Nigeria will give licenses to the private sector individuals to build refineries. While, Azikel Group signed an agreement for the construction of 12,000b/d Azikel Refinery with Ventech Engineering LLC in Houston Texas.
Africa-focused firm Victoria Oil and Gas said that drilling has started on two development gas wells in Cameroon. The wells will cost $40m and the drilling campaign will be wrapped up in the second quarter of 2017.
Mozambique will hold its sixth round of oil and gas licensing round late in 2017 or in 2018. Additionally, the government awarded six licenses to search for oil and gas, with the potential to drum up about $700m in i ...
Nigeria currently possesses the capacity to create about $51b opportunities in the midstream and downstream gas sector. The country also plans to establish an independent agency to control the gas industry.
Tullow Oil will restart exploration and appraisal drilling at Kenya's prolific South Lokichar field in December where it saw an upside potential of over 1b barrels of recoverable oil.
Eni said a final investment decision is expected from partners on Mozambique's deep-water Coral South floating liquefied natural gas project by December, with production starting five years later.
Somalia will launch its first hydrocarbon licensing round early 2017 targeting offshore blocks. The Minister of Petroleum unveiled details on the plans for a 2017 license round during the Africa Oil Week held in Cap ...
Tanzania saved up to $7.4b by using natural gas as a source of energy from July 2004 to June 2015. This came as a result of using natural gas to replace expensive fuel such as heavy furnace oil (HFO), diesel, petrol, ...