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Nigeria: NLNG awards Train 7 FEED contracts
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited has awarded contracts to two consortia for front-end engineering design (FEED) work for its long-awaited Train 7 expansion project. A signing ceremony took place in London on 11 July for the project, which aims to increase liquefied natural gas output...
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Nigeria
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Nigeria: Afreximbank loan for Dangote refinery
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote signed a $650m loan facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 14 July for his $6.5bn oil refinery project. The signing took place in Abuja during the Cairo-based bank’s annual meetings. The 650,000 b/d Dangote refinery is...
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Nigeria
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Fuel price hike raises Guinea tensions
The government on 30 June announced a 25% increase in the pump price of diesel and kerosene. The decision has been sharply criticised for lack of consultation, for its timing at 10pm on a Saturday during the football World Cup, and for its probable impact in a country where more...
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Guinea
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Mozambique: Area 4 development plan submitted
The Eni and ExxonMobil-led Mozambique Rovuma Venture has submitted a development plan to the government for the first phase of the Rovuma liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Afungi, which will produce, liquefy and market natural gas from the Mamba fields in Area 4.The plan...
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Mozambique
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Cameroon: VOG partners with Naturelgaz for CNG development
AIM-listed Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) has agreed a new partnership to develop compressed natural gas (CNG) as it seeks to broaden its customer and product base to compensate for the loss of state utility Eneo’s gas offtake. VOG said on 26 June its subsidiary Gaz du Cameroun (...
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Cameroon
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Mauritius LNG import plan
The Central Electricity Board (CEB) in June 2017 issued a request for information (RFI) from potential natural gas suppliers to power a 105MW-120MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant; the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import unit would be sited at Les Grandes Salines in...
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Mauritius
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Mozambique: Tokyo Gas, Centrica sign for Area 1 LNG
Tokyo Gas Company and Centrica LNG Company have jointly signed heads of agreement (HoA) for the long-term offtake of 2.6m t/yr of liquefied natural gas from Mozambique Area 1 as operator Anadarko Petroleum prepares for a final investment decision (FID) in H1 2019. Anadarko said...
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Mozambique
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