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Wärtsilä converting 90 MW fuel oil power plant to LNG in Senegal
12th April 2021 By: Schalk Burger

Energy and marine equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä will convert the 90 MW Bel-Air heavy fuel oil power plant in Dakar, Senegal, to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The project is part of an... 


Renergen inks landmark Phase 2 helium contract
12th April 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has inked its first helium sales agreement with a global tier-one automotive supplier in what is the company’s first direct-to-customer helium... 


Renergen completes fifth major milestone at Virginia gas project
1st April 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Dual-listed natural gas and helium producer Renergen has completed its fifth major milestone at its Virgina gas project, in the Free State, as the company works towards the start of production in... 


Total postpones restart of work on $20bn Mozambique gas project amid violence
29th March 2021 By: Reuters

Suspected Islamist insurgents attacked a convoy of fleeing civilians, including foreign workers, as fighting continued in a northern Mozambique town that is near a number of gas projects, security... 


POISON
Fossil fuels are responsible for millions of deaths globally every year
Fossil fuels found accountable for millions of deaths
19th March 2021 By: Halima Frost

Fossil fuels are, through a marked contribution to air pollution, accountable for 8.7-million deaths globally in 2018, which adds to the mounting evidence that air pollution from ongoing dependence... 


TURNING GAS TO POWER
The HA turbine supplied by GE has made significant inroads into the energy sector since its introduction
Gas can decrease emissions in power generation
19th March 2021 By: Halima Frost

With power generation being accountable for 41% of current global carbon emissions, which amount to about 33.7 Gt/y of carbon dioxide (CO2), multinational conglomerate General Electric Company (GE)... 


Renergen strikes gas at another well, CEO says it is an ‘unexpected bonus’
11th March 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has made another significant gas strike at its Virginia gas project, this time in well MDR1, 300 m north of the currently producing MDR5 well. The... 


Renergen strikes gas at ‘true exploration well’ at Virginia project
9th March 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has struck gas in well P007 at the base of the Karoo sediments, at a depth of just over 400 m. P007 is considered a “true exploration well”, as... 


Southern Africa has ‘huge potential’ to benefit from the shift to green hydrogen
4th March 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

While there is growing momentum across the world in investing in hydrogen and the related import and export value chains, management consulting company Kearney MD Romain Debarre warns that there is... 


South Africa has ‘all the right ingredients’ to transition to a gas economy – panel
4th March 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

As gas opportunities rise owing to recent discoveries and Africa’s ongoing energy deficit, management consulting company Kearney metals and mining global lead Igor Hulak says gas provides a “viable... 


Africa’s industrialisation will require gas as additional energy source
3rd March 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Africa will require more energy sources than renewables to ensure the continent’s growth and its industrialisation, International Gas Union secretary general elect Andy Calitz told delegates... 


Petredec expands South African operations through acquisition
1st March 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) trading and shipping company Petredec has completed the acquisition of Eastern Cape fuels distributor Quest Petroleum, which will now become part of the Petrefuel... 


The Secunda complex, in Mpumalanga
Sasol upscales renewables roll-out ambition to 900 MW, starts plotting big green-hydrogen role
22nd February 2021 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed Sasol announced on Monday that it would pursue a 900 MW renewable-energy roll-out at its Secunda and Sasolburg complexes by 2030, raising its initial deployment target of 600 MW by 50%.... 


Renergen appoints contractors for Virginia gas project's Phase 2 studies
Renergen appoints contractors for Virginia gas project's Phase 2 studies
27th January 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging helium and natural gas company Renergen has appointed three companies for the engineering studies for Phase 2 of its Virginia gas project, in South Africa’s Free State province. The three... 


UN seeks $254m to respond to escalating humanitarian crisis in gas-rich Cabo Delgado
UN seeks $254m to respond to escalating humanitarian crisis in gas-rich Cabo Delgado
20th January 2021 By: Terence Creamer

The United Nations is warning that the humanitarian crisis in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, of northern Mozambique, has escalated dramatically over the past 12 months with more than 500 000... 


Renergen hoping to highlight importance of diesel dual fuel with new truck
Renergen hoping to highlight importance of diesel dual fuel with new truck
19th January 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen has replaced its old transport truck with a new one, equipped with the diesel dual fuel (DDF) kit and tank from the former truck, in a bid to prove... 


RONAN BESCOND 
Foreign companies that want to work on the project must value local partnership
Staying local pivotal for Mozambique LNG project
15th January 2021 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

Local content and employment are integral to one of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects under way on the continent, says petroleum refining company Total Mozambique country chair Ronan... 


ENERGY TRANSITION The report noted that the pandemic had not only caused the biggest global oil demand slump in history, it had accelerated the global energy transition by as much as five years
Big oil producers face 19% fall in production
15th January 2021

Assurance, advisory and tax services firm PwC’s Africa Oil and Gas Review 2020, released in November, estimated a 19% fall in oil production for the top five African producers: Nigeria, Algeria,... 


