Paul Burkhardt

Kenya is anxiously tracking a Red Sea tanker carrying fuel from the Middle East critical for the country’s economy, while South Africa braces for higher pump prices. With David Herbling… bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@CharlieTTEcon Not yet but this: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@pburkhardt had a good article on SA strategic oil reserves in March 2025 .. saying they were mostly empty. Would be interested to know if there's an update on that

South Africa imports roughly 0.5m barrels of oil a day (2024) and has maybe (??) 5m barrels in reserves. Does the government have a contingency plan if oil imports prove difficult to find ?

How the Iran War Is Disrupting Global Oil and Gas Supply bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @PBurkhardt @A_DiPaola17 @JLeeEnergy @Elena_Mazneva

A number of oil and LNG tankers are avoiding sailing through the Strait of Hormuz NYK has advised its ships to avoid the waterway

Africa’s young population will make up 1/4 of humanity by 2050. To capitalize, the continent needs to fix its power problems fast - a graphics-heavy Big Take piece from our team with lots on Congo @pburkhardt @neiLmunshi @ndukaorjinmo @merrill_dave bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Will this refinery megaproject help break Nigeria's resource curse? By @PeterMartin_PCM , Nduka Orjinmo, and @pburkhardt bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Two South African oil workers who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea prisons for two years have spoken to Bloomberg about their ordeal. In this special Next Africa Podcast they talk about their arrest, time in prison and how they feel now. open.spotify.com/episode/3qgD40…

Four years after terrorist attacks halted a massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, momentum behind $57 billion in facilities that will export the fuel is picking up. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

South African lawmakers said they’re concerned about “insufficient” strategic oil stockpiles after visiting a government-owned crude-storage hub trib.al/MYdsi2F

A Nigerian oil company, controlled by a computer services firm, that outbid TotalEnergies and Chevron for blocks last year, is among emerging local companies taking over the nation’s crude fields trib.al/qohOSGs

Nigeria’s push to revive oil production and encourage investment has been put at risk by sabotage at the heart of its crude pipeline system trib.al/eycJXFr

TotalEnergies’ $20 billion liquefied natural gas facility in Mozambique is poised for a decision on Thursday over key financing by the US Export-Import Bank trib.al/nJGvOJO

After Nigeria's successful campaign to improve oil pipeline security, a vulnerability grows at its gas lines @ndukaorjinmo reports

South Africa remains vulnerable to power outages due to unplanned breakdowns at existing plants and delays in bringing new ones on line, the country’s electricity minister warned trib.al/Je4zqvp

African nations are “on our own” after a US policy shift away from climate financing, South Africa’s electricity minister says trib.al/GNIChko

A US initiative to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by the Trump administration after more than a decade of work trib.al/8jT8l3P

Namibia is taking a more cautious view on its oil prospects after the latest exploration wells failed to add to a string of discoveries in recent years trib.al/5cuSHa8

An expansion of the US's biggest strategic critical-minerals project in Africa is at risk because of the Trump administration's sweeping freeze on foreign aid trib.al/6Lhb3US

South Africa’s state-owned power utility will start first power cuts in almost a year. trib.al/9RqbmP1

Africa’s biggest crude producer Nigeria has emerged from a years-long output slump due to improved security, creating a quandary for the government trib.al/Y9iKzKY