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            <title>TotalEnergies board backs CEO Pouyanne's mandate renewal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TotalEnergies said on Friday its board unanimously backed the renewal of chairperson and CEO Patrick Pouyanne's mandate and reaffirmed the relevance of the energy major's strategy ahead of its investor update scheduled for Monday.

In May, investors had overwhelmingly approved lifting the age limits for its chair and CEO roles, paving the way for Pouyanne to remain at the helm through 2033.]]></description>
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            <title>Opinion: South Africa’s energy debate has skipped a step</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this opinion article, Dr Ross Compton, who is Senior Director of Global Policy for the EnerGeo Alliance, argues that South Africa has oil and gas geological potential and that an enabling environment for responsible seismic surveys and exploration should, thus, be created.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa is sleepwalking toward a gas crisis, businesses warn</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s government has resolved the country’s recurring power outages and is racing to fix its crumbling water infrastructure. But, business leaders warn, it’s sleepwalking into another crisis — a “gas cliff.” Combined, glassmakers, tile manufacturers, food processors and other industries that rely on gas account for 8% of the economy and 700 billion rand ($43 billion) in annual economic output, and provide 75 000 jobs. Almost all of their needs are currently supplied by Sasol, the country’s biggest petrochemicals company, from its fields in central Mozambique.]]></description>
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            <title>Nigerian billionaire Dangote launches oil refinery IPO, Africa's biggest share sale</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigerian-billionaire Aliko Dangote on Monday launched Africa's largest share sale yet with the initial public offering of his oil refinery, opening up ownership of the plant to retail investors and raising money for its expansion. The offer of 4.1-billion ordinary shares at 525 naira each opened at 0800 local time (0700 GMT) and will close on October 13.]]></description>
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            <title>IEA warns 2026 oil supply gap will widen on delayed return of normal Gulf flows</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[LONDON – Global oil supply and demand will fall further than previously thought this year, the International Energy Agency said on Friday, as a lack of progress in ending the Iran war delays the return of normal Middle East flows into 2027 and sends fuel prices soaring. An increase in attacks on oil tankers in Middle East shipping routes has helped send crude prices towards $110 a barrel this week for the first time since May. But this hike is overshadowed by the surging price of fuels such as diesel, which have hit record highs.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>TotalEnergies flags new oil discovery, enters two exploration blocks in Angola</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[French oil major TotalEnergies on Thursday announced a new oil discovery in Angola and signed agreements to buy a 40% operated interest in two new exploration blocks in the country. The new Acacia-5 discovery will increase production at the company's Block 17 by 6 000 barrels per day, TotalEnergies said in a statement. It expects the fast-track development to reach first oil within three months after the discovery was made in June 2026.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>AfDB launches up to $5.1bn plan for African countries facing energy, fertiliser shocks</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s board of directors has approved its new initiative, the Global Energy and Fertiliser Crisis Response Framework (GEFCRF), to ease the impact on African countries of the current global energy and fertiliser crisis. This crisis has been triggered by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The GEFCRF was based on the AfDB’s successful Covid-19 Response Facility and its African Emergency Food Production Facility. “This framework is about listening and responding to the urgent needs of African countries, helping them protect households and vulnerable populations, keep food, fertiliser and energy systems functioning, and preserve hard-won development gains while building greater resilience for the future,” explained AfDB Group acting VP for country and regional operations Abdul Kamara. “A crisis response must do more than cushion the shock. It must make countries stronger. That is exactly what this framework aims to achieve.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>TotalEnergies plans $10bn Angola investment with partners over five years, CEO says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[French oil major TotalEnergies will invest $10-billion with partners in Angola over the next five years to bolster production across various projects, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said at an oil conference in Luanda on Wednesday. Angola, Sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest crude oil producer after Nigeria, has undertaken a major regulatory overhaul to encourage exploration investment as it looks to maintain production levels amid mature offshore fields.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Global coal demand forecast to rise by 1.2% in 2026 to a record 8. ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global coal demand is forecast to rise by 1.2% in 2026 to a record 8.94-billion tonnes due to the Middle East conflict, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.

