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Steam turbines for Ein El Sokhna; Vattenfall Power Consultant wins WAPP contract; ADF funds Conakry power project; Morocco seeks bids for wind, solar, PV and hydro; Linklaters wins Mphanda Nkuwa contract; Sweco wins Maputo grid contract; ADF backs Kandadji; Consultants sought for first joint hydro project in Nile Basin, ESBI wins US consultancy work; Southern finds mean increased gas for Ste

ALGERIA: Pipeline crack forces force majeure on LNG; CHAD: Refinery ceremony; MOROCCO: Samir upgrade on schedule; MOZAMBIQUE: Shell to provide refinery study; NIGERIA: Bonny LNG terminal attacked; NIGERIA: Trafigura retains Indian crude swap contract

Ultra-deep find for BP, deep discovery for Eni; Roc drilling; NW Gemsa well hits oil, gas; Lundin PSC farm-out; MPDC seeks partners, New Maurel & Prom find; Petronas signs for two Rovuma Basin blocks

Galp buys Shell’s fuel business; More gas sought from Rompco; Sasol to cut stake in Escravos GTL

Diesel then grid options for Mayoko iron ore scheme; MHI/Toyota Tsusho win Abu Qir order; WDEPC Transformer supply tender; Lebanon to import 450MW as gas supplies fall short; Chinese to build hydro plant; ONE reports big upside from GMT+1; Refinery scheme to include 500MW unit; Minister lines up to set out sector policy

Oilmoz Holding, owned by former foreign minister and current executive director of the Joaquim Chissano Foundation, Leonardo Simão, plans to start construction next year on a 350,000 b/d oil refinery (AE 136/22). The refinery is to be built at Matutuine in the south of Mozambique, at an estimated cost of $8.4bn.

LIBYA: Agoco finds oil; MOROCCO: Dana rig for Bouanane drilling; MOZAMBIQUE: Rovuma farm-out; NIGERIA: Chevron launches biggest deep-water field; NIGERIA: CNOOC quits block; TUNISIA: Petrofac starts Chergui production; TUNISIA: PA Resources farm-in

Philippe Edmonds’ latest venture, BioEnergy Africa Ltd, floated on London’s Alternative Investment Market on 1 September.

Norwegian activities in African upstream

PPL Shipyard wins rig order; Repsol renews EPSAs for two blocks; New Morocco licensing; Drilling planned in Mozambique; Russians enter Sierra Leone

Energy Minister Salvador Namburete hopes financial close for the Temane gas-to-power project will take place by year-end. The project - part of the Southern African Power Pool's planned Eastern Corridor - to harness gas from the adjacent gas fields

Mozambique’s long-discussed transmission backbone scheme is another major southern African scheme to gain impetus from the region’s electricity supply crisis, writes Kevin Godier.

ADDAX: Nigerian milestone; ARTUMAS: Mozambique’s gas potential; EUROGAS: Tunisia player’s subsidiary to be spun off to shareholders

Morocco’s Office National de l’Electricité and Algeria’s Sonelgaz signed two agreements; China signs financing accords for grid rehab; ONE calls for lights out, Gulf governments chip in; Mohammedia plant rehab; Portugal to fund clean energy; JBIC loan for Eskom; Kyocera donates solar systems to schools; : Consultant sought for Indian-funded Isimba HPP

Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), which operates the Cahora Bassa dam, is planning to increase output to 2,925MW from 2,075MW to meet local and regional demand (AE 136/24). Within the next three months, a study will be commissioned to evaluate the dam’s potential to increase output. In theory, the project should be eligible for international funding because of its regional dimension.