Mauritania signed on 08 November on the sidelines of the COP 27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with the British Major (BP), a ...
Angola: ExxonMobil makes first discovery in Block 15
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
1 minutes read
US oil major ExxonMobil has made a discovery at the Bavuca South-1 exploration well on Block 15, offshore Angola. The well encountered 30 metres (98 feet) of oil in the ...
Natural gas can advance the transition to a net zero energy system
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
5 minutes read
The global pursuit of the net-zero target by 2050 is getting closer every year. The technologies and efforts that bring the global community closer to this ambition should benefit from the ...
Senegal - Local content in projects: 3862 jobs generated in 2021
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
2 minutes read
Within the framework of the development of the gas (Gta) and oil (Sangomar) projects, as well as the renovation of the Société africaine de raffinage (Sar), 3862 jobs have been generated in 2021. ...
Algeria adopts a new strategic vision for oil...
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
2 minutes read
Oil-exporting countries, including Algeria, are planning a new vision for African countries to emerge from this global crisis. Algeria, one of the world's largest oil ...
Oil and gas in Senegal - What about local content?
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
5 minutes read
Senegal has adopted a law on local content in the hydrocarbon sector - this is where the urgency, the oil issues and the priority lie. We must not ...
Glencore ordered to pay millions for African oil bribes
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
4 minutes read
A British subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has been ordered to pay more than £275 million for bribing officials in African countries to have access to information about the ...
Nigeria: Afreximbank signs $635 million facility with Nigerian producer
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
2 minutes read
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a reserve-based lending facility term sheet with Amni Petroleum, which it says will more than double the size of the facility.
Senegal officially joins APPO (African Petroleum Producers Organisation), the "OPEC" of Africans
by Mapathé SOW
written by Mapathé SOW
1 minutes read
After joining the restricted club of gas exporting countries as an observer at the 24th ministerial meeting of the GECF, Senegal has just officially joined the APPO, an international association of ...
Crude oil is essential to modern economies. Because it is needed to produce gasoline and diesel, crude oil indirectly fuels the majority of vehicles in the world.