Fractious relations in Sudan are set to be tested further as the soon-to-be independent South appears to have chosen Kenya as a trade partner for its rich oil reserves
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$188mn Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone
Eversheds advises Addax Bioenergy on $188mn project finance loan facilities for Ethanol and Renewable Energy Project in Sierra Leone
Japanese win pipe job for In Salah
JFE Steel Corporation has been awarded line pipe orders for the In Salah Gas Southern Fields Development Project in Algeria, with delivery to be handled by Marubeni- Itochu Steel Inc. Details of the orders are as follows:
OPEC, Libya, and Nigeria
LADOL to inject $500mn in logistics facilities
Nigerias first indigenous privately-developed and operated deep offshore logistics base, the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic (LADOL), has announced that it plans to spend over US$500mn (over N75bn) in building new logistics facilities for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) integration quay and other dedicated services at the LADOL base in Lagos, just as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commended the organisation