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Start the year informed with the 2026 Energy Outlook webinar
Start the year informed with the 2026 Energy Outlook webinar
11th December 2025

Sustaining reform momentum will be crucial in 2026 to ensure investment flows and long-term energy security in South Africa. Start the year informed with Creamer Media's two-part 2026 Energy... 


Siyavuya Power Projects CEO Graham Roebuck
Siyavuya Power Projects delivers major energy transition milestone
10th December 2025

Enabling access to South Africa’s growing renewable energy generation capacity by addressing its transmission network constraints is a vital step in advancing the country’s energy transition. The... 


Cars, made in Morocco and intended for export, wait to be shipped at Tanger Med Port, on the Strait of Gibraltar, east of Tangier, Morocco
Morocco to open two deepwater ports in 2026 and 2028, Minister says
9th December 2025 By: Reuters

Morocco will open a new deepwater Mediterranean port next year and another on the Atlantic in 2028, Equipment and Water minister Nizar Baraka said, as the North African country aims to replicate... 


Britain, Netherlands withdraw $2.2 billion backing for Total-led Mozambique LNG
1st December 2025 By: Reuters

Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2-billion in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, they said separately on Monday, after both hired firms to probe... 


The late CEF chairperson Unati Figlan
CEF mourns sudden death of a director
28th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Central Energy Fund (CEF) has conveyed its regret at the sudden passing of director Unati Figlan, who also served as the chairperson of legacy entities PetroSA, Strategic Fuel Fund and iGas.... 


GasHub chairperson Thomas Shaw
New industry-led GasHub created to pool demand and catalyse new supply
27th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Twenty-two industrial gas users from the glass, metal, food manufacturing, mining and chemical sectors have formally launched a demand aggregator known as GasHub in a bid to develop the... 


NOA Group CEO Karel Cornelissen speaks to Martin Creamer on Video
NOA Group CEO Karel Cornelissen speaks to Martin Creamer on Video
21st November 2025

NOA Group – a renewable energy generator, aggregator and trader – is playing an important role in helping to transform South Africa’s energy market for the better. Watch this Engineering News &... 


TNPA acting CE Phyllis Difeto and Umhlathuze mayor Councillor Xolani Ngwezi
TNPA renews MoU with uMhlathuze to enhance Richards Bay
18th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and the City of uMhlathuze in KwaZulu-Natal have renewed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two entities first signed in 2018 to strengthen... 


Army personnel near Palma Mozambique
TotalEnergies' Mozambique gas 'fortress' fuels local anger and insurgency fears
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

Hotel manager Fernando Cuna waited four years for TotalEnergies to resume construction of its $20-billion liquefied natural gas project on Mozambique's coast, hoping it would bring clients to the... 


IGUA-SA executive officer Jaco Human
Industrial gas users call for Presidency-led intervention to avert ‘gas cliff’
12th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Industrial Gas Users Association–South Africa (IGUA-SA) is calling for the creation of a new structure under The Presidency to coordinate the actions needed to avert the ‘gas cliff’ faced by... 


A rendering of the Mozambique LNG plant
Mozambique may dispute TotalEnergies proposals on LNG project
31st October 2025 By: Reuters

Mozambique's government may have counter-arguments to the updated budget and schedule proposed by TotalEnergies for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project it is leading in the Southern African... 


Some of the initial projects are expected to secure fuel through storage and regasification terminal proposed for the Port of Richards Bay
Department amends gas-to-power RFP and confirms new submission deadline
28th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Department of Electricity and Energy has amended the request for proposal (RFP) documentation for the inaugural procurement of 2 000 MW of gas-to-power and has also announced an extension to... 


LNG carrier ship
IEA forecasts record LNG growth to lower prices, spur demand
28th October 2025 By: Reuters

A record wave of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity coming online until 2030 is set to transform gas market dynamics by strengthening global supply security and easing market... 


TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne
TotalEnergies tells Mozambique LNG project costs have risen by $4.5bn
27th October 2025 By: Reuters

TotalEnergies has told Mozambique that the costs of its liquefied natural gas project in the country have risen by $4.5-billion in the four years it was on hold, and it wants its production... 


EnerGeo Alliance global policy senior director Ross Compton
South Africa can tap into oil and gas opportunities, if it gets investment certainty right
22nd October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Investor certainty is key to unlocking South Africa’s oil and gas potential, which rivals that of neighbouring Namibia, says energy geoscience industry association EnerGeo Alliance global policy... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Minister’s ‘State will lead, market will follow’ electricity assertion raises questions
20th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s insistence that the State will lead and the market follow in the procurement of new electricity generation, while simultaneously... 


