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Rolls-Royce has been awarded contracts to provide 11 Bergen B32:40 diesel generating sets to power utilities in Tanzania and Madagascar
Former Artumas Group executives Ian Horswill and Jerry Brix have reappeared as president and chief operating officer respectively of a new company.
In the latest phase of southern African downstream reorganisation, BP has agreed to sell its fuels marketing businesses in Namibia, Botswana and Zambia to Trafigura subsidiary Puma Energy, as well as its 50% interest in BP Malawi and BP Tanzania
Fresh legal proceedings have been filed in a long-running Tanzanian power plant dispute, as Standard Chartered Bank tries to recover debt that it claims is owed to its Hong Kong subsidiary, writes Kevin Godier
The African Development Bank is considering a soft loan of UA45.36m ($70m) to help finance the Iringa-Shinyanga transmission line project, which aims to improve power supply in northern Tanzania (AE 194/7).
US ambassador Alfonso Lenhardt on 13 September signed two power transmission contracts awarded under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact signed in 2008 (AE 148/8).
The World Bank has put up the funds for part of a project to increase power supply to northern Tanzania, where demand from the mining industry is stretching the existing grid to the limit
Dominion Petroleum has begun acquisition of a 1,000km2 3D seismic survey on deep-water Block 7.
ANGOLA: Clov contract for FMC; ANGOLA: Cabinda appraisal well successful; ANGOLA: West Gemini drilling for Total; MAURITANIA: Dana spuds well on Cormoran gas prospect; MOROCCO: Tarfaya oil shale project progresses; MOZAMBIQUE: Sasol signs for onshore gas block; NIGERIA: Hardy sells up to focus on India; NIGERIA/SAO TOME: JDZ partners discuss second phase; SEYCHELLES: Seismic deal for EEZ; TANZANIA: M&P drills on Kianika; TUNISIA: Lambouka well
BHP Billiton/ArcelorMittal iron ore deal off; Egyptian minister becomes World Bank MD; Kihansi toads to return to wild
South African marketer Engen Petroleum Limited has signed share purchase agreements for Chevron’s downstream interests in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean.
CHAD: Commission approves refinery project; NIGERIA: NLNG LPG, condensate tender; TANZANIA: Upgrading work for Dar port
With drilling set to start on its Tanzanian deep offshore acreage following BG’s farm-in, Ophir Energy has revived plans to seek a share listing (AE 190/1). Ophir announced a rig contract in June for an August start and the success of the listing will depend heavily on what it finds.
EGYPT: Kureimat O&M tender; ETHIOPIA: EIB confirms Gibe III pullback; KENYA: AFD support for renewables; LESOTHO: EIB funds low-energy bulb plant; TANZANIA: Caterpillar on track with Zanzibar scheme
Plans for a big East African regional pipeline may take some time to get off the ground, but Tanzania pioneer Aminex is hopeful it can develop significant reserves of gas with a relatively simple infrastructure