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Libya’s NOC turns back the clock on crude marketing and refining
A decision by National Oil Corporation (NOC) not to renew the three-year-old deal giving Glencore the exclusive right to lift crude from the Marsa Al-Harigah terminal outside Tobruk demonstrates how much the conditions under which Libya exports crude have changed in the past...
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Libya
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Mozambique LNG schemes line up buyers to underwrite final investment decisions
Eni and ExxonMobil, partners in Mozambique’s Area 4 liquefied natural gas (LNG) scheme, announced on 28 December that they have secured enough offtake commitments to move to a final investment decision (FID) on their planned onshore development in 2019. A joint statement gave...
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Mozambique
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Cameroon: Gas sales, licence approval boost VOG
Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) has announced the resumption of gas sales to power utility Eneo Cameroon for the Logbaba power station, and government approval of its acquisition of the Matanda Block. The news has come as a significant boost for Aim-listed VOG, which was hard...
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Cameroon
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Sonangol secures $1bn loan as reforms start to take shape
Angola has taken a step towards reducing its dependence on borrowing from China with the signing of a $1bn loan agreement between Sonangol and a syndicate of major international banks. The loan, which runs for five years and pays a margin of 425 basis points over Libor, was...
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Angola
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Côte d’Ivoire AFC closes €577m debt financing for SIR
Lagos-based development financier Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) announced on 8 January that it had successfully closed a €577m ($657m) facility for Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) to refinance the refinery’s significant debt. AFC’s participation was for €192m. The...
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Ophir rejects Medco bid
Ophir Energy has rejected a bid approach from Indonesia’s Medco Energi, saying it significantly undervalued the company which was now well positioned to generate income from its expanded south-east Asia portfolio. Medco must state by 28 January whether it intends to make a...
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Africa
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Pump price soars as Zimbabwe crisis deepens
Zimbabwe now has the world’s most expensive petrol, at $3.33/litre, following a price rise announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country’s economic crisis deepens. Several people have been shot dead, and witnesses say security forces have been raiding homes as anti...
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Zimbabwe
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Kabila seeks to maintain business as usual in DR Congo
Elections on 23 December are unlikely to deliver the change Democratic Republic of Congo so badly needs. The outlook is deteriorating as polling day approaches, following deaths at rallies in support of opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, and an apparently deliberate fire in...
DR Congo
Nigeria’s bitter contest between ailing incumbent and veteran ‘big man’
It says something for the political climate – and the power of social media – that Reuters on 2 December ran a story headlined: “Nigeria’s Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike.” It quoted President Muhammadu Buhari telling diaspora Nigerians in Poland, where he...
Nigeria
Transmission ‘the next big deal’ as financiers assess prospects
The number of big multilateral financing facilities being put in place for electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) projects across Africa points to a recognition that, after decades when installing generation capacity was the central preoccupation of governments...
Africa
The future beckons as details of storage are gradually refined
Find ways to store the electricity generated from solar, wind and other renewables, and these technologies may cease to be ‘intermittent’ sources of power – a game-changer that is expected to transform Africa’s electricity supply industry in the next decade or two. “Storage...
Africa
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Africa Investment Exchange: Gas
AIX: Gas brings upstream and LNG players together with investors, senior officials, and power...
RSA House, London
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
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28 January 2019 to 29 January 2019
Middle East and North Africa Energy
Capacity, Investment and Regional Dynamics
Current economic prospects for energy producers and...
Chatham House, London
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31 January 2019 to 01 February 2019
3rd Annual Power Tech Africa
The conference focuses on identifying the potential of renewable sources in the Sub-Saharan Regions...
Villa Rosa Kempinski, Nairobi, Kenya
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06 February 2019 to 07 February 2019
Morocco Oil & Gas Summit
Under the auspices of The National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), IN-VR Oil & Gas is...
Radisson Blu Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
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19 February 2019 to 20 February 2019
Africa Energy Indaba
The Africa Energy Indaba Conference will discuss, debate and seek solutions to enable adequate...
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
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19 February 2019 to 20 February 2019
The Solar Show MENA
According to the International Energy Agency, by 2021 renewable capacity in the MENA region will...
The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo, Egypt
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25 February 2019 to 27 February 2019
Powering Africa: Summit
The 5th Powering Africa: Summit (PAS) will take place for the first time in Miami from the 25-27th...
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