Shell, Impact win more time off South Africa
Shell has completed a deal to enter the Transkei & Algoa exploration right, offshore South Africa, with Impact Oil & Gas.
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Mozambique tackles terrorism, as debt trial begins
Mozambique has made progress in tackling its northern insurgency, as a trial begins on the “hidden debts” scandal.
Sasol lines up vaccines ahead of Secunda maintenance
Sasol has teamed up with the Mpumalanga government ahead of planned maintenance at its Secunda site.
SADC troops deploy to Mozambique amid high-level tensions
Troops have begun arriving in Mozambique as agreed by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), as tensions continue emerging.
Sapref ends force majeure as calm returns
South Africa’s largest refinery is ready to reopen, the joint venture has said.
South Africa picks up the pieces
Transport links in South Africa are returning to normal, following last week’s outbreak of civil unrest, while manufacturing is resuming.
South Africa brings in petroleum controls to ensure supply
South Africa has enough petroleum products, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has reported.
New Age prepares to tee up Cameroon, Congolese projects
New Age (African Global Energy) expects to bring on its Etinde gas project, in Cameroon, and Marine III, off Congo Brazzaville, in 2024.
South Africa’s top refinery shuts amid riots
Sapref has declared force majeure in response to unrest sweeping South Africa.
Karpowership launches appeal against SA rejection
Karpowership SA is appealing against the decision by the South African government to reject its floating power plant plans.
Renergen rethinks well abandonment plan
Renergen’s P12 well has begun flowing gas, although at low levels, the company has reported.
Mantashe defends merger plans, Rompco pre-emption
Creation of a strong national oil company is essential to meeting South Africa’s energy needs, Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe has said.
Sasol, IDC sign on to green hydrogen plans
Sasol and the Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) have signed up to work together on driving South Africa’s green hydrogen sector forward.
Qatar Petroleum signs up for more South African acreage
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed deals with TotalEnergies on entering three more offshore exploration blocks in South Africa.
South Africa rejects Karpowership on environmental grounds
South Africa has rejected three applications from Karpowership on environmental grounds.
Ramaphosa cracks open SA power market
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved plans to allow embedded generation projects with up to 100 MW of capacity.
South Africa opens window for renewable boom
South Africa is working to secure additional power generation in various ways – but speed is of the essence.
Air Liquide’s Sasol deal approved with carbon cut commitments
Air Liquide’s plan to buy into Sasol’s air separation units has got the thumbs up from South Africa’s Competition Tribunal – although with some provisos.
KfW sets out hydrogen financing for South Africa
Germany’s KfW Development Bank has set out plans to fund hydrogen projects in South Africa.
Decarbonise oil to stay the course
Stakeholder pressure on energy companies is having an impact on African projects, which is not necessarily straightforward divestment.
South Africa hits Karoo gas
South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has raised the prospect of gas discoveries in the Karoo.
Construction begins at Redstone CSP
Saudi’s ACWA Power has begun construction of the Redstone concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in South Africa.
Africa Energy seeks rig for third quarter
Africa Energy is seeking a rig to drill the Gazania-1 well, offshore South Africa in the third quarter of the year.
US focus on climate change meets mixed African reactions
The US administration has set out plans to cut financing for hydrocarbon developments, while African states are doing what they can to secure energy projects.
DNG sets out Karpowership SA complaints in power dispute
DNG Power has objected to its disqualification in South Africa’s emergency power tender, alleging wrongdoing by a number of parties.