North Africa

Algeria's oil output was just 1.551mn b/d in July, the lowest figure since 2003.

Echem plans a $3bn Suez complex to upgrade residual fuel oil into oil products and petchems. Latest data show the canal expansion is boosting income.

Libya has ambitious power plans. It has awarded contracts to GE & Siemens. But chronic instability means the situation continues to get worse rather than better.

Libya’s key gas output comes from fields operated by the Eni-led Mellitah Oil & Gas consortium, namely the offshore Bahr...

Egypt is beginning EPC work on a naphtha upgrading unit at Assiut refinery. The project aims to boost the country’s...

Algeria is responding to Opec limits on oil production by seeking to maximize gas output at the expense of crude.

Good news in Algeria’s oil sector is hard to find. Instead of the country’s oil and liquids production increasing as...

Whilst foreign investors in Algeria’s upstream include an unlikely assortment of Asian NOCs, one firm heading for the exits is...

Algeria has taken a further turn towards isolationism with the newly-appointed PM and other senior figures signaling a total aversion to external fundraising. So far so conservative. But the central bank’s ‘unconventional’ plans look much more risky.