Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has revised the drilling programme at its Virginia gas project, in the Free State. The first well in the programme, using a percussion rig, was unable to reach the casing point at the base of t…
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has called on Australia’s southern state to allow gas exploration in a bid to secure supply.
“Southern states risk facing a shortfall in the medium term unless there is more exploration and de…
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Oil and gas major Santos and its joint venture (JV) partner Beach Energy has extended an ethane gas supply agreement with Australia’s sole manufacturer of polyethylene, Qenos.
The new sales agreement will enable Qenos to maintain its operations at Bo…
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The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has welcomed comments by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the need for greater use of natural gas as Australia.
Speaking at the National Press Club, in Canberra, Morri…
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The US is encouraging African countries to consider importing its abundant supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as it expects its production to more than double within the next few years. US Department of Energy assistant secretary Steven Winberg t…
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South Africa is being urged to accelerate its response to a looming natural gas “supply cliff”, which could arise in the coming four to five years unless alternative sources of supply are found to offset “tapering” imports from southern Mozambique. Sou…
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Chemicals and energy group Sasol is investigating several gas-supply alternatives for its coal-heavy South African operations as it seeks ways to reduce its carbon footprint. The JSE-listed group is simultaneously working on a ‘sustainability roadmap’,…
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Emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen has completed the commissioning of its second compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station, in Johannesburg. The filling station will begin supplying CNG to Black Knight Logistics for a fleet of about 1…
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Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Wednesday the government would find out the truth after a report alleged his brother Aliou Sall had been involved in fraud related to two major offshore gas blocks operated by BP. Making his first comments since …
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South Africa is failing to fully grasp the energy and economic significance of the impending development of the enormous gas reserves discovered in northern Mozambique since 2010, Standard Bank oil and gas specialist Paul Eardley-Taylor argues. Between…
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