Category: Energy

Morocco chairs board of directors of Arab Union of Electricity

September 10, 2020

Director of Morocco’s state owned utility company (ONEE), Abderrahim El Hafidi, acting chairman of the Arab Union of Electricity (AUE), chaired on Wednesday, a videoconference ... Read More

Algeria loses about $100m over poor quality of Sonatrach’s petroleum products

September 8, 2020

Algeria’s energy giant Sonatrach has suffered a new setback after Turkey rebuffed two shiploads of liquefied natural gas (LNA) worth around $100 million after the ... Read More

Morocco-Spain interconnection: Submarine power cable repaired

September 5, 2020

The fluid leak, which occurred lately in the submarine cable connecting Morocco and Spain, was repaired on Friday by Morocco’s National Office of Electricity (ONEE) ... Read More

French Axens to launch new refinery in Nigeria

September 3, 2020

France’s largest hydrocarbons group Axens and the Nigerian conglomerate BUA signed a partnership contract on Tuesday in Paris to carry out the first stage of ... Read More

Morocco: Siemens to install 87 wind turbines in Boujdour

September 2, 2020

Wind energy is developing and expanding rapidly in Morocco, which is determined to bolster its green and renewable energies to power its competitive economy and ... Read More

Algeria scraps mega solar energy Desertec project

September 1, 2020

Algeria has decided to abandon German Desertec project, one of the world largest solar energy initiative to generate energy from the Sahara desert. “The Desertec ... Read More

Gabon, Venezuela strengthen cooperation in oil sector

August 14, 2020

In a "win-win" agreement, Gabon has entered into a commitment with Venezuela. The two countries want to further strengthen and consolidate their cooperation in the ... Read More

Algeria’s gas exports to shrink to 26 billion cubic meters per year

August 10, 2020

Algeria’s finances face dim prospects triggered by a sharp drop in its key source of revenue, gas exports, which are expected to drop from 45 ... Read More

Algeria’s Sonatrach to lose fuel contract monopoly in Lebanon

August 5, 2020

Lebanon has decided to diversify its oil suppliers from 2021 after main supplier, Algeria’s Sonatrach, was accused of providing the Middle East country with adulterated ... Read More

DRC: Oil Companies in the southeast on strike

August 5, 2020

The oil companies operating in the provinces of the former Katanga and the Kasai region have announced "that they will proceed from this Thursday, August ... Read More