Africa: Tony Blair Says Africa Can't Ignore Gas Reserves - - but Science Says We've Run Out of Time

Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, former UK prime minister Tony Blair and the African Union think Africa should have its turn to exploit fossil fuels. But… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Airports Grapple With Fuel Shortages, System Failures and Constant Delays

South Africa faces an ongoing aviation crisis, leaving many travellers disappointed. Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's 'Green Steel' Dreams Stumble As Feasibility Challenges Emerge

The ambitious plan to produce green steel in the Freeport Saldanha Industrial Zone has been shelved, with Sasol and ArcelorMittal citing high costs and shifting priorities. The… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Signs Petroleum Bill As SA Lags Behind Neighbours in Hydrocarbon Race

The bottom line is that there is now at least some of the regulatory clarity that investors need for the upstream sector. How all of this is administered under Gwede Mantashe, who… Read more »

Namibia: Signs of Slowdown in Namibia's Promised Green Hydrogen Initiatives As Swapo Turns to Fossil Fuels

Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in Namibia, finding implementation had been slow and the only real growth had been in bureaucracy. Read more »

South Africa: Transnet Pipelines CEO Is Confident Gas Cliff Can Be Avoided

At the AOW Investing in African Energy conference, Transnet Pipelines chief executive Sibongiseni Khathi said the state-owned enterprise was moving apace to ensure South Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Loaded for Bear - Africa Oil Week Begins in Shadow of Green Energy Scramble

Africa Oil Week begins in Cape Town on 8 October. But the real scramble in Africa these days is for the green metals required for the energy transition. Read more »

South Africa: Some Relief in Store for Consumers As Fuel Price Set to Drop

Koketso Mano, a senior economist at FNB, said softer oil prices alongside a stronger rand had contributed to the expected fuel price drop. Read more »

South Africa: Over 2,500 Police Trainees Evacuated After Tshwane Gas Pipeline Explosion

An explosion in a Sasol gas pipeline near the SAPS Training Academy in Tshwane led to the evacuation of more than 2,500 police trainees and officers. This article is free to… Read more »

South Africa: West Coast Oil Spill - Inside the Emergency Response Effort and Salvage Operation

'Welcome to the Cape of Storms,' says salvage master Rudolph Punt, a member of the team trying to prevent further oil spills from the shipwrecked MV Ultra Galaxy on the West Coast. Read more »

South Africa: Blow to Mantashe As Total Pulls Out of Brulpadda and Luiperd Gas Discoveries Off SA, Citing No Commercial Case

TotalEnergies says it is pulling the plug on its Brulpadda and Luiperd gas projects off South Africa's south coast on the grounds that they are not commercially viable. This… Read more »

South Africa: South African Maritime Authority Works to Avert Disaster After West Coast Oil Spill

A Panama-flagged cargo ship broke apart over the weekend on the West Coast. Severe weather has hindered a thorough assessment of the damage and extent of an oil spill from the… Read more »

South Africa: Shell's Wild Coast Exploration Appeal Dismissed, but Rights Renewal Still Feasible

Organisations opposing Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast were partly disappointed by a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on Monday. It upheld the urgent interdict… Read more »

South Africa: Thrice-Thwarted BHP Throws in the Towel On Anglo Bid, Capping a Month of High Drama

Thwarted thrice by Anglo American in what ended up as a $49bn all-share bid for the rival mining group, BHP said on Wednesday it would not make a revised firm offer after the… Read more »

Africa: Russian Gazprombank Africa Deal to Reboot Petrosa Mossel Bay Refinery Hits Key Deadline in April - Mantashe

A clearer picture of the Russian-linked Gazprombank Africa investment and funding for PetroSA's mothballed Mossel Bay refinery to ensure its self-sustainability would emerge in… Read more »

Mozambique: Oil and Gas Hunters Target the Last Refuge of Vanishing Dugongs

The global oil and gas survey company Searcher is gearing up to blast powerful sound waves into the Indian Ocean, directly adjacent to the last viable population of dugongs on… Read more »

East Africa: Standard Bank Ponders U.S.$120 Million Investment in East African Pipeline While Awaiting Clarifications

Standard Bank, one of Africa's biggest banks, has been under fire for its potential involvement in the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. The bank says the… Read more »

Africa: The Irony of Africa Energy Week's Capture By the Oil and Gas Industry

As Africans, we must ask ourselves one question: how can we transition to renewable energy when we keep allowing entities with a clear and conflicting agenda to dominate our table?… Read more »

South Africa: Does Standard Bank's Clean Energy Funding Outweigh Its Controversial Dirty Energy Deal Facilitation?

Lungisa Fuzile, Standard Bank South Africa's chief executive, maintains that the bank has a strong commitment to renewable energy, financing R5 in renewable energy for every R1… Read more »

South Africa: Environment Ministry Gives Oil Company Green Light for Western Cape Coast Offshore Drilling

French hydrocarbon company TotalEnergies can proceed with plans to drill for oil and gas off the Western Cape coast after Environment Minister Barbara Creecy rejected an appeal… Read more »

South Africa: Climate Activists, Journalist Ejected From Standard Bank HQ As Anti-Fossil Fuel Protest Turns Chaotic

A protest at Standard Bank's headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday descended into chaos when a group of human rights and climate activists, as well as a Daily Maverick… Read more »

South Africa: Rising Fuel Price Will Have Domino Effect On Cost of Living, Say Experts

The cost of food, clothing and electronic goods is expected to rise shortly in response to the steep increase in the price of petrol and diesel. Read more »