South Africa Adds 184MW Solar-Plus-Storage Plant to Power Mining Country
Independent power producer SolarAfrica has partnered with Moolman Group’s energy platform MPower and investment firm Fledge Capital to develop a 184MW solar plant paired with a 300MWh battery storage system near eMalahleni in Mpumalanga. The Highveld Hybrid Energy project will combine large-scale solar generation with battery storage, letting customers store cheaper daytime solar power and […]
Israeli and Emirati Gas Giants Chase $20 Billion Deal to Keep Egypt Supplied Into the 2040s
Israel’s Isramco and UAE-based Mubadala Energy are pursuing a long-term natural gas export agreement with an Egyptian counterpart worth a potential $20 billion, built around supplying gas from the giant Tamar offshore field. According to an Isramco filing to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the two companies signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with a […]
Sintana Energy Strikes Oil for the Third Time at Namibia’s Red-Hot Mopane Complex
Sintana Energy has completed drilling at the Mopane-2X well in Namibia’s PEL 83 offshore block, confirming high-quality light oil and adding further weight to the case that the Mopane complex is one of Namibia’s most promising hydrocarbon finds. Sintana holds a 49% indirect interest in Custos Energy, which in turn holds a 10% working interest […]
143 Companies Chase 50 Oil Blocks as Nigeria’s Licensing Round Hits Decisive Commercial Stage
Nigeria’s oil and gas licensing round has advanced to the commercial bidding stage, with 143 companies competing for 50 petroleum blocks spread across the country’s established and frontier hydrocarbon basins. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission said only firms that cleared its technical and regulatory prequalification requirements were invited to bid, with blocks on offer […]
Algeria and Senegal Look to Deepen Oil and Gas Ties as Sonatrach Eyes Dakar’s New Discoveries
Algeria’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energies, Mohamed Arkab, met with Senegal’s Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Niang, to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation across the oil and gas value chain and strengthening the partnership between Algeria’s Sonatrach and Senegal’s Petrosen. The talks covered exploration and production, field development, refining and petrochemicals, […]
Shell Eyes a Return to Libya as Talks Turn to a Long-Term Gas Strategy
Libya’s National Oil Corporation and Shell have discussed developing a comprehensive strategy for the country’s gas sector, as the two sides look to speed up technical assessments and advance existing cooperation agreements. NOC Chairman Masoud Suleman Mousa met Shell’s vice-president for Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Libya to review progress under memoranda of understanding […]
Egypt’s Khalda Petroleum Brings New Western Desert Gas Well Online at 40 Million Cubic Feet a Day
Khalda Petroleum, a joint venture between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and Apache Corporation, has brought its newly discovered Wanda gas well in Egypt’s Western Desert into production at an initial rate of around 40 million cubic feet per day. The well was drilled to a depth of roughly 15,000 feet, with electric logs confirming […]
Brentex’s $50 Million Steel Pipe Plant Set to Become Nigeria’s First Fully Integrated Facility of Its Kind
A $50 million Steel Pipe Induction Bending and Coating Facility being built by Brentex Petroleum Services at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne Port, Rivers State, has been hailed by Nigeria’s Content Development and Monitoring Board as a landmark industrial project for the country’s oil and gas logistics sector. The facility, which has attracted over […]
Egypt’s Crude Output Hits Two-Year High as Unpaid Investor Debts Finally Get Cleared
Egypt has achieved a nearly 20% jump in crude oil production, reaching its highest level in almost two years, after the government settled billions of dollars in overdue payments owed to foreign investment partners, unlocking fresh drilling and development spending. Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi said the country now produces between 520,000 and 550,000 barrels of […]
Shell’s Deepest-Ever Mediterranean Well Strikes Oil Signs, Raising Hopes of a Western Mediterranean First
Drilling of the offshore Velox-1X exploratory well in the North Cleopatra concession has turned up promising oil indicators, confirming a working petroleum system and the presence of crude in an area that could yield the Western Mediterranean’s first commercial oil discovery. Shell operates the well alongside the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company, Chevron and Egypt’s […]