Kenya and Uganda have announced that they plan to build a 350km oil pipeline from the Port of Mombasa to Uganda and that they are looking for investors
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Samsung wins offshore oil facility deal in Nigeria
Samsung Heavy Industries has announced that it has clinched a US$3bn deal to build an offshore oil storage facility for a Nigerian firm
Lukoil acquires oilfield stake offshore Côte d’Ivoire
Russian oil company Lukoil has acquired 65 per cent stake of Block CI-504 offshore Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa
Iraq to supply oil to Sudan on credit
Sudan has said that Iraq will provide the cash-strapped African nation with oil while deferring payment
More than 40 firms ‘interested in Ugandan refinery’
The Ugandan government has said that more than 40 firms have expressed an interest in the construction and operation of a proposed US$3.2bn oil refinery project in the East African country