The new entrant countries in sub-Saharan Africa show great gas supply potential for the region but weigh heavily on mega projects getting the green light and suppression of ongoing civil unrest and domestic instability that is hampering progress in the sector, according to GlobalData
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Equinor and Sonatrach sign MoU in Algeria
Equinor and Sonatrach have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to examine cooperation within oil and gas exploration and production in Algeria and internationally
Halliburton presents major software grant to three Algerian universities
Halliburton Company has awarded three multimillion-dollar educational software grants to Algerian public universities to train and prepare the next generation of Algerian oil and gas engineers and geoscientists
Rystad Energy: Upstream spending will struggle to recover to pre-pandemic levels
The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic on upstream investments in the first two years of the downturn is estimated at a whopping US$285bn, and although spending will slowly start to rise from 2022, it will not reach pre-crisis levels in the coming period, according to a Rystad Energy report
Zenith Energy completes acquisition of Candax Energy's Tunisian assets
Compagnie Du Desert (CDD), Zenith Energy’s fully-owned subsidiary, has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in the fully-owned subsidiary of Candax Energy in Barbados, Ecumed Petroleum Tunisia (EPT), which holds a 100% interest in the El Bibane and Robbana concessions in Tunisia