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ALGERIA: El Merk on stream from Q2 2012; ANGOLA: New Girassol contract for FMC; ANGOLA: Saipem wins drilling contract; EQUATORIAL GUINEA: McDermott subsidiary gets Noble contact; LIBERIA: Simba looks for PSC; LIBYA: NOC holds off on licensing round again; LIBYA: Shell tests fourth deep well; LIBYA: TPAO success continues; MOROCCO: Another gas discovery for Circle Oil; NIGERIA: Saipem wins contract extension; REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): Murphy plugs wells
Circle Oil has announced a gas discovery with the KSR-10 exploration well on the Sebou permit, north-east of Rabat in the Rharb Basin.
There is growing optimism over the campaign to promote renewables as a means of loosening dependency on imported fuels and creating a more sustainable environment. Other North African states are also accelerating renewables plans, but conventional construction is also being promoted as governments struggle to upgrade services
Two consortia have prequalified for a contract to build a 100MW power plant fuelled by shale oil from Tarfaya
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE) announced on 10 December that it had received expressions of interest from 26 companies and consortia in response to a tender launched in late October to build the 150MW Taza wind farm.
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE) on 30 November announced that it had connected the 22MW El Borj hydropower station in the Middle Atlas region to the national grid.
The Islamic Development Bank has signed loan agreements totalling $51.7m to finance the last phase of Morocco’s rural electrification programme (Perg)
Morocco is quietly hoping that drilling next year will prove up significant amounts of gas offshore and reduce its dependence on costly imports, writes Nadine Marroushi in Marrakech
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE) has invited expressions of interest to prequalify to build a 150MW wind farm 12km from the Taza region. Tenders will be issued in Q1 2011, ONE said in its EoI announcement, for the project to serve as the first
Kosmos Energy is still seeking farm-in partners for the Boujdour Block, offshore the disputed Western Sahara.
The European Investment Bank has agreed several loans for North African power projects, including the Giza North power plant in Egypt, the Sousse power plant in Tunisia, and funding for the Tunisian transmission network.
Office National de l'Electricité and an international investment consortium on 25 October signed an emission reduction purchase agreement for a total 2m tonnes of CO2. The carbon credits fall within the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE) and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed a Dh660m ($81.2m) loan on 14 October to finance the strengthening of the state utility’s transmission network in the kingdom’s ‘southern provinces’ – largely situated in the disputed Western Sahara.
BURKINA FASO: Boad credits for power expansion; EGYPT: Alstom to supply management system; EGYPT: CSP only for Kom Ombo project; EGYPT: Kureimat solar-thermal near to commissioning; GHANA/COTE D’IVOIRE: Interconnection studies awarded; KENYA: Drought hits profits at KenGen; MOROCCO: Bid opening beckons for Safi IPP; MOROCCO: Coal contract for Jerrada; SOUTH AFRICA: Alstom contract for Kusile; TUNISIA: EIB funds for transmission
