The House of People’s Representatives has adopted at a plenary a bill authorizing the STEG to mobilize a sum of 154 million dollars (about 460 million dinars) for the import of natural gas.

The bill concerns a Murabaha contract (including the acquisition and sale of a property at a cost price plus a known and agreed profit margin between the bank and the customer) concluded between STEG and the International Islamic Trade Finance Coporation"...

(TAP) – Tunisia will take part, for the first time, in the Africa Oil Week that will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from November 4 to 8, 2019.

Minister of Industry and SMEs in charge of energy, Slim Feriani will represent Tunisia at this major African meeting that has brought together for more than 25 years, the main stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in Africa, according to the event's website.

This"...

(TAP) - Tunisia is working to increase natural gas and oil production and the use of renewable energy to meet local demand, said Minister of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Slim Feriani.

The number of exploration permits has increased, for the first time in Tunisia since 2011, to 30 exploration permits, in addition to the drilling of 13 wells.

Orange, a leading telecommunications firm with operations all across Africa, has chosen French electric utility company, ENGIE to operate and maintain its data center in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast for a five-year contract that will start in early June 2019.

This data center, which was built by the Orange Service Group (GOS), is one of the few facilities existing in West Africa complying with the Level IV classification. According to this classification,"...

TAP) - Senegalese energy operators conducted a benchmarking mission to Tunisia from May 6 to 10, 2019 'to draw inspiration from the Tunisian model, especially in the framework of implementation of the pilot phase of the purchase of surplus electricity production from renewable sources'.

According to GIZ, a partner in a project promoting a climate-friendly programme"...

TAP) - Subsidiary of Greek industrial group 'MYTILINEOS S.A.' for the construction of major projects, METKA EGN has signed a 'turnkey' contract with ENI Tunisia BV for the engineering, procurement and construction of an innovative hybrid power generation system in the ADAM oil concession located in the Tataouine governorate (southern Tunisia).

The project"...

Greek EPC company METKA is to build an off-grid hybrid energy system at an upstream oil facility in Tunisia.

METKA will install MW of solar power together with a battery storage system, integrated with existing gas turbines.

The EPC contract is with Eni Tunisia, part of Italian oil and gas major Eni, and the ADAM oil plant is in Tataouine.

All"...

TAP) - The Tunisian Petroleum Activities Company (ETAP) and ENI International Bv, a subsidiary of the Italian oil group ENI, signed a minute for the creation of a joint venture producing electricity from renewable energy (SEREE).

This joint venture is equally owned by ETAP and ENI Bv, ETAP reported on its website, specifying that it has chosen to join 'its strategic partner ENI to diversify its energy production sources and to be in tune with"...

TAP) - A cooperation agreement to implement projects related to the use of solar energy in agriculture in Tunisia was concluded on Thursday between the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ).

The agreement, which aims to strengthen coordination and cooperation between the two institutions, was signed by FAO Representative in Tunisia Philippe Ankers and GIZ Resident Director for"...

Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has received green light for the development of the Mbeya coal-to-power project (MCPP). Aim and JSE listed Kibo received the notice.

The green light now enables JSE listed Kibo to engage other African power pools on offtake agreements. The power project is available to three market opportunities including export, utility and private offtake.

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