shipped Second Cargo
Angola’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant launched a tender to sell its second post-shutdown cargo, loading in early October, Reuters reported. This comes as a spokeswoman for Angola LNG confirmed that t...
