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Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

African Energy Data Book shows gas dominating project pipeline

By the end of 2018, natural gas and dual fuel plants using gas will have increased from 40% of installed capacity in 2010 to nearly 48%, according to the new African Energy Data Book. The increase in gas usage has often been at the expense of coal plants, which have decreased as...

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Africa

Issue 381 - 22 November 2018

Angola: GECF membership

Angola joined the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) as an observer member at the group’s 20th ministerial meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 14 November. The other African members are Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Libya and Nigeria. The fifth summit of...

Issue 381 - 22 November 2018

Angola

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Morocco: Predator closes in on Guercif licence

Jersey-based Predator Oil & Gas Holdings has announced that Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (Onhym) has accepted its licence application for Guercif permits I-IV. The four onshore permits cover an area of 7,269km² east of the Gharb Basin gas fields and north-...

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Morocco

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Sudan: Lahmeyer assists STPG with Albagair OCGT plant

The Sudanese Thermal Power Generating Company has contracted Germany’s Lahmeyer International to assist as the technical consultant in selecting an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a planned 300MW gas-fired power plant in the south of Khartoum. Lahmeyer,...

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Sudan

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Nigeria: Shell to supply gas to Aba

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria on 30 November signed a gas supply and aggregation agreement for the 140MW Aba power project in Abia State, Nigeria. The project has been under development for some time by Geometric Power Aba Ltd, whose chief executive is former...

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Nigeria

Issue 381 - 22 November 2018

Angola: Kaombo inaugurated as Total sanctions new projects

Total on 10 November announced project sanction for Clov Phase 2 and Dalia phase 3 at a ceremony formally inaugurating the Kaombo project. Kaombo, on Block 32, is Angola’s biggest offshore development. The first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Kaombo...

Issue 381 - 22 November 2018

Angola

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Ghana: Cenpower seeks Kpone contract termination

The row over South African construction company Group Five’s disastrous contract with Cenpower Generation Company Ltd to build the 340MW Kpone combined-cycle gas power plant in Tema has escalated after Cenpower attempted to terminate it. Cenpower issued written notification of...

Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Ghana

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