The launch of Shell’s giant Pearl GTL project in Qatar, a true test of the economics of this technology, could aid Africa’s own GTL hopes
Gas
Total commissions Anguille to Torpille pipelay
Total Gabon has contracted Sea Trucks to install a 32km (19.9mi) gas pipeline between the Anguille and Torpille fields offshore Gabon
p> Total Gabon has contracted Sea Trucks to install a 32km (19.9mi) gas pipeline between the Anguille and Torpille fields offshore GabonGlittering prospects for gas?
Orca plans $35m Tanzania splash
Canadian energy firm Orca Exploration plans to drill a new well in Tanzania this year and expand an existing facility at a cost of $35mn to boost natural gas production at the Songo Songo field
Sonatrach in $1.9bn settlement
Algerias state-owned Sonatrach and Spanish utility Gas Natural said they have settled a long-running dispute with a deal that involves the Spanish firm paying US$1.897bn to Sonatrach