Australia is aiming to accelerate and coordinate the efforts of the scientists and the small and medium businesses in developing hydrogen technologies by establishing 13 clusters across the country to build a competitive industry.

Australian Santos Company announced that it had signed a binding long-term LNG Supply and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Diamond Gas International Pte Ltd (DGI) company which is subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation of LNG supply from the Barossa project.

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, has met with Glenn Miles, Australia’s Ambassador to Egypt, to discuss the pandemic’s impact on the global gas market and mining activities in Egypt. 

Australian oil and gas company, BHP, has acquired an additional 28% working interest in the Shenzi formation for $505 million from Hess Corporation.

El Molla met with the Australian Ambassador to Egypt, Glenn Miles, to discuss new cooperation scopes between the two countries, especially in the field of mining.

Qatar plans to boost its liquified natural gas (LNG) production capacity to 110 million metric tons per year (mt/year) by 2024, an increase of roughly 43%.

Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla discussed Egyptian-Australian collaboration in the mining and hydrocarbon industries with the Australian Ambassador to Egypt Neil Hawkins.

Australia's FAR Ltd, a partner in Senegal's SNE offshore field, announced early March that the project could start the production process before 2021, earlier than expected and at a higher rate than flagged before.

Algeria's Sonatrach achieved record high crude oil exports in October of 2.77m tons of oil equivalent, as opposed to the company’s usual monthly export volumes of 1.9m to 2m tons of crude oil per month.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Agence Française de Development (AFD), and the European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide $38m to support Morocco's sustainable energy developments.