Africa

Oil India expects TotalEnergies’ $20 billion Mozambique LNG development to resume by late 2025 after a years-long halt due to security risks.

Chevron and Israel Natural Gas Lines will build the Nitzana pipeline to transport gas from Leviathan to Egypt, boosting Israeli export capacity above 2.2 Bcf/d and easing Egypt’s energy crisis.

Wison New Energies and Eni have launched the 2.4 MTPA Nguya FLNG for deployment offshore Congo, marking a key step in the Congo LNG Project and achieving 30 million safe work hours.

Nigeria LNG has signed 20-year gas supply agreements with NNPC and several oil firms to secure 1.29 Bcf/d for its liquefaction plants and the $10 billion Train 7 project on Bonny Island. The deals aim to resolve persistent upstream shortfalls and diversify feedgas sources.

Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery is importing 4,000 gas-powered trucks in a $470 million investment to supply fuel directly to local markets. The move aims to cut logistics costs and improve distribution from Africa’s largest refinery.

Israel’s Leviathan gas field has signed a $35 billion export deal to supply 130 Bcm of natural gas to Egypt through 2040, reducing Egypt’s LNG reliance and easing its energy crisis.

Golar LNG’s Gimi vessel has started operations at the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project, marking a key milestone for LNG exports from Mauritania and Senegal.

JGC France has secured a $550 million preliminary contract for an African floating LNG project, covering early-phase EPCIC work and potentially leading to a full-scale award as the company expands in the continent’s LNG sector.

Saipem expects the $20 billion Mozambique LNG project for TotalEnergies to restart by late summer, ending a force majeure that halted work in 2021 after insurgent attacks. The restart would mark a major step for the Golfinho and Atum fields.

Mellitah Oil and Gas will work with U.S. construction consulting firm Hill International to manage a project which aims to boost Libya's gas output, the country's National Oil Company (NOC) said in a statement on July 23.

For the first time, the United States became a net exporter of crude oil to Nigeria in early 2024, driven by shifts in refinery operations and rising demand from Nigeria’s new Dangote refinery, according to the EIA.

Mozambique’s energy minister says the government has created conditions for TotalEnergies to restart its $20 billion LNG project, halted since 2021 due to insurgent violence near the Afungi site.

Subsea7 has secured a contract offshore Egypt to install flexible pipelines and umbilicals for a subsea tie-back project, with offshore work expected to begin in 2026.

Ghana is bracing for temporary power outages as Eni suspends operations at a gas plant to implement a supply boost. The upgrade will increase gas output by 30 million standard cubic feet per day, helping stabilize energy delivery once completed.

Tanzania’s state-run TPDC has picked China Petroleum Pipeline and CPTDC to build the Ntorya–Madimba gas pipeline, a key milestone in the onshore field’s development.