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The government has issued a general procurement notice for a study on the integration of wind facilities into the Egyptian power system and modifications to the existing wind integration grid code

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has invited bids to supply equipment for the 132kV Gidami, Mendi and Wukro, and 66kV Sekota substations.

In a process delayed by political bickering and dramatic protests, the chosen candidate to take over as Libya’s new oil and gas minister is an environmentalist and senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood-supported JCP, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the former Qadhafi regime, writes John Hamilton

Egyptian Electricity Holding Company and East Delta Electricity Production Company are inviting bids for electrical equipment and instrument installation.

Drilling next year will test whether north-west Africa’s previously unfashionable deep offshore could produce an equivalent of Ghana’s Jubilee field. A declaration of commerciality for the Banda gas field off Mauritania could add to the industry’s interest in lesser-known Atlantic Margin plays, write John Hamilton and Thalia Griffiths

Tullow Oil has announced a second discovery onshore Kenya, with the Twiga South well on Block 13T.

A flurry of announcements about renewable and other IPPs points to some momentum in the South African renewables process, but policy shifts remain a worry for potential developers.

Ugandan and Ghanaian government plans for rigorous local content regimes reflect politicians’ concerns that the fruits of oil production will neither be enjoyed by sufficient numbers of voters nor create sustainable national industries. Implementation may add to the burden on IOCs but is in the interests of all parties, writes Hugh Boylan

Chariot Oil & Gas has received government approval to enter the second renewal phase of two offshore blocks: Licence 14 (covering its northern blocks 1811 A&B) and Licence 15 (encompassing southern Block 2714B).

The government is expected to decide this year on a mooted second train for Equatorial Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas (EGLNG)’s plant.

South Africa objected to United Nations and European Union sanctions on Iran being extended to the oil trade, but it has fallen into line with the boycott of imports from National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).

Vitol and Helios Investment Partners have completed phase three of their acquisition of Shell’s downstream assets, taking over majority shareholdings in its Namibia and Botswana businesses Comprising 34 Shell-branded retail stations, 42 other retail units, 12 Shell Select stores and 130 employees, the businesses have been incorporated into Vivo Energy, owned by Vitol and Helios (40% each) and Shell (20%).

Somalia’s new government is aiming for a quick resolution of its oil licensing issues so that it can kick-start investment, and hopes to lure back diaspora Somalis with relevant skills. Ministry of Water, Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Resources senior adviser Abdullahi Haider told Global Pacific & Partners’ Africa Independents Forum that when appointed, one of the new minister’s first tasks will be to send letters of notification to the companies that held licences before the civil war, inviting them to return to their acreage

German partners have got behind a project to build the first solar tower power plant in North Africa, with Algeria’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety agreeing to collaborate on a solar-gas hybrid plant of up to 7MW.

Revised in October 2012, this map provides an overview of Northern Egypt’s onshore oil and gas exploration and development. The location of existing oil and gas fields are shown, along with existing and future pipelines, refineries, processing plants, oil tanker and LNG liquefaction terminals. The map outlines blocks offered in the 2011/12 EGPC and 2012 Egas bid rounds alongside licenced blocks.