Aliko Dangote is also considering Kenya for a proposed 650,000 bpd refinery serving East Africa

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery raises throughput above nameplate capacity to 700,000bpd ahead of IPO

DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
By Newsbase 5 June 2026
Nigeria's Dangote Petroleum Refinery has upped crude processing to 700,000 bpd, exceeding its 650,000 bpd nameplate capacity, and confirmed plans to double throughput to 1.4mn bpd as it pursues an IPO.

Egypt approves four oil and gas exploration agreements worth $53mn

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bna Cairo bureau 5 June 2026
The Egyptian cabinet approved four oil and natural gas exploration agreements with combined minimum investments of $52.97mn, committing to drilling six new wells

China Energy Engineering plans to expand renewable and desalination investments in Egypt

REM - Renewable Energy
By bna Cairo bureau 5 June 2026

Cheniere awards EPC contract for next phase of Sabine Pass LNG expansion to Bechtel

GLNG - Global LNG
NorthAmOil - North America Oil & Gas
By bne IntelliNews 4 June 2026
Cheniere Energy Partners has entered into a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract with Bechtel Energy for the first phase of the SPL expansion project.
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