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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).

South Korea is providing E1.28m to Ghana to support a project in which Korean experts will help strengthen the technical and commercial capacity of biogas companies in the country

The Ministry of Finance is seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) from consultants to conduct an environmental and social audit, and develop an environmental management plan, for the Hwange power plant and associated infrastructure.

The authorities plan to use solar energy to supply electricity to parts of the 1,200km east-west highway, with the first phase due for delivery by year-end. Algeria: Solar power for prestige highway

Negotiations on avoiding further conflict continue, following the Agreement on Oil and Related Economic Matters reached by the two Sudans on 27 September.

While international companies have enjoyed some recent exploration success, the prevailing trend in Algeria is for national company Sonatrach to make the running in ever more areas, write John Hamilton and Oualid Khelif

In an interview with southern African business television channel Summit TV on 4 October, Sasol New Energy general manager Cavan Hill spoke about the company’s intention to develop commercial utility scale concentrated solar power projects

Fastnet Oil and Gas executive vice president exploration Paul Griffiths said in October that Morocco’s Foum Assaka offshore permit, which is operated by Kosmos Energy, as having “multi-billion barrel resources in place in several plays including a Jubilee field, Ghana analogue”.

Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy developer Masdar has announced plans to develop a 15MW solar photovoltaic power project in Nouakchott. Mauritania has an installed grid capacity of just 144MW, supplied mostly by diesel generators, but there is significant untapped solar and wind potential.

As explorers seek out new areas in which to test East Africa’s oil and gas potential, the Comoros has licensed its first block to Bahari Resources

Marathon Oil Corporation has acquired a 50% interest in Africa Oil Corporation (AOC)’s Block 9 and a 15% interest in Block 12A.

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.

GE Oil and Gas is to supply equipment and technology for the Chevron-operated Lianzi project, to bring the offshore field straddling Angola and Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) on stream

London-based offshore Block 2B operator Thombo Petroleum Ltd has awarded a 3D seismic acquisition and processing contract to WesternGeco, covering 686km2 of the A‐J1 graben off South Africa’s west coast.

Gécamines is planning a 500MW coal-fired power plant in Katanga province, its managing director, Ahmed Kalej Nkand, told Spintelligent’s late October Ipad event in Lubumbashi.