UK-based oil and gas services provider Petrofac and Italy’s Bonatti have partnered to work on a US$650mn engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project for Sonatrach, to extend the life of the Alrar gas field in south-east Algeria
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Gulfsands begins gas exploration drilling programme in Morocco
Gulfsands Petroleum PLC has begun its exploration drilling programme in the Rharb Centre Permit, north Morocco, after discovering gas bearing potential, it announced yesterday
Libya to purchase gas from Algeria
Libya has announced that it has plans to purchase gas from Algeria to overcome power shortage in the country
GAIL eyes up Ophir Energy’s stake in gas blocks offshore Tanzania
India’s GAIL has planned to acquire a 10 per cent to 30 per cent stake in Ophir Energy’s five natural gas blocks offshore Tanzania
South Africa grants Sunbird Energy additional area for gas exploration
The South African government has granted Australia’s Sunbird Energy an onshore gas exploration license for an additional 747.5 sq km in the Springbok Flats Basin