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Phase 2 of Renergen’s Virginia gas project awarded SIP status
14th December 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Phase 2 of Renergen’s Virginia gas project awarded SIP status Natural gas and helium provider Renergen’s Virginia gas project’s Phase 2 is now a strategic integrated project (SIP) under the... 


TNPA issues RFP for Durban LPG terminal operator
13th December 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a suitable terminal operator to finance, refurbish, operate, maintain and transfer a liquid bulk... 


TVET colleges critical to seizing the development opportunities of a just transition
9th December 2022 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa's skills policies are not in line with its environmental commitments and the country needs to significantly improve its technical and vocational education and training (TVET) ecosystem... 


TotalEnergies takes next step on South African Production right application
2nd December 2022 By: Bloomberg

TotalEnergies has applied for environmental authorization toward developing its gas discoveries offshore South Africa. The move forms part of a production right application in Block 11B/12B, which... 


Stefanutti sees opportunities in various sectors, swings to interim profit
24th November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed construction group Stefanutti Stocks reported a profit of R9.25-million for the six months ended August 31, compared with a loss of R188.48-million posted for the six months ended August... 


TotalEnergies about to submit its application to drill for gas along south coast
24th November 2022 By: News24Wire

French energy giant TotalEnergies is preparing to submit its final application for approval to drill up to five wells for oil or gas between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. The project has met... 


TotalEnergies plans oil exploration off South Africa West Coast
18th November 2022 By: Reuters

TotalEnergies is planning to explore for oil offshore South Africa’s West Coast, where environmental groups have increasingly opposed such activity. The French explorer proposes to drill one well,... 


COP27 draft leaves out pledge to phase down all fossil fuels
17th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

Countries negotiating at the climate summit in Egypt are on track to reject calls for phasing down the use of all fossil fuels, snuffing efforts by India and key developed nations to target oil and... 


Renergen resumes LNG operations following repairs
15th November 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Emerging helium and natural gas producer Renergen’s liquified natural gas (LNG) plant, in the Free State, resumed operations following repairs to a faulty conduction oil system, which recently... 


Coal is king, insists Mantashe - as Ramaphosa is feted for green plan in Egypt
11th November 2022 By: News24Wire

As world leaders fete President Cyril Ramaphosa for his green agenda in Egypt, his minister of mineral resources and energy insisted this week that coal will continue to play a critical part in... 


Presidential Climate Finance Task Team head Daniel Mminele
Mminele outlines Just Energy Transition Investment Plan implementation vision
10th November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The International Partners Group (IPG) of France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU jointly endorsed South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) during the World Leaders Summit... 


Projections for global temperature increase by 2100 above preindustrial levels based on targets and announcements from COP27.
Climate projections again point to dangerous 2.7 °C rise by 2100
10th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

The research partnership Climate Action Tracker (CAT) on Thursday released its latest projections of how greenhouse gas emissions may dangerously raise the global average temperature. The result is... 


African G20 seat to help push rich nations on climate pledges
10th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

The African Union (AU) expects to officially join the Group of 20 (G20) nations this month, providing the continent with another seat at the table with some of the world’s biggest polluters as it... 


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World’s carbon dioxide hotspots pinpointed by Al Gore-backed climate project
9th November 2022 By: Bloomberg

A consortium of dozens of research nonprofits on Wednesday launched a free online platform that details greenhouse gas emissions around the world across 20 economic sectors. Climate Trace, which... 


Sasol CEO Fleetwood Grobler
Sasol says 600 MW renewables deal ‘imminent’ as it moves to cut emissions
3rd November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed group Sasol expects to conclude power purchase agreements for 600 MW of renewable energy “imminently” as it moves ahead with plans to meet a 2030 target of reducing its greenhouse-gas... 


Fitch Solutions says COP26 commitments did not deliver as expected
3rd November 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A year on from the COP26 conference not much has progressed on the climate change-related infrastructure front, mostly owing to the implications of the Ukraine war, a tightening global monetary... 


Commission refers competition complaint against Vita Gas to the tribunal
2nd November 2022 By: Donna Slater

The Competition Commission has referred to the Competition Tribunal a complaint against Vita Gas for the alleged abuse of market dominance in the supply of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) from import... 


