Algeria sets out first tentative step towards solar
Algeria has finally taken a first step in opening up its solar potential to bidders, with the launch of a 1-GW tender.
Algeria has finally taken a first step in opening up its solar potential to bidders, with the launch of a 1-GW tender.
Eni has spudded the Mlima-1 exploration well, offshore Kenya, in the deepwaters of the Lamu Basin.
Pharos Energy is shuffling its executive team, moving Jann Brown to the post of CEO and with Ed Storey shifting to focus on Vietnam, as the company nears completion of its Egyptian farm-out deal.
Is there a space for carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a service? Recently formed Lapis Energy is betting there is, eyeing opportunities in the US, UK, Europe and South East Asia.
Russian gas independent Novatek has struck a deal to secure renewable energy supplies for its Cryogas-Vysotsk LNG plant.
Poor maintenance at export facilities has driven Libya to shut in exports from the Es Sider terminal, compounding weather-related woes.
Oil workers, and others, have gone on strike in Gabon in protest at COVID-19 measures.
Saipem has won two new offshore contracts, in Australia and Guyana, worth $1.1 billion, on the Scarborough and Yellowtail projects respectively.
TotalEnergies has launched a massive open online course – otherwise known as a MOOC – for Ugandans interested in working on its Tilenga project.
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas is buying South Africa and Namibia-focused Azinam, with CEO Gil Holzman talking of building a major exploration focused independent.
Chariot has made a “significant” discovery at its Anchois-2 well off Morocco. This paves the way for the company to pursue its gas development plans.
With Shell’s seismic plans in disarray, South African activists are turning their sights on more offshore plans from Searcher Seismic.
Heirs Holdings has launched a tender for work on the Elelenwa multi-phase pump gathering station, on OML 17 in Nigeria.
Waha Oil has completed maintenance on a pipeline section faster than expected, returning 200,000 barrels per day of production to Libya’s output.
An unidentified group attacked workers at the Zungeru hydropower plant, in Nigeria’s Niger State, killing security guards and injuring workers.
The Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has issued a tender for a study into a potential floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Morocco.
Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, with the government highly dependent on oil revenues. As such, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is crucial to the country and the state.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a board to oversee Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) Ltd.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation Wednesday after increases in fuel prices led to clashes between protesters and police in central Asia’s largest energy producer.
The Amazon Warrior has left South Africa and is heading towards Las Palmas, in what is seen as a victory for local protests over Shell’s seismic plans.
Invictus Energy has secured long-lead items for its planned two-well programme and launched a capital raising programme, as it targets drilling in the first half of the year.
Sonatrach is aiming to bring online additional throughput at the Medgaz export pipeline this month, while sketching out plans to return to exploration in Libya.
Former Seplat Energy executive Austin Avuru appears to be clashing with his old company in the pursuit of ExxonMobil’s mature onshore Nigerian assets.
The Coral Sul floating LNG (FLNG) vessel has arrived at Area 4, offshore Mozambique, with the aim of starting production in the second half of 2022.
Genel Energy has halted work on the QD-2 well in Kurdistan because of “insurmountable technical problems”, the company has acknowledged.