Solo Oil has signed an asset purchase agreement with Aminex for a 6.5 per cent interest in Tanzania’s Kiliwani North Development Licence (KNDL) worth US$3.5mn
Gas
Total completes construction of gas pipeline in Nigeria
Total E&P Nigeria stated that a portion of the Northern Option Pipeline (NOPL) from Obigbo to the Imo River has been completed and is prepared for gas inflow to the National Integrated Power Plant (NIPP) at Alaoji
ENI, Vitol and GNPC sanction US$7bn oil and gas project in Ghana
Italian oil and gas explorer ENI, along with energy and commodities company Vitol and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) have agreed to proceed with the US$7bn Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP) project in Ghana
Vivo Energy Kenya first in East Africa to import low sulphur fuel diesel
Vivo Energy Kenya has become the first oil marketer in the East African nation to import low sulphur fuel diesel (LSFD) with 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur content
South Africa to grant exploration licences for Karoo gas fields
South Africa has announced that the country will grant licences to oil companies to begin exploration at the shale gas fields in Karoo from July 2015