Disruptions to oil and liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Iran war started have driven up prices and encouraged higher electricity generation from coal in countries that have gas-fired power fleets and spare coal capacity, the IEA added in an update on the coal sector.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>CEF punts three-phase redevelopment plan for shut KZN refinery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Central Energy Fund (CEF) has again indicated that it is moving ahead with planning for a phased redevelopment of the mothballed Sapref refinery, in Durban South, which the State-owned company purchased in 2024 for R1 from previous owners BP and Shell. The crude-oil refinery was closed after being damaged during the 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods, two years after the nearby Engen Refinery had also been shut.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>CRUDE REFINERY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Brent crude rises above $100 a barrel as Middle East conflict escalates</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/oil-nears-100-as-fresh-middle-east-strikes-raise-supply-risks-2026-09-09</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, breaching the symbolic barrier for the first time since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East fuelled growing concern about oil flows from the region. Brent crude futures rose $2.15, or 2.2%, to $100.07 a barrel by 0721 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1.70, or 1.83%, at $94.73 a barrel.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Why isn't oil above $100 despite supply disruptions?</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/why-isnt-oil-above-100-despite-supply-disruptions-2026-09-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Global oil benchmark Brent crude has rallied this month but stayed below $100/bbl despite recent escalation in the US-Iran conflict that has disrupted Gulf exports from the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. Crude oil shipments from Middle East producers are at about 11-million barrels a day now, from 18-million barrels a day before the Iran war began seven months ago, according to Argus.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>IEA chief says Nigeria could double energy investment within five years</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigeria could double investment into its energy sector within five years after joining the International Energy Agency, its chief Fatih Birol said on Thursday, as nations seek partners they can "trust" after supply disruptions from the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Speaking during a visit to Abuja, Birol told Reuters that Nigeria's admission as an associate member of the Paris-based energy watchdog would help attract investment, deepen technical cooperation and give Africa's largest oil producer a stronger voice in global energy policy discussions."My goal is, in a very short period of time, in five years, at least doubling the energy investments Nigeria is receiving today," Birol said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Asset and process, service and supply chains can be first AI pilots for energy and resources ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy and natural resources companies are implementing AI pilot projects, but should focus on a few end‑to‑end domains where AI can have an impact, such as asset and process performance, customer and technical services enhancements, or supply chain optimisation, says management consulting firm Bain & Co. A survey of 800 executives in the industry showed that 68% expect AI to have a substantial or transformative effect on business performance over the next five to ten years.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>TotalEnergies completes its entry as operator of Namibia licence</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil, gas and energy company TotalEnergies and oil and natural gas company Galp have completed a transaction, first announced in December 2025, through which TotalEnergies has acquired a 40% operated interest in the PEL83 licence, holding the Mopane discovery, in Namibia. Galp, meanwhile, has acquired from TotalEnergies a 10% participating interest in the PEL56 licence, holding the Venus discovery and a 9.39% participating interest in the PEL91 licence.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sasol’s external coal purchases to continue to fall as it targets 34Mt from own mines</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While Sasol continues to reduce its overall capital expenditure, the JSE-listed group is increasing its investment in its coal mining business to shore up the feedstock needed to raise output at its Secunda Operations to 7.4-million tons, while also reducing external coal purchases. Production at Secunda Operations in Mpumalanga increased to 7.2-million tons in the year to June 30, a five-year high that helped underpin strong results that were also buoyed by energy market developments after the US and Israel declared war on Iran.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Nersa approves Sasol Gas’s price application for the 2027, 2028 financial years</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has announced that it has considered and approved Sasol Gas’s application for maximum gas prices for the 2027 and 2028 financial years. Nersa, however, decided to defer its final consideration of Sasol Gas’s application for maximum gas prices for the 2028/29 and 2029/30 financial years.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>LNG technology improves energy access in Nigeria</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To strengthen energy access and security in northern Nigeria, US government agency, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is supporting the deployment of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology. On July 7, 2026, the USTDA announced an agreement with Nigerian energy company Powergas Nigeria to fund a feasibility study for a small-scale LNG plant that will deliver a reliable energy source to northern Nigeria’s industrial sector and remote communities, positioning US companies to supply “cutting-edge LNG infrastructure”.]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Driven by a combination of economic and environmental considerations, energy company CNG Holdings has seen increased interest in compressed natural gas (CNG). The company notes that fleet operators continue to look for opportunities to improve operating efficiency and reduce fuels costs and emissions while remaining competitive in a challenging environment.]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is facing two parallel cliffs, the ‘Gas Cliff’ and the ‘Power Cliff’, as by the 2030s a majority of State-owned power utility Eskom’s fleet generation will be 50 years old and either decommissioned or nearing decommissioning, says financial services provider Standard Bank gas sector lead Paul Eardley-Taylor. The ‘Gas Cliff’, Eardley-Taylor notes, pertains to the organic expiry of chemicals and energy company Sasol’s sales to third parties of natural gas and methane rich gas.]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The global economy has weathered the Iran war energy shock better than feared, International Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday, but she raised concerns about deteriorating fiscal conditions in some countries shown by rising bond yields and a stalled disinflation process. Georgieva told reporters in a briefing ahead of next week's Group of 20 finance leaders meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, that there was a "tug of war" between the negative Gulf energy supply shock and growth tailwinds from the artificial intelligence investment boom that was starting to spread beyond US borders. She said risks to the global outlook were more balanced than in April, but still tilted to the downside, due to mounting fiscal pressures and the potential that central banks will have to maintain tight monetary policy to control inflation.
