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Old Mutual Takesa Piece of Nigerian Gas Infrastructure

  By Pospectus Mojjido, in Abidjan With the conclusion of the takeover of Seven Energy assets, a widely known South African Insurer now owns a piece of a grid length, natural gas pipeline in Nigeria. African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) is a member of the Alternative Investments unit of the Old Mutual Group, the South …

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How the Mega Gas Projects Burned Holes in TPDC’s Finances

  Servicing of the $1.2Billion (2.409tri/-) debt procured for the construction of gas pipelines and power plants in the country is the major cause of the three consecutive year loss by Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC). Kapuulya Musomba, acting Managing Director of TPDC, says “the mega investment” made by the government to increase natural gas …

Tanzania: State Energy Companies Get Better At Paying For Natural Gas

  By Njoroge Karoo, in Nairobi Private producers of natural gas for Tanzania’s domestic market are applauding the state energy firms for timeous payment of their receivables. Canada headquartered Wentworth Resources, a member of the consortium producing Mnazi Bay Concession, reports that “Monthly payments in January and February 2019 for gas sales generated from the …

Job Explosion’ Expected at Train 7, ‘Banked on Nigerian Content Plan’

The construction stage of the Train 7 of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas is anticipated to provide over 10,000 jobs  and “stimulate capacity building of local industries along the LNG value chain”, according to Tony Attah, CEO NLNG Ltd. Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary National Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), said “the expected job explosion from …

Vitol, Repsol in Arctic LNG 2 supply agreements with Novatek

Russian gas company Novatek has signed agreements with Repsol and Vitol for the supply of LNG from its giant Arctic LNG 2 project being developed on the Gydan Peninsula, Russia. Arctic LNG 2 Illustration: Image source: NovatekThe non-binding heads of agreement signed with Spain’s Repsol envisions conclusion a 15-year contract with an annual supply of …

Deals signed for E. Guinea ‘Gas Mega Hub’

Noble Energy, as operator of Alen gas project offshore Equatorial Guinea, has signed definitive agreements with Marathon Oil and Equatorial Guinea government to develop the field’s gas resources via Alba Plant LLC’s LPG processing plant and EG LNG’s LNG production facility, both located in Punta Europa island. Marathon Oil is the majority shareholder in both …

Golar wins Tortue Ahmeyim FLNG deal with BP. Keppel to build the unit

Oil and gas major BP has awarded Golar LNG a contract for an FLNG unit to be deployed at the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Senegal and Mauritania. Tortue Ahmeyim FLNG illustration. Image source: BPGolar LNG had previously been given Limited Notice to Proceed with Tortue FLNG ahead of the Final Investment Decision which was made on December 21, …

Kosmos looking to sell some interest in Tortue Ahmeyim project

Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy is planning to sell a portion of its interest in the large Tortue Ahmeyim gas field in West Africa where a final investment decision was recently made. Tortue Ahmeyim FLNG render / Image source: BPKosmos, which discovered the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field in 2015, is now a partner in the …