South Africa

South Africa's state-owned oil and gas company PetroSA has been granted a manufacturing licence for its planned ZAR101.4bn oil refinery at the Coega Industrial Development Zone near... 2008-10-17

South African synthetic fuels player Sasol has secured exploration rights to Block A in Mozambique awarded as part of the southern African country's third licensing round.

Australian independent explorer Molopo Australia has said an initial independent study of its Virginia exploration area in South Africa's Free State Province holds estimated proven... 2008-07-28

Oslo-listed Golar LNG has said that it has agreed to partner Dutch services company Bluewater Energy in a bid to win a tender to provide an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG)... 2008-07-16

South African mining and chemicals group Sasol and Chinese state-owned coal mining conglomerate Shenhua Group have announced plans for a joint venture (JV) in China to produce motor... 2008-06-16

The biggest black empowerment share ownership deal to date will be concluded by South African synthetic oils specialist Sasol, which is selling US$3.2bn of stock in the company... 2008-03-26

South African coal-to-oil specialist Sasol will in 2008 invest ZAR12bn out of an ZAR50bn three-year programme aimed at production growth, with an initial ZAR300mn being used to... 2008-03-11

South Africa's PetroSA has announced plans to spend some US$650mn over the next two years on a drilling campaign to ensure greater security of supply.

The Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investment Company (Rompco) has announced that it will build a ZAR1.1bn (US$149.1mn) gas compression station at Komatipoort in South Africa so... 2008-02-06

New legislation adopted by South Africa is hampering investment in the country's exploration and production (E&P) sector, according to a statement by Mthozami Xiphu, the head... 2007-10-17