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Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Ghana: Interconnection will export excess capacity

An electricity interconnection allowing Ghana to supply Burkina Faso with an initial 50MW, ramping up to 100MW, is poised to come into service, according to Ghanaian officials. The 208km (37km in Ghana and 171km in Burkina Faso) 225kV simple-circuit transmission line from...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Ghana

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

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...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Nigeria

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Morocco: EBRD loan for SDX Energy

AIM-listed SDX Energy has obtained European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) funding for its gas network expansion plans. The company signed a three-year $10m reserves-based lending credit facility on 18 July to finance the expansion of upstream gas production and...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Morocco

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Tunisia: Ansaldo launches Mornaguia construction

Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (Steg) and Italy’s Ansaldo Energia on 17 July launched the construction of the 625MW Mornaguia open-cycle gas turbine power plant south-west of Tunis. The construction contract was signed by the two companies in April.

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Tunisia

Issue 373 - 12 July 2018

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...

Issue 373 - 12 July 2018

Mozambique

Issue 373 - 12 July 2018

DR Congo: Cabinet approves opening national parks to oil exploration

A cabinet meeting in Kinshasa has agreed to open up parts of the Virunga and Salonga national parks to oil and gas exploration. The decision was made on 8 June, but not made public until three weeks later. According to an official communiqué, the Council of Ministers authorised...

Issue 373 - 12 July 2018

DR Congo

Issue 373 - 12 July 2018

Ghana: Sankofa gas start-up for Eni

Eni started gas production from the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) integrated oil and gas project at the beginning of July. The field will provide 180mcf/d for at least 15 years, which Eni said was enough to convert half of Ghana’s power generation...

Issue 373 - 12 July 2018

Ghana

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