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BP sells half-share of Libyan assets to Eni, raising prospect of exploration revival
On 8 October in London, BP group chief executive Bob Dudley, Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi and National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla signed a letter of intent paving the way for Eni’s purchase of a 42.5% interest in BP’s exploration and production-...
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Libya
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Competitive auctions beckon as Kenya’s power sector adapts to changing realities
Competitive auctions for renewable power projects are moving slowly towards becoming a reality in Kenya’s dynamic electricity supply industry. An encouraging number of projects are progressing, even while the government often moves with what one developer calls “glacial...
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Kenya
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Nigeria gas projects fight legislative fog
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has surprised many investors by declining to sign into law the embattled Petroleum Industry Governance Bill. Claiming the bill would divert scarce financial resources from state coffers, Buhari in late August struck a potentially lethal...
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Nigeria
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Noble deal expands Egypt gas supply prospects
US independent Noble Energy and Israel’s Delek Drilling, partners in Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar gas fields, have teamed up with Egypt’s East Gas Company to buy a 39% stake in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Company (EMGC) for $518m. EMGC operates a 90km pipeline connecting...
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Egypt
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Algeria: Total, Repsol to develop Erg Issouane gas field
The Algerian authorities have continued to sign new deals in the upstream and downstream sectors while advancing their more controversial agenda of exploiting shale resources despite public opposition. Preparations are building for a policy announcement in December which...
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Algeria
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Rwanda: Grid developments
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $266m for the second phase of Rwanda’s Scaling Up Electricity Access Programme, which aims to expand access and improve supply reliability. Rwanda received $46m in 2013 for the first phase of the programme, which is...
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Rwanda
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Kenya’s mini-grid/solar home alternative
The challenge of bringing grid power to poorer and isolated communities is raising serious questions about the efficacy of the massive energy access programmes that have been under way since 2014. These have, at least on paper, connected around 70% of the population to the...
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Kenya
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Local content for power projects comes under scrutiny
Local content provision has long been a hot topic in the oil and gas industry, but many delegates at the 3-4 October Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi event were surprised at how far the issue could generate controversy and block support for electricity projects. Several...
Africa
Energy reforms offer little cheer ahead of Nigeria’s election
The newsflow from Nigeria is, as ever, hectic: political alliances are shifting as President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress splits and the People’s Democratic Party, written off only one election cycle ago, draws back power-brokers; finance minister Kemi Adeosun...
Nigeria
African leaders line up to acknowledge China’s status
It is a measure of its rise to prominence that China is the prism through which other nations now define their relations with Africa. This is the product of decades of energetic diplomacy and China’s willingness to provide unprecedented levels of finance, infrastructure...
Africa
Land reform and social justice define politics in southern Africa
The confirmation by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 30 July election victory was above board brushed aside opposition MDC Alliance complaints, along with growing international scepticism about the hotly disputed poll. Violent scenes in...
Southern Africa
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14 November 2018 to 15 November 2018
Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables
Over the last five years AIX Power & Renewables has become one of the meeting places of choice...
RSA House, London
Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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24 October 2018 to 25 October 2018
Africa PPP
Celebrating 10 years of Public Private Partnerships in Africa
According to the recent African...
Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa
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29 October 2018 to 30 October 2018
Algeria Future Energy
Under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy, the participation and support of SONATRACH and the...
Algiers, Algeria
Algeria
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31 October 2018 to 02 November 2018
5th Mozambique Gas Summit & Exhibition
Following the Summit’s success in 2017, the CWC Group in partnership with ENH and with the support...
New Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre - Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique
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05 November 2018 to 09 November 2018
25th Africa Oil Week
The 25th Annual Africa Oil Week conference is the leading business intelligence and transaction...
Cape Town International Convention Centre
South Africa
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06 November 2018 to 08 November 2018
5th Senegal International Mining Conference and Exhibition
The event is organised by the Ministry of Industry & Mines, Senegal in association with AME...
Dakar, Senegal
Senegal
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06 November 2018 to 09 November 2018
Mastering Renewable & Alternative Energies
4 – 7 September 2018, Johannesburg
6 – 9 November 2018, Singapore
The course is designed to...
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