Tullow Kenya BV has awarded Wood a front-end engineering design contract (FEED) for the design of the proposed Lokichar to Lamu crude oil pipeline project located in Kenya
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GNPC signs natural gas supply agreement with Russia’s Rosneft
Russia’s Rosneft has signed a preliminary 12-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC), a move that will see delivery of natural gas to Ghana’s Tema port, thus meeting the energy demand of the West African nation
Process oil demand to grow fastest in Africa and Middle East region
Global process oil demand is forecast to grow 1.4 per cent per year to 7.2 mmt in 2021, according to the Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based international business research company
APC to increase West Africa’s palm oil production
The US-based African Palm Corp (APC) has announced to extend palm oil production to Congo and Guinea-Bissau, a move that aims to increase the sustainable extraction, processing and commercialisation of products derived from African palm trees, mainly palm oil
TUV SUD NEL completes building of US$21.40mn test facility
Glasgow-based TUV SUD NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has completed the base building that will house its US$21.40mn advanced multiphase facility (AMF)