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Questions remain about the future of Gaz du Cameroun (GDC), after its parent company, Victoria Oil and Gas (Vog) was placed in administration on 20 February. GDC  – one of Africa’s few onshore gas producers that sells to a local clientele – is involved in a dispute with the government having announced a 20% tariff increase from 1 June,  its first price hike for gas in a decade.

Sound Energy’s deal to bring Yemeni-owned Calvalley Petroleum into the Tendrara gas field could help it to deliver a project that should answer some of state utility Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (Onee)’s feedstock problems, following the end of Algerian supplies through the Europe-Maghreb Gasline (GME) in 2021 . African Energy takes a closer look at Morocco's gas supply options.

The dispute over Savannah Energy’s assets in Chad and Cameroon has intensified, amid claims that Chad orchestrated an illegitimate general meeting of shareholders in the Cotco pipeline company – drawing a rebuke from Yaoundé, writes James Gavin.

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Opec+ allies agreed an agenda for H2 2023 at the cartel’s 4 June ministerial meeting in Vienna.

Savannah Energy subsidiary Accugas has signed a deal to take up to 20 mcf/d of gas from Amocon and resell it to customers via its pipeline network, opening up a potentially lucrative new area of business.

A report into the Cabo Delgado insurgency and the future of TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project has concluded that the security and humanitarian situation is improving, which could lead to work restarting later this year. The Rufin report has also prompted a $200m action plan to address some root causes of the violence, writes Marc Howard.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu acted decisively at his 29 May inauguration as head of state, by ordering the removal of subsidies on petroleum products. Sources close to his incoming administration had predicted such a move was likely, but the timing of any announcement had been unclear. Previous governments have promised to remove subsidies before backing away from such a decision, so Tinubu’s nerves are likely to be tested in the face of the protests that are now likely.

Among the more positive signals emerging from the Nigerian oil and gas sector is the prospect of more liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. However, many of Nigeria's West African neighbours already having an FLNG project under construction or reactivation.

The timing of the official commissioning of the 650,000 b/d Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Plant on 22 May said as much about local political sensitivities as it did about the facility’s undoubted importance for the Nigerian energy sector.

Incoming Nigerian President Bola Tinubu inherits a challenging brief in the upstream oil and gas sector, with concerns over fiscal terms, regulation and other long-standing corporate worries likely to prove resistant to easy resolution.

The Ministry of Hydrocarbons’ mid-May roadshow event in London was an effort to firm up international interest in a string of blocks across central DR Congo and along its eastern border. In a problematic region, one big element for success could hinge on linking any finds into export infrastructure due to be built in neighbouring Uganda.

The cabinet has approved the merger of state-owned enterprises IGas and PetroSA, and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) to form South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC).

The host government agreement for the Lindi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, widely known as Tanzania LNG, and a production-sharing agreement (PSA) for offshore blocks 1, 2 and 4 are expected to be signed in the coming weeks.

The planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline project continues to face financing difficulties – and the DRC’s hopes that Eacop capacity may be on offer to evacuate its own eventual Lake Albert exports seem overblown – but officials in Kampala are also pushing ahead with plans for a third licensing round and a 60,000 b/d refinery, write James Gavin and African Energy staff.

Although Angola’s renewable energy potential is exciting some industry interest, an electricity supply industry that is based on large hydroelectric power (HEP) and gas-to-power plants to provide baseload is unlikely to be radically transformed in the coming years. Amid concern over the impact of low water levels on HEP generation, it is natural gas that will occupy most government attention.