North Africa

Total made landmark agreements to expand its petchems footprint in the Mena region this week with Saudi Arabia and Algeria.

Amid growing output, Libya hopes an 8 October deal with BP and Eni will facilitate the exploration necessary for future output growth.

Cyprus has launched a tender for an LNG import terminal to supply gas for powergen as it eyes exporting its own gas discovery, Aphrodite, via Egypt.

The Assiut National Oil Processing Co (ANOPC) subsidiary of Egyptian refinery Assiut Oil Refining Co (Asorc) has awarded a...

US conglomerate General Electric will supply the steam turbines and generators for four power islands to be installed by...

Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) agreed on 11 October to enter a “new repurchase transaction” loan worth $3.8bn with a...

Egypt’s President Sisi says the country has imported its last LNG cargo and will become a net gas exporter next April, four years after it imported its first LNG cargo. But with ambitious plans to use the gas domestically, will dreams of becoming a regional gas hub materialize?

Egypt’s downstream firms are taking advantage of record gas output to advance petchems plans. Sidpec’s new plant near Alexandria is handily placed for new Med output.

Of course propane is often lumped together with butane as LPG. But for Egypt, looking at LPG stats can...