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Royal Dutch Shell and partners are still considering whether to move forward with the second phase of the Gbaran Ubie oil and gas project, which will monetise another 3.4trn ft3 of gas extracted from the field.

There were mixed signals from Accra as Nigerian-owned Sahara Group was reported to have opened talks about once more lifting oil under a long-term contract to supply Ghanaian power plants.

State-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) on 29 October said that plans for a second liquefied natural gas train at Damietta had been postponed until enough gas reserves were found.

Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos de Moçambique (ENH) is seeking investors for the Maputo gas distribution project, which aims to supply gas from the Pande and Temane fields to Maputo city and Marracuene district.

Gazprom has announced a start date for work on the long-awaited Kudu gas-to-power project, and NamPower has raised more funds in the domestic market, boosting confidence in Namibia’s ability to meet domestic demand and play a significant role in the regional industry, write Thalia Griffiths in Cape Town and Kevin Godier

Fast-growing local player Oando has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Gazprom to collaborate in the development of oil and gas assets and infrastructure in the West African region and the Gulf of Guinea.

Sonatrach has shortlisted four companies – Technip, Sinopec, CB&I Lummus and Saipem with Chiyoda Corporation – for the front-end engineering design (FEED) study on its long-awaited Tiaret refinery, now planned to produce 15m t/yr of products. In a 19 October tender opening overseen by Sonatrach director-general Mohammed Meziane, the names of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) bidders to revamp the Algiers refinery were also announced, representing progress in downstream vice president Abdelhafid Feghouli’s long-awaited plans to raise domestic refining capacity.

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

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

The government has contracted Kenya’s Dalbit Petroleum and Kuwait’s Independent Petroleum Group to import refined products to help alleviate a fuel shortage.

Shell Petroleum Development Company resumed operations at the Soku gas plant in Rivers State on

Medgaz may or may not be on target, but almost all of Algeria’s other major gas export projects are experiencing delays, and the date for achieving export targets has been pushed back further. Meanwhile, the slump in southern European gas demand has contributed to a decline in exports and a fresh deterioration in Spanish-Algerian relations, writes Richard Nield in Buenos Aires

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

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.

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.