Coal, Oil & Gas News

#YouthMonth

Honouring the youth: A celebration of courage, commitment, and change

Michelle Lourens, IMA’s ‘Swiss army knife’, joins Cannes Lions Open Chair Programme

Karabo Ledwaba

Learnerships: The antidote to youth unemployment, skills mismatch

Anton Visser

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Student Village's Ronen Aires - Gen Z's disruption of the world

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Multimedia

All Galleries Audios Videos

#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Student Village's Ronen Aires - Gen Z's disruption of the world

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

Source: © 123rf Amongst the sectors that contracted in Q1 2025, mining performed the worst in the first quarter

Mining performance contracts in Q1 2025

Initiatives in Ennerdale highlights Air Products’ commitment to make a difference

Initiatives in Ennerdale highlights Air Products’ commitment to make a difference

30 May 2025

Source: © miningmx Paul Dunne has been appointed president of The Minerals Council South Africa

The Minerals Council president: "Mining must succeed for South Africa to succeed"

29 May 2025

More news

Miniatures of oil barrels and a rising stock graph are seen in this illustration. Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Oil price spikes after Trump cancels Chevron Venezuela licence

Stephanie Kelly 28 Feb 2025

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Load shedding rollercoaster is not sabotage related

Wendell Roelf 24 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

From gas to streaming: What’s in South Africa’s new inflation basket?

Katja Hamilton 11 Feb 2025

Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.

#BizTrends2025: America's path to ‘liquid gold’: Trump reveals new tariffs and national energy strategy

Katja Hamilton 21 Jan 2025

Chevron also comes up short in Namibia energy exploration

Ron Bousso 16 Jan 2025

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2025

Shell pulls out of Namibia oil discovery

Ron Bousso 9 Jan 2025

Image source: suwatpo –

Deadline looms for unconventional gas regulations inputs

8 Jan 2025

Sasol Secunda Facility Benfield units Phase 1 and 2. The sole purpose of the Benfield is to remove CO2 from the Feedgas from Synthol. The Benfield circulation Regen column releases the CO2 and steam into the atmosphere. Each Benfield has a Feedgas flow rate of 400 000Nm3/hr, of which 12% is CO2. So about 48,000Nm3/h CO2 into the atmosphere per column per hour, seven days a week, 365 days per year. There are 4 Benfield Regen columns on the Sasol Secunda facility. Source:

Sasol battles production declines and changing chemicals landscape

Lindsey Schutters 3 Jan 2025

Igor Sechin went from Putin's deputy to a CEO position at Rosneft

Russian oligarch says we haven’t yet reached peak oil

12 Dec 2024

The jet fuel struggles has exacerbated other airport problems in South Africa. Source: Soumya Ranjan/Pexels

OR Tambo fuel problem is a symptom of jet fuel crisis

Lindsey Schutters 10 Dec 2024

Thugela Resources is seeing increases in local production. Source: Thugela Resources

Thungela sees coal output jump as rail performance improves

Nelson Banya 10 Dec 2024

AGL wins Service Provider of the Year award at the Invest in African Energy Awards 2024

AGL wins Service Provider of the Year award at the Invest in African Energy Awards 2024

Africa Global Logistics 8 Nov 2024

Fishers in Port Nolloth are opposing TotalEnergies’ bid to explore for gas and oil off the West Coast. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Court bid to block TotalEnergies gas project off West Coast

7 Nov 2024

#AEW24: Ramokgopa champions critical minerals and hydrocarbons for Africa's economic future

#AEW24: Ramokgopa champions critical minerals and hydrocarbons for Africa's economic future

Lindsey Schutters 6 Nov 2024

Fiyinfolu Okedare is director at Forvis Mazars in Nigeria

Big benefits of investing in Africa's upstream sector

Fiyinfolu Okedare 6 Nov 2024

Middle East tension spoils petrol party in SA for November

Middle East tension spoils petrol party in SA for November

Lindsey Schutters 4 Nov 2024

The new Act could see a proliferation of oil rigs along South African shores.

New Act swings energy balance in favour of Mantashe policy

Lindsey Schutters 1 Nov 2024

Sasol Secunda CTL is a cornerstone of SA's energy transition. Source: Horst Vogel/Flickr

New report shows depth of Sasol Secunda distress

Lindsey Schutters 28 Oct 2024

Gwede Mantashe is saying that coal is making a comeback

Mantashe tells China ‘king coal is back’

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

The minister and deputy minister of minerals and petroleum resources addressed the media at Africa Oil Week 2024.

Mantashe publishes Petroleum Products Bill for public comment

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

The Minister and Deputy Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources were both in attendance at the AOW press conference

Mantashe readies SANPC Bill for parliament

Lindsey Schutters 14 Oct 2024

Source: Martin Adams/Unsplash

#AOW2024: Transnet lifts lid on gas pipeline project

10 Oct 2024

#AOW2024: Mantashe shifts focus to Black participation in gas sector

#AOW2024: Mantashe shifts focus to Black participation in gas sector

Lindsey Schutters 8 Oct 2024

Gwede Mantashe delivered the opening keynote of the Ministerial Symposium at AOW

#AOW2024: Energy ministers kick off oil conference behind closed doors

7 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Brazil's Petrobras to purchase offshore oil block stake in South Africa

Andre Romani 3 Oct 2024

Big decrease in petrol, diesel prices starting October

Big decrease in petrol, diesel prices starting October

30 Sep 2024

TNPA, IDC call for proposals for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of Ngqura

TNPA, IDC call for proposals for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of Ngqura

25 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf A platform rig used in the oil and gas industry. Phezulu Natural Energy Resources is demanding that PetroSA disclose internal documents showing how and why it selected Russia’s Gazprombank and scandal-plagued Equator Holdings for multibillion-rand gas deals

Rival bidder takes PetroSA to court over Gazprom-Equator tenders

Susan Comrie 23 Sep 2024

The newly formed SANPC will operate as a subsidiary of the CEF

New SA National Petroleum Company gets Compcom nod

Lindsey Schutters 20 Sep 2024