DMRE's Gas Act amendment points to major industry overhaul

[Lindsey Schutters] New gas Bill seeks to modernise sector and foster inclusive growth with major overhaul...

SA’s largest onshore LNG project shows forward momentum in gas sector for 2024

[NJ Ayuk] The recently signed LNG development project in Mpumalanga province is a promising step on the long road to Africa’s just energy transition...

African Energy Chamber predicts 'relative calm' market

[NJ Ayuk] New African Energy Chamber report forecasts a “relative calm” in the liquids market for the remainder of 2023...

#AOW: Gas deals and decarbonisation dominate continent energy conversation

[Lindsey Schutters] The 2023 Africa Oil Week was marked by key announcements, statements and deals that are set to shape projects...

#SAOGC2023: Gwede Mantashe claims CIA is funding anti-gas NGOs

[Lindsey Schutters] Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe had a great time at the 2023 Southern Africa Oil and Gas Conference...

Oil and gas is still big business in Africa

[NJ Ayuk] Despite the global divestment from fossil fuels, half a billion barrels of oil and gas reserves found around Africa in 2023...

Battle over plan for offshore drilling between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas rages on

[Katja Hamilton] The countdown is on to appeal the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment's latest decision...

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

[NJ Ayuk] Six months ago, Canadian oil and gas company ReconAfrica, began exploratory drilling in the deep Kavango Basin of northeast Namibia and into northwest Botswana.

Greenpeace and Western anti-Africa energy groups take the wrong approach

[NJ Ayuk] If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I'd probably blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, Greenpeace...

Angola's focus on local content in oil & gas sector

[NJ Ayuk] For decades, many of Africa's oil- and gas-producing states followed a predictable pattern. They treated their oil and gas primarily as raw materials that could be sold abroad for a quick profit...

Oil & gas activities trigger big investments in Namibia, Angola and South Africa

[NJ Ayuk] Last spring, the Maersk Voyager, an ultra-deepwater drillship under contract by French supermajor Total, sank a wildcat well to a depth of 3,628 metres (11,903 feet) in Block 48...

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

[NJ Ayuk] Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, not all of the economic news in Africa has been negative. We continue to see promising developments...

LNG projects could transform Mozambique - if Western environmentalists don't interfere

[NJ Ayuk] When Anadarko Petroleum Corp. confirmed last year it would be constructing a $20bn liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Mozambique, this was major news...

Don't dismiss Africa's voice in the energy debate

[NJ Ayuk] As African oil and gas countries struggle with Covid-19's devastating impact on demand, two international groups seem to be celebrating it...

Mozambique's gas promise

[NJ Ayuk] It has been almost exactly 10 years since Anadarko drilled the well that would give Mozambique its first major gas find in over 60 years of mostly disappointing oil and gas exploration...

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

[NJ Ayuk] In a 2014 article written for the Guardian newspaper this week,Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu argued for an Apartheid-style boycott on coal, oil and gas companies as a solution to fight climate change and help ensure global environmental sustainability goals...

#AOW2019: Brulpadda's challenges inspire innovation

[Nicci Botha] The Brulpadda discovery is a "game changer", which has renewed exploration interest in South Africa..

#AOW2019: Fuelling the future

[Nicci Botha] Given the capital intensive nature of the oil & gas industry, investors have historically always been worried about the same three questions. How much oil is in the ground? How much is it going to cost to get it out? How much can it be sold for?

#AOW2019: Mantashe calls for gas investment

[Nicci Botha] Highlighting the investment opportunities at the country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), Minerals and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe called on foreign investors to help develop South Africa's fledgling gas industry...

#AOP2019: Free market capitalism will work best for Africa

[Nicci Botha] African oil and gas champion, NJ Ayuk, is unabashed in his support of free market capitalism, saying it is the economic model that will work best for Africa...