
Tanzania
Shell, Sasol and Eni sign GTL agreements with ENH The Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) on one side and the tandem Sasol–Eni on another side signed these last weeks agreement with the national oil company (NOC) Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) to start feasibility studies on Gas-To-liquid (GTL) projects in Mozambique. During the last two years […]
Petrofac contracted as Block R Development Operator The London-based junior company Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) has appointed the engineering company Petrofac from UK, to support them for the development of the natural gas reserves held in the Block R, offshore Equatorial Guinea on the west coast of Africa. While listed in UK with main operations […]
Eni may run its own fast track on Mozambique LNG The Italian national oil company Eni and its partners China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Kogas from South Korea, Galp Energia from Portugal and Mozambique Emprecia Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) are evaluating alternative solutions to develop its Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on […]
Eni to consider FLNG to speed up Mozambique LNG The Italian major company Eni and its partners, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), the local Emprecia Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), Kogas from South Korea and Galp Energia from Portugal, are considering to use floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel to speed up the development […]
KBR completed Tanzania LNG project pre-FEED Since KBR completed the pre front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) work, the Norwegian national oil company (NOC) Statoil and the International oil company (IOC) ExxonMobil are comparing the best concepts to develop the giant liquefied natural gas (LNG) project based on the offshore Tanzania Block-2 natural gas discoveries […]
Tanesco awards Mtwara Power Plant to Symbion-GE The Tanzania National Electrical Supply Company (Tanesco) signed a $1 billion contract with the US consortium of Symbion Power (Symbion) and the technology company General Electric International (GE) for the team of the Mtwara Power Plant and the expansion of the electrical power national grid in the south […]
Kingfisher to lead Lake Albert and refinery projects After resolving tax and refinery disagreements between Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) from UK, Total from France, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) from China and the Uganda Government, the Kingfisher project is ready to take off. The Kingfisher project is to develop the previously called Block-3A […]
Mzia successful appraisal to justify BG two LNG trains The BG Group (BG) and its partner Ophir Energy (Ophir), both from UK, are pilling up natural gas reserves along their on going appraisal campaign offshore the east coast of Africa to the point to double the size of their liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in […]