The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kebbi State Government to build an 84mn litres per annum capacity fuel-ethanol project
Gas
Leading energy companies promise to reduce methane emissions from natural gas operations
BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall have committed to further reduce methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world
Africa’s rising LNG producers address domestic power problems
As Africa’s gas consumption has been increasing at a yearly rate of 6 per cent since 2000, countries like Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda and Sudan have emerged as viable LNG producers, according to a recent report by Ernst & Young Global Limited
GTT receives order to design LNG fuel tanks for nine biggest container ships
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, member of China state shipbuilding corporation conglomerate, and CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company, have selected engineering company GTT, for the design of cryogenic tanks for nine LNG-fuelled container ships
USTDA connects American companies to explore LNG opportunities in South Africa
The US Trade and Development Agency has awarded a grant to the GreenCape Sector Development Agency to assess the market demand, socio-economic impacts and risks of a proposed integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation and gas-to-power project in South Africa’s Western Cape Province