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The Zanzibar Government has re-stated its position on oil and natural gas resources, saying they should be excluded from the Union list.
South Africa's New Alpha Refinery Ghana Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghana's government to construct a new $6 billion oil refinery in Accra city, a company executive said on Wednesday Reuters has reported
AN NDC Youth activist in Kumasi, Ofori Agyemang Boadi, popularly known as "Zuba", has stated that the recent fuel shortage which has hit the country is a deliberate ploy by some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to sabotage the government.
Motorists in Accra woke up in the morning of Tuesday to realize that there was no Petrol at the fuel stations for them to buy for the day's activities. The news created panic among drivers and many were seen holding jerry cans and hopping from one filling station to the other in search of fuel.
President Umaru Yar'adua has ordered the release of militant leader Henry Okah, who is currently standing trial for alleged gun-running and treason, after reports said Okah has accepted the president's offer of amnesty.
The Tanga-based sisal company, Katani Limited has formed an energy company, Mkonge Energy System, to specifically deal with production and selling of energy from renewable sources.
A war of words has erupted between the Union and Zanzibar law makers, following a declaration early this week that oil and natural gas resources were not for sharing.
The government will still re-introduce price controls in the oil sub-sector even after being advised against the move by the National Economic and Social Council.
By rejecting a fleet of top of the range cars bought two months ago, State House has executed one of the most successful public relations coups in Kenya in recent times.
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo has directed local authorities to stop shutting down indigenous service stations at a time when the country does not have enough fuel.
THE proposed N19 billion Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, in Kaduna is a provocative waste. The Federal Government's silence to mounting opposition to its establishment is instructive, and may be an admission it is wrong. Silence remains inadequate reaction to this matter.
The future of Namibia's mining industry might lie in the uranium sector as exploration and mining for this mineral has been increasingly active in the country, according to Joseph Iita, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
Universal Power Corporation has retained HRT Petroleum of Brazil to conduct technical analysis on two of its blocks offshore Namibia.
AMID the euphoria of the success of the amnesty deal in the untidy Niger Delta small scale fratricidal war lies the sober reflection on inability of the present Nigerian leadership to foresee danger and present catastrophe. Like the 'Briafran' tragedy, the clear warning was treated with unpardonable levity until it was too late to avert a full-scale civil war.
Alhaji Maigari Muhammadu Dingyadi was the gubernatorial candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) in Sokoto State during the last general election. In this encounter with our correspondent, COLEMAN ANAELE in Sokoto, the grassroots politician speaks on the state of the nation, especially the recent celebration of a decade of uninterrupted democracy, the formation of mega party and other ...
Ghana National Petroleum Corp., the state-owned company that oversees the country's nascent oil and gas industry, may buy Kosmos Energy LLC's stake in the $3.1 billion Jubilee oil field.
THE COMMUNICATIONS Director of the New patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwaku Kwarteng, says the return of the rampant fuel shortages and the associated long queues at fuel stations that were so common under the previous NDC administration before 2001, which phenomenon is re-emerging under the current NDC administration is most unacceptable.
THE Northern Electricity Distributor (Nored) has announced its annual electricity tariffs for 2009/10.
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited has clinched deals worth US$5 million to export coal products to Zambian companies.
Global oil market was on Thursday gripped with apprehension as crude sunk further below $61 a barrel suggesting that the attack on oil installations in Nigeria do no longer have effects oil price direction.
In spite of the fact place to develop the sector, says Odunayo Bammeke, General Manager, Group Insurance Department, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPCthat Nigeria holds the largest natural gas reserves in Africa, the country has limited infrastructure in ).
Concern Universal (CU), yesterday, commenced a two-day community driven Alternative Energy Forum. It was held at The Gambia Is Good (GIG) farmyard in Yundum.
To urgently address the epileptic power crisis in the country, Association of Nigerian National Honour Awardees (ANHA) has called on the Federal Government to outlaw, especially, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and other government parastatals from using power generating sets.
Township businesses say recent electricity price hikes will dent their profits because struggling customers may be unwilling to carry the burden if they increase prices.
Cross River and Akwa Ibom states have engaged each other on different fronts over the 76 (or 75) oil wells that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) ceded to Akwa Ibom from Cross River in June, this year.Sufuyan Ojeifo writes on the reaction and counter-reaction by both states through their legislators in the National Assembly
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