Molopo South Africa Exploration, a division of Molopo Energy, has been awarded production rights over an area of approximately 200,000 ha in the Free State province, becoming the first onshore gas production rights to be awarded in South Africa

Tanzania has secured a US$1.2bn loan from China to finance the construction of a 230km natural gas pipeline linking Mtwara gas fields and Dar es Salaam

Kinetiko Energy has announced that it is to start the first production test well at its Amersfoort coal seam gas project in South Africa by the end of September

Results from a major Namibian coal bed methane well operation will be announced at a global industry conference taking place in Scotland later this year