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            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Equinor hopes to make 'pretty big' Namibia oil discovery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Equinor hopes to make a "pretty big" oil discovery in Namibia's PEL 90 exploration licence, the Norwegian company said on Tuesday. Equinor last week announced it had bought a 17.4% stake in the Chevron-operated prospect and that exploration drilling will take place later this year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Tetra4 commissioning Phase 1 of Virginia gas project liquid helium plant</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nasdaq- and JSE-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) says oil and gas producer Tetra4 has started commissioning Phase 1 of its liquid helium plant, following engineering optimisation, at the Virginia gas project, in South Africa. The start-up of the liquid helium part of the plant is the key remaining step to realise value from two product streams - liquid helium and liquefied natural gas (LNG) before ASPI ramps up production volumes to nameplate capacity during the second half of this year.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Kinetiko subsidiary secures A$1.26m for Phase 1 gas production cluster in South Africa</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/kinetiko-subsidiary-secures-a126m-for-phase-1-gas-production-cluster-in-south-africa-2026-08-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed gas exploration company Kinetiko Energy's South African subsidiary Afro Energy has signed a A$1.26-million cooperation and settlement agreement with renewable energy company Mulilo Newcastle Wind Power (MNWP). This agreement grants MNWP an exclusive use arrangement over a defined exclusion zone, and resolves overlapping land-use with the proposed Newcastle wind energy facility. This provides certainty for Kinetiko’s exploration programme to continue up to the boundaries of the defined zones.]]></description>
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            <title>Conflating power and gas cliffs will lead to sub-optimal outcomes, energy specialist warns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s response to the gas-supply cliff, which will arise as supply to industrial users from Mozambique falls away later this decade, should be treated separately from the country’s moves to shore-up electricity supply as coal stations are decommissioned, because conflating the two will result in sub-optimal outcomes. This argument, which runs counter to the prevailing policy response, is being advanced by Naimon Capital executive director Roland Tatnall, who has 25 years of experience across the energy value chain, including as Exxaro’s one-time energy MD, as well as as an investor and adviser.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ENERGY</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa's top court blocks Shell's Wild Coast exploration plans</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's Constitutional Court on Friday blocked offshore exploration led by Shell along the country's pristine Wild Coast, a setback for the oil major after years of legal challenges by local communities and environmentalists. The ruling is the latest outcome in a series of court cases that have dampened investor appetite and delayed exploration offshore South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Global 2026 oil supply shortfall to deepen as Hormuz reopening remains elusive, IEA says</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/global-2026-oil-supply-shortfall-to-deepen-as-hormuz-reopening-remains-elusive-iea-says-2026-08-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Global oil supply will fall by 4.3-million barrels per day (bpd), or around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in the Middle East disrupt supplies and plunge the world deeper into an oil-market deficit.

