The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) director of research Omar Abdelhamid is believed to be returning to his former employer Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), where he headed research and development prior to his 2013...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has set out a new strategy based around efficiency, profitability and maximising shareholder value, in the latest sign the UAE authorities are determined to cut wasteful spending. “Adnoc must evolve into a...
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s government has made good on its commitment to step up military engagement with Gulf Co-operation Council states – reiterated during the PM’s visits to Saudi Arabia in early April and the UAE last year – with...
Islamic State (IS or Daesh) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has recovered from wounds sustained in a March 2015 air strike (which apparently was not intended for him) near Shurgat on the Tigris river, and has been moving “within a tight arc of north-...
The resolution of a blockade at the Marsa al-Harigah terminal in mid-May averted what many expected to be a highly damaging financial and political crisis. However, it leaves unresolved the main grievances that provoked leaders in Cyrenaica to...
Energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has set out a timetable for the gas independent power producer (IPP) procurement programme as well as plans for legislative changes to bring gas midstream fully under the purview of the Department of Energy...
The government has presented a bill to parliament that would remove the monopoly of power and water utility Société d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon (SEEG) and open up both sectors to private investment.France’s Veolia, which owns 51% of SEEG, signed...
Backed by the US Power Africa initiative, Endeavor Energy has four projects close to sanction in West Africa aiming to fill short to medium-term demand gaps with a mix of imported and domestic gas and heavy fuel oil. Two of the projects are in...
Italy’s Enertronica Group has acquired a second 6MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project at Okatope, and is reported to have begun construction on its first 6MW project at Trekkopje, a former uranium mine in Erongo region. The plants are among the...
On 24 May, Italy’s Salini Impregilo announced that it had signed a €2.5bn contract with Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) to build the 2,200MW Koysha dam on the Omo River. The project comprises a 170-metre-high roller-compacted concrete dam with a...
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