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Algeria: After denying any desire to withdraw, TotalEnergies slips away secretly from Arzew project

TotalEnergies has abandoned the polypropylene plant project at Arzew, located on the Algerian coast, near Oran. However, no official announcement has been made by the French group. It was until May 18 that the British oil services company Petrofac revealed that STEP Polymers SPA (a 100% subsidiary of the Algerian state company Sonatrach) had awarded […]

Sound Energy Starts Drilling Second Gas Well in Eastern Morocco

After making a significant gas discovery in Tendrara, North Eastern Morocco, Sound Energy has pressed on with its second well in the license area. Lying only 1.6 kilometers away from its first TE-6 gas well in Tendrara, Sound Energy announced that works have started on the second TE-7 well with aim of prospecting gas volumes, […]

DRC’s and Liberia’s new presidents sworn in, promising to improve economy, security

The newly elected presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi and of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, have been sworn in, with both promising to improve living conditions and security in their respective countries. The DRC’s President Tshisekedi has been sworn in following a landslide victory in the highly contested elections in December that […]