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Issue 147 - 05 October 2008

Safi bids due in January

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Bids are due by 15 January from the 17 companies prequalified for the 1,320MW Safi coal-fired independent power project. Office National de l’Electricité (ONE) is keen to push ahead with the 20bn dirham project, despite some local opposition, to meet growing demand.

Morocco
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A major challenges to the status of Somalia’s autonomous Somaliland and Puntland territories is the dispute over the Sool and eastern Sanaag regions, which are believed to be oil-rich.

Somalia
Issue 232 - 01 June 2012

Shell quits Libya exploration

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BP’s decision to lift force majeure on its Libya exploration contracts just days after Shell announced it had suspended its activities reflects the uncertain outlook for both the country’s hydrocarbons prospects and its politics.

Libya
Issue 134 - 07 March 2008

Total gets Usan go-ahead

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The government has given Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd (EPNL) the go-ahead to develop the Usan field on the former OPL 222.

Nigeria
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Cyprus-based Karo Mining Holdings will partner Mauritian independent power producer Argentum Energy to roll out a phased 300MW solar power plant in the Chegutu platinum mining area. Karo is developing a large-scale, vertically integrated platinum group metals (PGM) mining complex, which will include a platinum mine, a refinery and a coal mine. The project is being developed in partnership with the government of Zimbabwe under an Investment Project Framework Agreement signed on 22 March 2018.

Zimbabwe
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Given the REIPPP’s reliance on Eskom’s intractable financial situation, focus seems to be shifting towards stimulating the embedded or household solar photovoltaic (PV) market, which the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) estimated could produce as much as 22.5GW by 2030. However, the sector faces a number of challenges. According to South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (Sapvia) chief executive Moeketsi Thobela, many municipalities are concerned about the loss of revenue a significant uptake of embedded solar PV systems would entail. The regulatory framework lacks clarity, particularly with regard to licensing, and concerns continue about inadequate safety standards relating to the wiring of low-voltage connections.

South Africa
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China Aerospace Construction Group has won a $100m contract to build a 400kV substation and transmission line connecting the planned Konza smart city to the national grid. The project involves a 40km double-circuit power line linking the Konza substation to the recently completed Isinya substation built by National Contracting Company of Saudi Arabia and is funded 85% by the Export–Import Bank of China and 15% by the Kenyan government.

Kenya
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A readjustment of relations between international oil companies (IOCs) and the authorities is evidence of a new, more realistic approach towards upstream development. However, difficulties remain. While a number of international partners have successfully amended or extended their contracts with Alnaft, others have surrendered their interests – continuing a trend of the past several years.The most important two contracts to have been altered in a positive way are those regarding Total and Cepsa’s development of the Timimoun tight gas field in south-west Algeria and BP and Statoil’s production of gas at In Amenas.

Algeria
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There will be opposition from across Nigerian society, but key measures to restructure the hydrocarbons industry and channel windfall oil earnings are among a raft of measures the Jonathan government expects to push through in the coming months, the country’s senior economic minister told Jon Marks in Washington.

Nigeria
Issue 138 - 10 May 2008

OMV takes Al-Thani block

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In a further step in Dubai-based entrepreneur Abdullah Bin Saeed Al-Thani’s sale of regional assets – signalled by a big divestment in Sudan (AE 135/12) – Austria’s OMV has taken an 80% interest as operator in Tunisia’s offshore Sidi Mansour exploration licence from Thani Emirates Petroleum subsidiary Thani Tunisia Sidi Mansour.

Tunisia
Issue 239 - 21 September 2012

Niger: Four blocks for Timis company

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African Petroleum’s sister company International Petroleum has received cabinet approval for four production sharing contracts for the Manga 1, Manga 2, Aborak and Ténéré Ouest blocks in south-east Niger.

Niger
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Oil and gas explorer Africa New Energies (ANE) is preparing to begin fundraising for a ten-well drilling project onshore Namibia through the issuance of asset-backed crypto-tokens. The company has owned two onshore blocks totalling 22,000km2 in Namibia through its subsidiary Alumni Exploration East Namibia Ltd since December 2012, when the company was founded by South Africans Steven Larkin and Brendon Raw. ANE has been using unconventional exploration techniques based on machine learning to identify drilling sites, in theory at a fraction of the cost of conventional 2D and 3D seismic programmes.

Namibia
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According to the latest lifting programme, published by the South Sudan Ministry of Petroleum in early December, a total of 4.6m barrels will be lifted from Port Sudan in January, equivalent to average production of 148,000 b/d. This compares favourably with the 4.4m barrels programmed for lifting in December (an average production of 142,000 b/d) and 4.2m barrels in November (an average of 140,000 b/d). The volume for lifting matches that of October, when it was also 4.6m barrels, or 148,000 b/d.

South Sudan
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US independent Anadarko Petroleum has suspended its operations in Côte d’Ivoire as fighting intensifies between supporters of the country’s two rival presidents, but is accelerating its activities in West Africa as a whole

Côte d'Ivoire
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Concentrix Solar joins Desertec; BHP Billiton revises Mozal contract, SA talks go on; Harsco announces Gibe III dam contract