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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... 


Total says Mozambique LNG project progressing despite instability
2nd October 2020 By: Reuters

French oil and gas major Total said on Thursday it was moving ahead with its $20 billion natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique, despite growing concerns about a wave of militant attacks by rebels... 


Transition to green energy needs to happen as soon as possible, says think tank
25th September 2020 By: Donna Slater

The transition from burning fossil fuels and the large-scale emitting of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases to renewable energies needs to happen as quickly as the industry can manage,... 


Demonstrators protest against the Atlantic Coast pipeline in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Natural gas is the rich world’s new coal
9th September 2020 By: Bloomberg

Even the cleanest fossil fuel is losing its appeal to rich nations. Just a few years ago, natural gas was hailed as vital for the transition toward an economy that runs on renewable energy. But... 


NO NEED TO IMPORT
Reduced demand will see South Africa becoming somewhat self-sufficient in terms of fuels production if all refineries are operational
Long-term demand structure for petroleum unclear
4th September 2020 By: Darren Parker

It is expected that the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to negatively affect liquid fuels demand in the short term, but whether this represents a long-term structural shift is not yet clear, says... 


CEO Stefano Marani
Renergen completes LNG auction registration process
2nd September 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has completed the registration process for South Africa’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) auction, with the number of registrations significantly... 


RENEWING ENERGY 
Renewable energy is fast becoming more affordable
Regulations, pricing a challenge for local LNG uptake
28th August 2020 By: Theresa Bhowan-Rajah

Despite there being vast benefits to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) locally, natural gas producer Renergen tells Engineering News that regulations and pricing are impeding the growth of the LNG... 


LNG project should benefit SADC
28th August 2020

Untapped expertise in Southern Africa should benefit from the opportunities provided by the exploitation of the large liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves discovered off the coast of northern... 


Mozambique, Total agree to ‘Joint Task Force’ to help secure mega LNG project
Mozambique, Total agree to ‘Joint Task Force’ to help secure mega LNG project
24th August 2020 By: Terence Creamer

French energy major Total, which is leading the development of the $20-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) megaproject in northern Mozambique, announced on Monday that it had signed a new... 


Islamic State-linked fighters seize Mozambique LNG port town
14th August 2020 By: Bloomberg

Fighters linked to Islamic State took control of a northern Mozambican port town that’s been a key logistics link for a $23-billion natural-gas project that Total is building, according to Risk... 


Australia views resources resilience as core to post-pandemic recovery
Australia views resources resilience as core to post-pandemic recovery
7th August 2020 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic early in 2020 completely changed the global social and economic landscape, causing travel restrictions and physical distancing precautions in an effort to halt... 


Renergen spuds first well as expected
3rd August 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

The drill rig at emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen’s Virginia gas project production hub, in the Free State, is preparing to spud the first well in the programme. The upcoming... 


Renergen completes plant design ahead of schedule
29th July 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has completed the design of its Virginia gas plant, 22 days ahead of schedule. The significant achievement marks the completion of the... 


New coupling introduced to meet updated LPG tanker standard
24th July 2020

As per a Bulletin issued by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety Association of Southern Africa (LPGSASA) and further legislated by the Department of Employment and Labour, Cam-and-Groove type... 


Sapia welcomes energy budget speech
23rd July 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry organisation the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) has welcomed the Budget Vote speech delivered by Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on behalf of Mineral Resources and... 


Standard Bank signs $485m financing deal for mega Mozambique gas project
Standard Bank signs $485m financing deal for mega Mozambique gas project
17th July 2020 By: Terence Creamer

South African banking group Standard Bank confirmed on July 17 that it would contribute $485-million (over R8-billion) in debt finance to the $20-billion Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)... 


Virtual event to showcase opportunities arising from mega Moz gas projects
Virtual event to showcase opportunities arising from mega Moz gas projects
16th July 2020 By: Terence Creamer

A virtual event is being planned for early August to expose South African companies to the opportunities that are likely to arise directly from the mega-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects... 


The compression station at Renergen's Virginia gas project, in the Free State.
Renergen bringing LNG fuel alternative to South Africa
15th July 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

The current global recession is accelerating the transformation to cleaner energy sources and the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in transport owing to the need to reduce costs by as much as... 


Renergen CEO Stefano Marani
Renergen CEO discusses company, project investment case
9th July 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

JSE- and ASX-listed Renergen is aiming to supply between 12% and 15% of the world's helium with Phase 2 of its Virginia gas project, in the Free State. The project is owned by Renergen subsidiary,... 


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