SINGAPORE: China's independent oil refiners are rumping up fuel oil imports to process into gasoline and diesel amid robust refining margins as ongoing cargo inspections at refining hub Shandong have cut off supplies of lower-priced feedstock bitumen blend.
In Cameroon, the Nachtigal hydroelectric project will soon enter its operational phase, since the work is almost complete. The plant will be fully operational in 2024.
Crude oil prices rose by about 2%, at the end of trading today, Wednesday, May 24 (2023), to continue to reap gains for the third consecutive session, amid fears of a supply shortage.
Global oil demand rose to a new record high in March 2023, supported by growth in China and the United States. The world's oil consumption jumped by about 3 million barrels per day, on a monthly basis, during last March, according to the report issued few days ago on this May 2023.
Despite serving as the largest oil producer on the African continent, Angola has a minor downstream industry and currently imports approximately 80% of its refined petroleum. Consequently, one of the sub-Saharan African country’s Government’s main strategic targets is to increase domestic crude processing capacity.
President Adama Barrow has inaugurated the construction of the 30Kv line through Laminkoto-Diabugu-Batapa to expand electricity access to 46 communities in the districts of Sami and Sandu.