Okaz reported that King Salman Bin Abdelaziz in January prevented an Al-Saud member from taking a 4km2 plot of land in Taif. The paper said one of the “princes from the Saudi royal family claimed to have the right to the plot of land in Taif,...
Population transfers have become an integral part of Syria’s six-year conflict, emerging as a means for the regime and rebel factions to exploit the atomised country’s complex sectarian patchwork to their advantage. Fears over the extent that...
Apparently enraged by the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) decision on 29 December to approve an 8.53% increase in the power tariff – substantially less than the 18.19% increase Tanesco requested in its October application...
Amid the feelgood talk about cleaner, more efficient fuels during the mid-January Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the presence of criminality and dirty money in energy industries worldwide was highlighted by the launch of a report from US think...
Tullow Oil has farmed down most of its stake in the Uganda oil development to its partner Total, in a $900m deal that it says will significantly reduce development costs and give the project new impetus following a series of delays. “Farming down...
Eskom released a 16-page request for information (RfI) for the nuclear newbuild procurement programme on 21 December. The RfI was issued in place of the substantially more detailed request for proposals mooted by acting chief executive Matshela...
The Donors and Investors Conference for Madagascar held in Paris in December brought promises of investment worth $6.4bn to support the National Development Plan, which runs from 2015 to 2019, nearly $1bn more than the country was seeking. The...
Kenya Power has released a five-year Corporate Strategic Plan for 2016/17 to 2020/21 which outlines KSh219bn ($2.1bn) of investments while pushing back the target of adding 5GW of generation to 2021. In September 2013, the government announced...
Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas) has signed concession agreements for blocks awarded last year from its 2015 international bid round. Italy’s Eni will operate the North El Hammad Block in the Nile Delta with a 37.5% stake, alongside BP...
Energy minister Noureddine Bouterfa has committed to accelerating downstream developments over the next year, ordering studies to develop petrochemicals projects and reviving plans to build four new oil refineries – at Tiaret, Hassi Messaoud,...
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