National Oil Ethiopia (NOC) has bought OiLibya Djibouti (OLD) and will soon begin distribution of petroleum products in Djibouti
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Nigerian refinery to restart operations by month-end
Nigeria’s Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) has announced that its refinery would start operations by the end of August
Kenya and Uganda map the route of new oil pipeline
Kenya and neighbouring Uganda have agreed on the route of a planned US$4.5bn oil pipeline, the link that will transport crude from companies including Tullow Oil
BW Group to provide regasification unit for Egyptian port
International maritime company BW Group has been chosen by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to provide LNG regasification services in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna port
South Africa to blend and export crude oil to Asia
South Africa will start blending different grades of crude oil for export to refineries across Asia in the world’s first crude oil blending terminal, starting in 2017