Botala, Novo in South African LNG move

Australia’s Botala is joining forces with South Arica’s Novo Energy to develop an LNG project based on Botala’s coal bed methane (CBM) resources in Botswana and supply the fuel to South Africa and the region to address increasing demand for natural gas. Botala announced on Monday that the two firms signed a non-binding memorandumof understanding…

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