During a bilateral meeting between the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, and Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, the two countries have signed a 5,660km gas pipeline agreement to pump gas from Nigeria to Morocco, crossing several African nations
Gas
ExxonMobil may sell out Tanzanian gas field
ExxonMobil is planning to sell its interest in an undeveloped gas field off Tanzania, as the American multinational oil and gas corporation aims to develop a bigger project in neighbouring Mozambique
South Africa and Mozambique to collaborate in oil and gas deal
Jeff Radebe, minister of energy in South Africa, has lined up a visit in Mozambique to discuss opportunities in building a Rovuma gas pipeline to Maputo between north and south of Mozambique, the gas being crucial for the supply of three regasification terminals that South Africa aims to build
Schlumberger pulls out of OneLNG JV
LNG shipping company Golar LNG said that energy services giant Schlumberger had decided to pull out of the OneLNG joint venture as the project has been unable to finalise attractive debt financing
South Africa to speed up shale gas exploration applications
The government of South Africa is planning to fast-pace the exploration of shale gas in the southern Main Karoo basin, to maximise production and to reshape the country’s energy economy