The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation plans to pump 16,000 tons of gasoline, and 35,000 tons of diesel to gas stations all over Egypt by the start of March in attempts to meet local demand.
South Korea's S-Oil, the country's third-largest refiner, has signed a $1b deal to sell a combined 38m barrels of diesel, naphtha and jet fuel this year to Saudi Aramco.
Tanzania's energy regulator lowered maximum retail prices for diesel and kerosene early January but marginally raised the limit for petrol to reflect changes in global energy costs.
South Africa’s Department of Energy announced that a liter of petrol 93 ULP and LRP will rise by $0.04 a liter, while a liter of 95 ULP and LRP will increase by $0.03.
The government of Mozambique has announced that all measures has been put in place and the country is ready to switch to low-Sulphur diesel from starting from June.
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has launched two oil tenders to import 1.012m tons of diesel to be received in February and March 2017.