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Construction of a parallel pipeline to increase capacity on the products line running from Nairobi to the Ugandan border is finally due to go ahead, as confidence grows in KPC’s new management, writes Kimemia Mugo

Oil find on Block 17/06; Aseng FPSO contract award; Anadarko starts onshore drilling; Acergy contract for Escravos gas

Voyageur Oil and Gas Corporation and state-owned partner Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (Etap) may have discovered reserves of unconventional gas

Moribund refiner La Société Congolaise des Industries de Raffinage (Socir) is seeking an international partner to support the Muanda-based refinery’s rehabilitation.

As the battle for previously unfashionable West African assets heats up, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is talking to potential suitors for Kosmos Energy’s 23.5% stake in the Jubilee field. Kosmos says it has a binding agreement with ExxonMobil, but GNPC says it has a right of first refusal over the deal.

Rick Schmitt has resigned as president of Lundin affiliate Africa Oil Corporation to become president and CEO of Black

The government has published a detailed oilfield development programme which shows how it intends to deploy the LD12bn-worth of investment it announced in September to increase output from 1.7m b/d to more than 2.3m b/d by 2013 (AE 170/3).

Popular will is taking over as the government is challenged over gas export agreements with Israel. At the same time, recent moves to curb the export of minerals could have worrying implications for the energy industry, writes Nadine Marroushi

China has turned its attention to Guinea as offshore licence holder Hyperdynamics brings in a new team. Former chairman and chief executive Kent Watts and current executive vice president Harry Briers have quit the Hyperdynamics board, though Briers will remain on the management team.

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has selected Nigeria’s Oando as its strategic partner to develop the infrastructure to harness associated gas from the Jubilee oil field.

President Kabila’s government is planning a new licensing round, but legislation still needs to be put in place

Malawi plans to establish a national oil company aimed at ensuring security of supply of petroleum products. The government of South Sudan has said it plans to build a $2bn oil refinery to process its crude.

Lack of interest in recent Algerian licensing rounds has set back some upstream developments, but Total, Cepsa and Sonatrach have won approval for development of the Timimoun gas field to add 1.6bn m3/yr from 2013

The government has decided to remove a statutory deposit of $1m for every 10,000 barrels refinery capacity imposed on potential investors in the refining sector.

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire all have a history of turmoil fuelled by mineral wealth. Anadarko’s find offshore Sierra Leone is viewed with some trepidation by those who hope oil wealth will be a force for development, not for further conflict, writes Thalia Griffiths