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Perenco to supply gas to Kribi plant; OCI to build Sidi Krir project; Chinese commit to $90m rural electrification scheme; Steel company orders equipment; HCB resumes supply to Zesa; Arab fund provides Roseires funding

ANGOLA: InterOil farms into Cabinda North; GABON: Themis Marin well fails; LIBYA/TUNISIA: NOC reorganises Tunisian joint ventures; NIGERIA: Amec consortium wins $220m contract; NIGERIA/STP: JDA confirms Dana Gas stake; TUNISIA: Etap seeks support for international subsidiary; TUNISIA: New permit in Algerian border region

In addition to major state companies that have long been regarded as major Gulf investors abroad, such as Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec), a number of Kuwait-based companies have been established in recent years with aspirations to become major E&P companies by investing in Africa and other emerging frontiers.

Following on from the state Council for Oil and Gas Affairs’ decision to back a plan by the United Arab Emirates-based Star Consortium to upgrade and revamp Libya’s largest oil refinery, another project has emerged at Ras Lanuf, promoted by Canada’s Winfield Resources Ltd. Star Consortium, formed by TransAsia Gas International and Star Petro Energy, has committed to investing $2bn over a five-year period in a joint venture with the state National Oil Corporation (NOC). Its initial focus will be on refurbishing the Ras Lanuf export refinery, whose design capacity is approximately 220,000 b/d (AE 130/16).

Libya plans a huge power development programme to mark the 40th anniversary of Muammar Qadhafi’s takeover in 2009 and to triple generation capacity by 2016, writes John Hamilton, recently in Tripoli.

There is a new enthusiasm about Libyan business, and European oil companies are stepping up their operations even before the introduction of a new hydrocarbons law, now being drafted, but Muammar Qadhafi’s Libya is still no market for the faint-hearted, writes THALIA GRIFFITHS.