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Lonrho has picked Atuabo for an oil service port in Ghana’s Western Region, attracting the Ghana National Gas Company’s processing plant and a proposed refinery scheme to the same site, writes Thalia Griffiths
The presidents of Mozambique and Malawi have agreed to revive a plan for Malawi to receive electricity from the Cahora Bassa dam. The two leaders signed a memorandum of understanding on power supply during a visit by new Malawian President Joyce Banda to Maputo on 12 May.
A proposed new loan in the works for the NNPC group could provide a lifeline for international lenders and risk insurers exposed to the company’s fuel importing arm, writes Kevin Godier
Senegal’s holy city of Touba is a place apart, run by the powerful Mouride religious brotherhood, who venerate it as the burial place of their founder, Sheikh Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke.
Afren has announced a successful exploration well on the Ebok North Fault Block. The well discovered 113 metres of oil pay, which broker FoxDavies Capital said “proves commerciality of the entire Ebok field”.
Edinburgh-based Bowleven has taken a major step forward in monetising its Etinde permit gas by signing a memorandum of understanding to supply a planned chemical fertiliser plant in Limbé.
Some of Cove Energy’s former directors, clearly not planning to sit back and enjoy their windfall from the takeover by Royal Dutch Shell, have emerged as backers for a new, AIM-listed venture called Fastnet Oil and Gas.
Mozambique has approved Shell’s bid for Cove Energy, and President Guebuza says the government is already talking to its new partner about developing a liquefied natural gas project
Cameroon produced 5.8m barrels of oil in Q1 2012, according to figures published by Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH). Most of the total came from the Rio del Rey fields, where Perenco took over from Total as operator in 2011.
PGS has completed acquisition of 12,256km of 2D seismic data in the Juan de Nova and Belo Profond permits in the Mozambique Channel for Nigeria’s South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPetro).
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After making rapid progress in electrification in recent years, Burkina Faso has set itself another ambitious access target. Energy and mines minister Salif Kaboré told Francois Misser how he plans to meet the challenge
Société Nationale d’Electricité (Snel) is considering importing power from neighbouring Republic of Congo to alleviate shortages in the mining province of Katanga.
The Republic of South Sudan became the newest member of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group (WBG) on 18 April when finance and economic planning minister Kosti Manibe Ngai signed the two institutions’ articles of agreement in Washington.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has renewed until 31 March 2015 its Short-Term Africa Initiative (STAI), which provides export credit insurance for US exporters selling to 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, up to a programme limit of $100m.