A generic image of an oil rig
Africa needs investment, not ideology – chamber
17th October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Concluding African Energy Week (AEW) – held last month, in Cape Town – energy advocacy group the African Energy Chamber (AEC) founder and executive chairperson NJ Ayuk underscored a central message... 


An image of Jonathan Veeran
Policy integral to shaping oil and gas outlook – law firm
17th October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Although significant oil and gas discoveries across Southern Africa have sharpened investor focus, unlocking that potential is not only geological; it also requires an astute understanding of the... 


An image of Dele Kuti
Bank champions balanced energy future for Africa
17th October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

As Africa grapples with deep-rooted energy poverty and mounting climate pressures, financial services provider Standard Bank is positioning itself as a key enabler of a pragmatic just energy... 


Companies enter joint development agreement for Mpumalanga gas project
13th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

ASX-listed Kinetiko Energy (and its subsidiary, Afro Energy) and South African industrial heating fuel supplier FFS Refiners have entered into a binding joint development agreement (JDA) for a... 


BHP solar farm
Security, affordability dominate policy considerations for a global energy transition
8th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Energy security and affordability have become key policy considerations in many regions, particularly as the global energy transition has entered a more turbulent, complex phase, shaped by... 


Renergen CEO Stefano Marani.
Renergen, Springbok Solar reach coexistence agreement after land dispute
22nd September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Natural gas and helium producer Renergen has reached comprehensive settlement and coexistence agreements with the SOLA Group's Springbok Solar Power Plant, which ends all legal disputes between the... 


Organisations issue new challenge to enviro authorisation for Karpowership
12th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Environmental justice organisations groundWork and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) have filed a review application in the North Gauteng High Court to challenge the... 


ESSENTIAL FLEXIBILITY 
SNG could offer industries a level of flexibility that is essential for South African factories that cannot afford downtime
SNG could sustain industries till LNG rollout
29th August 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

Gas solutions company Eyona Gas believes that synthetic natural gas (SNG) could offer a real safety net for South African industries facing looming gas shortages in the future. As the country moves... 


Port of Richards Bay
TNPA, Nersa move to streamline regulatory frameworks for energy projects at ports
21st August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in a bid to improve alignment on... 


Italy's Saipem sees Mozambique LNG project restarting by end of summer
24th July 2025 By: Reuters

-Italy's Saipem is confident that a $20-billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique for TotalEnergies will restart by the end of the summer, the CEO of the energy contractor said on... 


oil barrels
Global oil supply outpaces demand growth as inventories, geopolitical tensions rise – report
11th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) July 2025 ‘Oil Market Report’, global oil demand is forecast to rise by 700 000 bbl/d this year, marking its lowest increase since 2009,... 


A map showing the location of Total's LNG project in Mozambiqe
Mozambique’s $57bn of LNG projects get reboot despite risk
11th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Four years after terrorist attacks halted a massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, momentum behind $57-billion in facilities that will export the fuel is picking up. TotalEnergies SE... 


Renergen to dispute MGE's exercise of put option
9th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

JSE- and ASX-listed Renergen has informed shareholders that Mahlako Gas Energy (MGE) has given it notice that it elects to exercise a put option under a December 2023 agreement between MGE and... 


Port of Ngqura
TNPA issues RFP for Port of Ngqura terminal operator
27th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the appointment of a terminal operator to fund, design, develop, construct, operate, maintain and... 


A TotalEnergies building
Mozambique energy minister optimistic on TotalEnergies' plan to resume LNG project
20th June 2025 By: Reuters

Mozambique's energy minister said on Friday the government has not received a request from TotalEnergies to lift a force majeure declaration on its $20-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project... 


The Mozambique flag
TotalEnergies CEO expects to restart Mozambique LNG project this summer
18th June 2025 By: Reuters

TotalEnergies expects its $20-billion Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to resume development "this summer", Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Wednesday. He was asked about the... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
African development needs both electricity and decarbonisation – Ramokgopa
18th June 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has affirmed that Africa does not face a choice between decarbonisation and industrialisation. On the contrary, it has to, and... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
South Africa asks US not to hike tariffs to 30% on July 9 if talks on new trade framework still ongoing
10th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa has requested that the US refrain from raising tariffs above the prevailing 10% level should negotiations on a new trade framework not be concluded by July 9, when a 90-day pause on... 


wind turbine + coal fired power
Global energy investment to reach record $3.3tr this year
5th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global energy investment is set to increase to a record $3.3-trillion this year, despite headwinds from elevated geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, according to the International... 


Industrial Gas Users Association South Africa CEO Jaco Human
Gas users call for fiscal guarantees to advance gas-cliff avoidance projects to ‘transactional level’
4th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Industrial Gas Users Association South Africa (IGUA-SA) CEO Jaco Human has called for the urgent finalisation of a fiscal guarantees framework to help progress, to a “transactional level”, the... 


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