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Mozambique gas use studies under way
Two studies under way on regional gas usage and associated economic development for the Nepad Business Foundation (NBF) are scheduled to be completed in June.The NBF is working with the Southern African Develop-ment Community (SADC) Secretariat to develop the first phase of the...
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Mozambique
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Egypt: Gas export economics pose challenge
The collapse of a deal under which the Segas liquefaction plant at Damietta would have restarted LNG exports in June is mostly due to the negative effect of the coronavirus pandemic. However, it highlights the difficult economics behind Cairo’s ambitions to revitalise its gas...
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Egypt
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Equatorial Guinea: Gas contracts
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons and Noble Energy and Marathon Oil’s Atlantic Methanol Production Company have given US company Nexant a contract to carry out a feasibility study for the construction of a formaldehyde production plant in Punta Europa. The ministry, which...
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Equatorial Guinea
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South Africa’s PayGas plans expansion of LPG to serve low-income communities
Cape Town-based LPG retailer PayGas plans to open six new refilling stations in Cape Town’s low-income townships. The new stations had been planned for the end of May, though timelines are likely to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Chief executive and founder Philippe...
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South Africa
Power
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Latest African Energy figures show decade of patchy progress
The African Energy Live Data 2019 update shows that 9.6GW of net new capacity was added on the continent during the year. The figure includes off-grid and embedded plants in the public domain, as well as on-grid facilities. This is just over half of the capacity added in 2018...
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Africa
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Egypt: Damietta LNG deal falls through
A deal that was expected to allow the restart of the Segas LNG plant at Damietta has fallen through, though Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) says it is ready to start a new round of negotiations. Agreements signed in February by Eni, Egyptian General Petroleum...
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Egypt
Gas
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South Africa’s LNG-to-power challenges
South Africa’s latest debt downgrades add to the challenges facing the LNG-to-power procurement programme. The programme is technically difficult, with major questions about how to structure it, particularly given the government’s reluctance to accept a dollar element within the...
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South Africa
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