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The Treaty on Plastics is a Direct Attack on African Development - African Nations Must Oppose It

The Treaty on Plastics poses significant harm for oil and gas producing nations in Africa and stands to stifle economic and industry growth across the continent

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Treaty on Plastics is currently being held in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 170 nations meeting to discuss the implementation of a legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution. If signed, the treaty would cut the production levels of…

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Ghana Unveils Ambitious Downstream Agenda at Accra Investor Briefing

As a prelude to African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies in Cape Town, the Accra Investor Briefing provided key insights into how Ghana is positioning itself as a regional petroleum hub

Ghana is developing West Africa’s first integrated petroleum hub, with the aim of enhancing regional fuel security and reducing petroleum costs. The hub is being developed in three phases between 2024 and 2036. The first phase, which broke ground in 2024, includes a 300,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery, a 90,000-bpd petrochemical plant,…

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Ghana’s Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC) Joins Accra Investor Briefing Amid Efforts to Establish Integrated Petroleum Hub

The Petroleum Hub Development Corporation plays a central role in promoting and developing the petroleum value chain in Ghana

Dr. Toni Aubynn, CEO of Ghana’s Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC), has joined the Invest in African Energies: Accra Investor Briefing – taking place on April 14, 2025 at the Kempinsky Hotel – to discuss the country’s progress towards becoming an integrated petroleum hub in West Africa. During the event,…

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Equatorial Guinea awards Contract to American Company Nexant for Methanol-to-Derivatives Plant

The project is part of the Year of Investment and was previously agreed during a meeting last January

The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) of Equatorial Guinea, in collaboration with the Atlantic Methanol Production Company (AMPCO), awarded American company Nexant the feasibility study for the construction of a new formaldehyde production plant in Punta Europa. The project is part of the Year of Investment and was previously…

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COVID-19 and the Price War: Why now could be a good time for U.S. Independent Oil and Gas Producers to consider opportunities in Africa (By NJ Ayuk)

Africa’s rich resources still represent opportunity, including a wealth of natural gas waiting to be discovered

By NJ Ayuk It isn’t breaking news that the world is currently on “lock-down mode.” Around the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has made conditions dire and triggered global economic shutdowns. For the oil and gas market, it has been an especially trying time. As our global society battles the virus,…

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Atlantic Methanol Production Company to create a methanol-to-gasoline and derivatives unit to further monetize domestic gas produced in Equatorial Guinea

Atlantic Methanol Production Company (AMPCO) is part of a series of foreign investors planning to increase their investment in Equatorial Guinea this year

The Atlantic Methanol Production Company (AMPCO), which runs one of Africa’s largest methanol plant on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, has decided to support the ongoing Year of Investment initiative and invest in the expansion and diversification of the country’s downstream sector. This was discussed during a meeting in Malabo…

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What will it take for 2020 to truly be the year of Gas in Nigeria? (By NJ Ayuk)

Naming 2020 the year of gas for Nigeria has a really nice ring to it, but marketing alone will not cut it

By NJ Ayuk “The Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva has declared 2020 as the year of Gas for the Nation”, the news piece started. What amazing news! And certainly long overdue. As it seems, Nigerian officials have finally taken the cue. As I have…