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Equatorial Guinea: Study to convert methanol plant to modular refinery
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons says it has commissioned a feasibility study to examine the potential for converting the Atlantic Methanol Production Company (Ampco) plant at the Punta Europa gas complex on Bioko Island into a modular refinery. The methanol plant is part...
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Equatorial Guinea
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Nigeria: FID for NLNG Train 7
Eni and its partners in Nigeria LNG announced a final investment decision (FID) on 27 December for the long-mooted Train 7 expansion of the plant. The development will increase NLNG’s production capacity to more than 30m t/yr from the current 22.5m t/yr when it starts up in 2024...
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Nigeria
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Egypt: US support for EMG pipeline
The US International Development Finance Corporation has agreed to provide $430m in insurance for Noble Energy’s project to restore the 90km East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline to transport gas from fields offshore Israel. The agreement was signed on 23 November at the...
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Egypt
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South Africa: JDA signed for gas imports
Total, South Africa’s Gigajoule Group and Matola Gas Company (MGC) signed a joint development agreement (JDA) on 27 November for a project to import LNG to Matola port to supply local and regional markets.The project involves a permanently moored floating storage and...
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South Africa
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Mozambique: AfDB funding for LNG scheme
The African Development Bank (AfDB) board on 26 November approved a long-term senior loan of $400m to support the Total-led Mozambique LNG project, which will monetise gas from Offshore Area 1. The AfDB said it was joining a global syndicate of commercial banks, development...
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Mozambique
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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 proceed...
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Algeria
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