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Developing country carbon emissions clemency not applicable to South Africa – Nicholls
2nd November 2022 By: Donna Slater

South Africa cannot be allowed to breach its climate change mitigation measures and Paris Agreement declarations despite it being an emerging country that is dependant and still heavily reliant on... 


IEA executive director Fatih Birol
Energy crisis sparked by Ukraine war to speed up green transition – IEA
27th October 2022 By: Reuters

The drop in Russian fossil fuel exports after its Ukraine invasion this year will transform the global energy landscape for decades and can help to hasten a green energy transition, the... 


Preliminary LNG system performance at Renergen’s Free State project ‘exceeds specifications’
26th October 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) system at emerging helium and natural gas producer Renergen’s Virginia gas plant, in the Free State of South Africa, is complete, with preliminary performance data... 


IEA executive director Fatih Birol
World is in its 'first truly global energy crisis' - IEA's Birol
25th October 2022 By: Reuters

Tightening markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide and major oil producers cutting supply have put the world in the middle of "the first truly global energy crisis", the head of the... 


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Cabinet endorses JET-P Investment Plan
21st October 2022

Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer discusses the latest developments with regard to South Africa's Just Energy Transition Partnership Investment Plan; Cabinet's endorsement of the plan; and... 


CEF details Southern African oil, gas projects
20th October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned energy company the Central Energy Fund (CEF) Group CEO Dr Ishmael Poolo this week highlighted oil and gas developments in Southern Africa, including discoveries of oil in Namibia,... 


Standard Bank to exceed 2022 green financing target
19th October 2022 By: Reuters

Standard Bank will exceed its green financing target of R50-billion this year, as South Africa's scrapping of regulations on self-generated renewable energy projects has spurred a rush for... 


African Presidents highlight importance of hydrocarbons as well as renewables for continent
18th October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Addressing the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town on Tuesday, by means of a pre-recorded video message, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni expressed pleasure that African countries were now... 


Solar is cheapest energy option for Africa, but gas could be valuable
18th October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The world was currently in the midst of an energy crisis. This affected countries differently, but it affected all countries. This was highlighted by International Energy Agency (IEA) deputy... 


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Spirited defence of African oil and gas at opening of energy conference
18th October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The African oil and especially gas sector received a spirited defence from African Energy Chamber chairperson NJ Ayuk on Tuesday. He was giving the opening address at Africa Energy Week 2022, in... 


PetroSA seeks CEO to lead revamp
7th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s PetroSA is taking steps to end a legacy of mismanagement and continuing annual losses as it plans a project with TotalEnergies, according to its interim chairperson. The State-owned... 


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Sasol hands over 285 ha land to government
7th October 2022

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has handed over 285 ha of agricultural land to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) to support the further development of... 


Sasol plans new drilling campaign in Mozambique in Q1 next year
5th October 2022 By: Reuters

South Africa petrochemical giant Sasol plans to drill its first exploration wells in Mozambique's onshore PT5-C field and offshore A5-A area in the first quarter of next year, a company... 


Africa needs to use all its energy sources to develop, says AU Commissioner
5th October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Africa must make use of all its energy resources, as it needs to achieve development. So affirmed African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Amani Abou-Zeid in her keynote... 


Kenya’s Ruto breaks ranks, says Africa must leapfrog fossil fuel
5th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

Kenya’s President William Ruto, who took office last month, urged Africa to embrace renewable energy, breaking ranks with continental peers that are pressing ahead with plans to develop natural gas... 


Oil and gas still important for Africa, says Mantashe
4th October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

In his keynote address to the Africa Oil Week 2022 conference in Cape Town on Tuesday, South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe highlighted that petroleum and natural gas... 


Combat energy poverty as well as achieve decarbonisation - Mantashe
4th October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday warned that the need to transition to low-carbon energy sources sat “uncomfortably” with energy poverty in Africa. He did so in his... 


Africa needs an Afrocentric energy transition, not a just one, argues former Nigerian Minister
3rd October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

There is no such thing as a Just Energy Transition, affirmed Africa Oil Week Ambassador, and former Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Group MD of the Nigerian National... 


Mantashe unexpectedly addresses oil conference on Monday
3rd October 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Although not programmed to do so, South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe addressed the Ministerial and VIP Symposium of the Africa Oil Week conference and Green Energy... 


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