East Africa

Penspen wins Petrozim Feruka-Harare pipeline contract in Zimbabwe

A UK based company Penspen has been awarded a 10 month engineering contract from national oil company Petrozim Line Ltd to deliver a next-generation engineering project for the Feruka-Harare pipeline in Zimbabwe.   Designed to enhance operational efficiency, the contract will see Penspen support to Petrozim on their mission to achieve maximal capacity to meet increasing petroleum products […]

Oilfield Africa - Friday March 26, 2021
ABB signs Power deal with CCS JV on Mozambique LNG Project

CCS JV, comprising Saipem, McDermott and Chiyoda, has signed a deal with ABB to provide comprehensive integrated and intelligent electrical systems for the east-African Mozambique LNG field which is expected to start production by 2024. With LNG capacity of approximately 13 million tonnes per annum, the current development will spearhead crucial economic and social investment […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday March 23, 2021
AMINEX Releases Ruvuma Operations Update Onshore Tanzania

 Aminex has provided the operational update on activities in the Ruvuma PSA, onshore Tanzania. As announced previously, the Company has completed the Farm-Out agreement with ARA Petroleum Tanzania Limited (“APT”) which has assumed Operatorship of the Ruvuma PSA. Under the Farm-Out agreement, Aminex is carried for its share of the associated field development costs up […]

Oilfield Africa - Saturday March 13, 2021
Enermech Establishes Presence in Mozambique with New Office and Appointment of Country Manager

EnerMech has appointed Celestino Maússe to the newly created role of Mozambique country manager as the company seeks to expand its business as local activity ramps up. In his new role, Mr Maússe will lead the business development effort within Mozambique and will aim to secure and deliver new contracts in country. Mr Maússe brings […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday February 25, 2021
Wentworth releases operational and reserves update offshore Tanzania

Wentworth Resources, the independent, Tanzania-focused natural gas production company, has announced the following operational update and results of the year-end Competent Persons Report for 2020. Highlights To date, there have been zero reported cases of COVID-19 at Mnazi Bay. Employee safety remains a top priority and robust precautionary measures remain in place Wentworth’s share of […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday February 4, 2021
Total Mozambique LNG may witness setback over Militias’ Attacks

Total SE has asked some staff to vacate its $20 billion Mozambique liquefied natural gas project as Islamist militants are staging attacks increasingly closer to the site. Fighters linked to Islamic State raided a town less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the construction camp this week of what is Africa’s largest private investment, ratcheting up […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday January 5, 2021
Daewoo wins Mozambique LNG Plant E & C Project

Daewoo Engineering & Construction (E&C) has been awarded LNG plant construction project in Mozambique at the cost of 500 billion. The feat is coming not too long after it won a joint construction NLNG Train 7 project at the cost of 5-trillion-won order for an LNG plant in Nigeria in May. The builder announced on […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday December 31, 2020
Economic Development via Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure in African Landlocked Countries

Uganda has recently granted environmental approval for a $3.5 billion pipeline to export crude oil from western fields to the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania, irrespective of perceived environment adverse implications. Conversely, The Chad 1,070 kilometre crude export  pipeline facility, which pumps crude oil from three fields in the southwest of the country to a […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday December 10, 2020
Africa Oil Gets Extensions Approval to Oil Blocks Exploration Licences in Kenya

Africa Oil Corp has announced that the Company and its Joint Venture partners have received extensions to their 10BB/13T blocks exploration licences in Kenya to the end of 2021. This follows the approval of the work programme and budget for next year by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum.  The licence extensions will allow the Joint Venture […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday December 8, 2020
Reuters: Total’s Uganda oil projects ‘hurt tens of thousands’: NGOs

Tens of thousands of people in Uganda and Tanzania have been hurt by human rights violations linked to Total’s oil operations in Uganda, according to two French activist groups. Amis de la Terre France (Friends of the Earth) and Survie (Survival) are seeking a court order requiring the company to disclose how it is addressing […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday December 2, 2020