The US-Iran ceasefire broke down last month around a month after the parties signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war. Since then, tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have resumed and the conflict spread as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels launched attacks in the Red Sea.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Vitol backs energy hub at Tanga port with governments of Tanzania, Uganda</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The governments of Tanzania and Uganda on Thursday signed a nonbinding agreement with the Bahrain unit of global commodities trader Vitol to develop a regional energy hub at the Port of Tanga, Tanzania. It was not clear what would eventually be built at Tanga and at what cost, although Tanzania's government said potential investments in new infrastructure, such as storage facilities, could top $20-billion.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ENERGY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa's fuel stock policy will tie up more working capital, expose traders to currency ...</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/south-africas-fuel-stock-policy-will-tie-up-more-working-capital-expose-traders-to-currency-risks-verto-warns-2026-08-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's proposed shift from voluntary to mandatory strategic petroleum stockholding may strengthen protection against fuel supply shocks, but will require importers to finance more stock and risk trapping the working capital needed to keep trade moving, says cross-border financial technology firm Verto. The dual-obligation model detailed in the gazetted Draft Strategic Petroleum Stocks Policy requires State strategic stocks equivalent to 60 days of net imports that will be managed by the South African National Petroleum Company, and 21 days of mandatory stocks for licensed wholesalers and importers.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>FUEL STOCK</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sasol points to stronger earnings on back of higher sales and prices</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy and chemicals producer Sasol reports that its earnings for the year to end-June will be higher than the prior year, owing to a combination of higher sales and prices, which more than offset the impact of the stronger rand. In a trading statement issued ahead of the release of Sasol’s financial results on September 1, the group said that its headline earnings per share (HEPS) would be between R36 and R40, up between 2% and 14% compared with  the prior year HEPS of R35.13.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>SASOL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Middle East war deepens 2026 oil deficit outlook, but 2027 glut still looms</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/middle-east-war-deepens-2026-oil-deficit-outlook-but-2027-glut-still-looms-2026-07-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The conflict in the Middle East has deepened forecasts of a global oil deficit in 2026, according to a Reuters poll of analysts, but recovering Gulf flows, robust US production and weaker demand from China are expected to tip the market into an oversupply in 2027. The Iran war has choked crude production and exports out of the Gulf, prompting analysts to cut their near-term supply forecasts and reverse course on previous expectations of a glut this year. Eight analysts polled by Reuters see an average deficit of 1.5-million barrels per day in 2026, roughly double the 750 000 barrels a day deficit forecast in a similar poll in April. In contrast, prior to the Iran war, analysts expected a 1.63-million barrels a day surplus for 2026.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Oil climbs more than 2% to multi-week high as conflict threatens oil transit routes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil prices rose to their highest in almost six weeks on Wednesday, with Brent crude surpassing $95 a barrel, on mounting concerns about disruptions to Middle Eastern supply routes because of escalating hostilities between the US and Iran and threats to shipping by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen. Brent crude futures were up $2.23, or 2.45%, at $93.24 a barrel by 1323 GMT, after hitting a session high of $95.47.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>IEA says substantial emergency oil stocks remain after record release</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Energy Agency's (IEA) member countries still hold substantial emergency oil stocks in reserve despite the largest coordinated release of strategic reserves on record, it said on Tuesday. The agency said that about 290-million barrels of oil have been released by member countries since the release was announced on March 11, and that they collectively hold more than one-billion barrels of emergency oil stocks in reserve.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sasol says Secunda output at five-year high after coal destoning project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol reported that its Secunda Operations, in Mpumalanga, achieved its highest annual production in the past five years during the 2026 financial year to June 30. In a statement to shareholders, Sasol attributed the performance to the implementation of a coal destoning project, as well as increased natural gas availability and stable operations at Secunda during the fourth quarter.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Goldman sees Brent exceeding $120/bbl in Q4 if Hormuz disruptions persist</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs said on Monday that Brent crude could top $120 a barrel in the fourth quarter this year and average $100 a barrel next year if flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted and Gulf output only fully recovers by the end of 2027. Oil prices softened on Tuesday, with markets weighing reports of mediation efforts between the US and Iran against an exchange of fresh attacks between the two and threats of a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthis.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Kinetiko seeks fast-track route to South Africa gas production</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australian company Kinetiko is taking a two-step permitting process to accelerate gas production at its South African Brakfontein project ahead of a looming national gas shortage, the company's executive chairperson said. The company is applying both for a full production right and a bulk sampling permit, which executive chairperson Adam Sierakowski said could be approved more quickly and allow limited gas production within six months.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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