The Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and Mining, Eulogio del Pino, has declared that the daily production of crude oil from Orinoco Oil Belt has increased from 20,000 to 30,000 b/d, thus benefiting the whole region.
Egyptian Qalaa Holdings is positive that its new mega refinery will reduce the country’s dependence on oil imports, according to what its Chairman, Ahmed Heikal, said in an interview.
Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol has selected the company Engineers India Limited (EIL) to provide services related to the construction of the Lobito refinery.
An engineering unit of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) won a $620m contract to build Cambodia's first oil refinery. The refinery is located in Cambodia's southwestern Preah Sihanouk province.
A Moroccan court has postponed a decision on an appeal for a week, made by the owner of the country's sole oil refiner Samir against a ruling that placed it into liquidation.
Fuel deliveries from Niger's only oil refinery were disrupted by the start of a three-day strike over working conditions and pay, a local union official said.
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is set to start construction work for a new oil terminal in Mombasa, and the State agency published a notice inviting bidders to apply for the project before April 29th.
The head of the upstream division at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) informed that production of Kaduna refinery plant is expected to restart by mid-April, Reuters reported.
Morocco's oil refiner Samir has lodged an appeal against a recent court decision that placed it into liquidation and named an independent trustee to run the company, the refiner's lawyer said.