Africa will need at least $125 billion in refining investment through 2050 across current projects, future projects and maintenance, Abderrezak Benyoucef, Head of the Energy Studies Department at OPEC, said in a fireside chat with Eithne Treanor, Founder and CEO of ETreanor Media, at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 in Cape Town. OPEC also distributed...
Day: October 15, 2026
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Uganda Reaffirms First Oil Timeline, Eyes Refinery Completion by 2030
Uganda is on track to begin commercial oil production by June 2027, with first exports to follow through the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), according to Kristina Kasebayo, Head of Compliance at the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC). Speaking during a fireside chat at African Energy Week 2026 in Cape Town, Kasebayo reaffirmed the...
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From Skills to Industry: Skills for Progress Africa Fellows tour TOR
Skills for Progress Africa, together with their founding technical partner, ELAF Industrial Automation Limited, last month, took Cohort 1 Fellows of its Technical Talent for Industry Fellowship on an educational and industry exposure visit to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The visit provided the ten Fellows with a valuable opportunity to experience the operations of...
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TOR, UMaT Explore Collaboration To Strengthen Refinery Skills
Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) are exploring closer cooperation to align petroleum-sector education with the technical and operational demands of the refining industry, as Ghana seeks to strengthen domestic industrial capacity and develop the expertise needed to sustain critical energy infrastructure. The discussions took place this week, when...
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TotalEnergies Secures Deepwater Rig for Nigerian Exploration Campaign
TotalEnergies expects a deepwater drilling rig to arrive in Nigeria by the end of October 2026, following a nine-month mobilization process that previously took three years. Speaking during the Invest in Nigeria panel at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 in Cape Town, Matthieu Bouyer, Managing Director and Country Chair of TotalEnergies Nigeria, said the rig...