With an aim to build and operate a crude oil refinery worth US$4bn, which will eventually process oil from fields, Uganda has chosen a consortium, including General Electric (GE), with Total SA and Tullow Oil Plc being responsible for the project development
Exploration
Perenco takes half of Serept, Ashtart off Tunisia from OMV
Austria-based OMV has divested its 50 per cent stake in the offshore Ashtart oil field, located in the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia, and another 50 per cent stake in the Tunisian oil and gas company Serept to the Anglo-French petroleum company Perenco
JMMC shows positive indications towards oil market rebalancing processes
The Joint OPEC-Non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee’s (JMMC) report has asserted that the oil market is showing positive result towards the goal of rebalancing
Cairn announces progress in Senegal its half-yearly result
Cairn Energy has published half-yearly results for six months ended 30 June 2017, emphasising that it continues to deliver progress in Senegal where planning work has commenced on the phased development of the world class SNE field
ExxonMobil launches next generation product series for gas engine oils
The US-based ExxonMobil has launched the Mobil Pegasus 1100 Series, a next generation series of gas engine oils, aiming to keep up with the latest gas engine developments