FLORIVAL MUCAVE 
The chamber will foster relations between members and their counterparts as well as develop a platform of companies providing goods and services
Chamber motivates for local participation
15th January 2021 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

With the current liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects under way in Mozambique, Mozambique Oil and Gas Chamber executive chairman Florival Mucave notes that government needs to ensure that there are... 


Mozambique pushes for Total to restart $20bn project
14th January 2021 By: Bloomberg

Mozambique wants Total to quickly restart work on its $20-billion liquefied natural gas project, despite concerns that insecurity could lead to a prolonged delay, the nation’s energy minister said.... 


Standard Bank publishes climate-change-mitigating fossil fuels financing policy
Standard Bank publishes climate-change-mitigating fossil fuels financing policy
10th December 2020 By: Donna Slater

Financial services company Standard Bank Group has published its Fossil Fuels Financing Policy (FFFP) as part of its efforts to improve its management of environmental, social and governance (ESG)... 


Renergen develops simple logistics solutions to transport Covid-19 vaccine
Renergen develops simple logistics solutions to transport Covid-19 vaccine
10th December 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has developed a new device, the Renergen Cryo-Vacc, which is said to simplify the logistics of moving vaccines at temperatures of between... 


Sasol's rights issue and 2.0 transformation programme
Sasol's rights issue and 2.0 transformation programme
4th December 2020

Sasol is still mulling over whether or not to proceed with a rights issue to help it deal with its debt burden. Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses this and the ‘Sasol 2.0’... 


LNG carrier
Glencore’s takeover of Orsted LNG effective
1st December 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Diversified miner Glencore on December 1 completed the acquisition of Danish multinational power company Orsted’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) business. Under the terms of the transaction,... 


DNG Energy group CEO Aldworth Mbalati
DNG Energy says LNG bunkering hub to benefit South Africa, rest of the world
27th November 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Natural gas distributor DNG Energy’s floating storage unit (FSU), in Algoa Bay, South Africa, once operational and delivering liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2021, is set to secure energy for... 


TESTING THE MARKET
NDT services will be offered to the Mozambican LNG sector
NDT company opens shop in Mozambique
27th November 2020 By: Darren Parker

Quality assurance and non-destructive testing (NDT) company Dekra Industrial RSA has registered a legal entity named Dekra Industrial Inspection LDA, in Mozambique, as a springboard from which to... 


Renergen announces new LNG truck solution, adds another LNG supply route
Renergen announces new LNG truck solution, adds another LNG supply route
18th November 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has, in partnership with trailer manufacturer Henred Fruehauf, developed a zero-emission solution for the cold-chain logistics industry.... 


Sasol working to reset business for low-carbon world
Sasol working to reset business for low-carbon world
13th November 2020

Financially and environmentally beleaguered energy and chemicals group Sasol is working to reset its business for a low-carbon world. Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer unpacks the emerging... 


Sasol CEO Fleetwood Grobler
Sasol pins low-carbon ‘reset’ hopes on gas, renewables and green hydrogen
11th November 2020 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol, which is coming under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon emissions, reports that climate change is now “front and centre” in its unfolding ‘strategic reset’,... 


Proximity alone insufficient to assure SA firms any share of Moz gas action
Proximity alone insufficient to assure SA firms any share of Moz gas action
6th November 2020 By: Darren Parker

Much can still be done by South African business to ensure that opportunities stemming from Mozambique’s myriad large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects do not pass them by. Various LNG... 


Renergen drilling programme back on track
21st October 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen’s re-drill of the inclined drilling programme (referred to as P2V2) at its flagship Virginia gas project, in the Free State, is expected... 


GAS FOR GROWTH
The industrialisation ambitions of African nations depend on cleaner energy sources such as renewables and gas
Natural gas to play important role in the energy future
16th October 2020 By: Darren Parker

Energy solutions company GE expects gas power to play an increasingly important role in the medium- to long-term future of the country’s energy mix as government continues to pursue decarbonisation... 


FLOATING GAS
South Africa will need to import liquid natural gas for the short-term future, which will serve to stimulate the market
Gap analysis needed to guide gas-to-power industry growth
16th October 2020 By: Darren Parker

With the potential of gas as an alternative energy source in South Africa an encouraging prospect, South African Oil and Gas Alliance (Saoga) CEO Adrian Strydom says the gas-to-power industry needs... 


NOSIZWE DLENGEZELE
Gas plays an important role in bridging the energy gap to help create a lower-carbon energy future
Gas-powered solutions offer lower upfront cost
16th October 2020 By: Darren Parker

In a capital-constrained Covid-19-affected market, gas-fired generators offer the advantage of a relatively low upfront capital cost, compared with coal- or diesel-fired alternatives, says energy... 


DNG Energy group CEO Aldworth Mbalati
DNG Energy to begin LNG bunkering operations at Coega
12th October 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Delta Natural Gas (DNG) Energy has received final authorisation from the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to begin liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operations in the Port of Coega, in... 


Renergen, Logico Logistics ink LNG supply agreement
Renergen, Logico Logistics ink LNG supply agreement
6th October 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has signed an agreement with trucking company Logico Logistics to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Total filling stations along the... 


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