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Petroleum bill set for release as South Africa government mulls gas options
Minister of mineral and energy resources Gwede Mantashe said on 7 November the new draft Petroleum Amendment Bill, which is currently before cabinet, would be released for public comment within the next three weeks. The bill was drawn up following criticism of the previous...
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South Africa
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Investors riled as Ghana arrears build and renegotiations bite
In contrast to South Africa, where the government has managed to cool tempers inflamed after announcements that IPP tariffs might be renegotiated, officials in Ghana appear to be fanning the flames. IPPs are being pushed to renegotiate the terms of contracts at the same time...
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Ghana
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Egypt’s renewables rush continues
The commissioning of the final projects at the Benban solar park in Upper Egypt at the end of October means that nearly 1.5GW of solar PV generation capacity is now being supplied to the grid from the largest solar complex in Africa. In fact the additional capacity brought...
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Egypt
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Ghana: Production, oil quality blows for Tullow
Tullow Oil has warned of lower-than-forecast Ghana production and disappointing crude quality in Guyana. A trading update on 13 November said full-year production from Ghana’s Jubilee field would be around 89,000 b/d, down from 96,000 b/d forecast in the H1 results in July,...
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Ghana
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New loan for South Sudan crude sales
The Ministry of Finance has agreed a loan with the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) against future crude sales to finance infrastructure development and oil well rehabilitation, according to documents seen by African Energy. The loan, concluded in recent weeks, is...
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South Sudan
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Angola’s refinery plans face challenges
Angola’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum has laid out plans to increase oil refining capacity to 435,000 b/d by 2025 from just 75,000 b/d at present. State-owned Sonangol, whose entire board was unceremoniously sacked by President João Lourenço in May over its...
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Angola
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Algeria makes the right noises to IOCs but Sonatrach remains unstable
Algeria’s lower house of parliament on 14 November approved the long-awaited – but hotly contested – revised hydrocarbons law, in the run-up to a presidential election announced for 12 December by interim president Abdelkader Bensalah. IOCs welcome the changes but will...
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Algeria
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Can T&D plus offgrid enter a new world of investment?
A few far-sighted public officials and private equity investors have been looking at transmission and distribution (T&D) as the next big thing for the African electricity supply industry for some time. Momentum is building behind this, underlined by the recent creation of...
Africa
Russia remains an economic minnow Putin has made into a big fish
The United States is no longer the global hyperpower, former colonial powers have lost their captive markets and China has emerged as an economic superpower in Africa but not yet a dominant global force. While geopolitical tectonic plates shift, African governments are being...
Africa
Frelimo triumphs, good governance loses in Mozambique polls
While the $2bn-plus ‘tuna bonds’ scandal rumbles on in international courts, Mozambique’s reputation has generally been boosted on President Filipe Nyusi’s watch. The authorities have coped relatively effectively with crises like Cyclone Idai and in ending armed conflict with...
Mozambique
Community engagement means asking the people’s view
Project developers and financiers spend inordinate amounts of time and money assessing risks and their mitigation. But when traditional credit and political risk calculations are being made, they still too often overlook the populations whose land they are building on, even...
Africa
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25 November 2019 to 27 November 2019
Africa Energy Expo
As investors and world leaders seek a new clean energy frontier, renewable energy development...
Movenpick Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya
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25 November 2019 to 26 November 2019
Ethiopian International Mining Conference & Exhibition
Building on the success on the previous edition, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Ethiopia in...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
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26 November 2019 to 29 November 2019
GECF 5th Gas Summit
the Republic of Equatorial Guinea will host the 5th Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum....
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
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02 December 2019 to 05 December 2019
9th Practical Nigerian Content
The 9th Annual Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum, organised by CWC Africa and Levmora Services...
NCDMB Headquarters, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Africa
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02 December 2019 to 03 December 2019
Regional Energy Summit: West Africa
The 4th annual Regional Energy Summit: West Africa (RES: West Africa) will arrive for the first...
Senegal
Senegal
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03 December 2019 to 04 December 2019
FPSO Africa Congress
Africa’s onshore producing fields are maturing and depleting – this, coupled with Government...
Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra, Ghana
Ghana
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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Nigeria 2019
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Nigeria 2019 is the only conference in the country that brings together...
Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos
Nigeria
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