Militants in the Niger Delta say they would only participate in the proposed Niger Delta summit if the Federal Government promises to implement its outcome.

ENERY Minister Daudi Migereko has said that the current fuel shortage occasioned by the break-down of a supply ship early in the week will by Sunday be no more, as the major oil companies have all loaded fresh supplies at Mombasa destined for Kampala.

The leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr Henry Okah, has appealed the ruling of the Federal High Court in Jos presided over by Justice Stephen Adah, declaring that the lower court's ruling was delivered against the weight of argument made before it.

Kenyans should start preparing to pay more for petroleum products before the end of the year.

Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell has said that as long as militants continue to attack its facilities and the situation goes unresolved, gas flaring will continue in the country. Because of the insecurity in the oil rich Niger Delta region, Shell said it can no longer meet the 2008 deadline to end gas- flaring.

DELTA State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee probing the activities of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Commission (DESOPADEC) has submitted its report recommending the decentralisation of the Commission's operations by setting up area offices for the purpose of bringing the Commission closer to the grassroots.

Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has asked the Federal Government to check the indiscriminate importation of E-10 fuel grade ethanol into the country, by channeling its procurement via local ethanol manufacturers, instead of direct importation from Brazil.

AFROX, SA's biggest supplier of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, has bought extra gas cylinders in anticipation of a surge in demand this winter and to avert another shortage .

THE Nigerian foreign mission in the United States of America has claimed ignorance of the ongoing restructuring exercise in the oil and gas industry, adding that this has made it impossible for staff to answer queries from prospective investors.

THE Niger Delta Peace Parley jointly organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ended yesterday in Port Harcourt with a call on the National Assembly to review laws regulating the oil/gas sector as well as land use.

Botswana last week banned the export of bulk fuel to Zimbabwe, in a move seen as welcome regional pressure on Mugabe's regime, to respect the will of the people.

There are 227 filling stations in Mozambique - but 43 per cent of them are concentrated in Maputo City, according to the Deputy Minister of Energy, Jaime Himade.

Representatives of the US oil company Apex Petroleum Engineering on Tuesday in Ottawa (Canada) met with the Angolan ambassador to that country, Miguel Nzau Puna, to whom they manifested their interest in working in the Angolan crude market.

Kosmos Energy says its oil field at West Cape Three Points is the largest discovery in deep water West Africa.

The fuel industry seems immune to competition at the continual expense of the motorist and transport industry.

ExxonMobil said yesterday that it has returned its crude oil output in the country to normal levels.

A nation infected by prejudice will naturally be blinkered from reason and objectivity and consequently ignore the genuine achievements of its leaders. With the inauguration of committees on the review of the 1999 constitution by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, it is relevant to examine the place of the late Gen. Sani Abacha administration to produce a fairer revenue allocation ...

Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are likely to earn over $1 trillion this year from oil exports, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The runaway prices of crude oil on the international market may work in favour of the solid mineral mining sector in Nigeria, the World Bank representative and Task Team leader of the Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project, Mr. Craig Andrews, has said.

The campaign of United States presidential candidate Barack Obama has denied reports that Obama appealed to a militant group to end hostilities in the Niger Delta.

Uganda's only partners in its nascent petroleum programme, Tullow Oil and Heritage Oil, have lost their exploration rights on the Congolese side of the border to South African state oil company PetroSa.

In the latest blow to Zimbabwe's wounded economy, the Botswana government has banned the export of bulk fuel to the neighbouring country. Scanty parallel market supplies are quickly running dry and transport is grinding to a halt across Zimbabwe.

The rocketing price for a barrel of crude oil underscores the need for the U.S. to become less dependent on foreign oil, the White House said on Monday.

The Mozambican government is planning to invest about three million US dollars in a project to build filling stations in rural areas powered by solar panels.

Regional petroleum vendor, Kenol Kobil Group, has nearly doubled its turnover in six months. The listed group's trading results for the period ending March 31, however, reflect merging of Kenol and Kobil operations from last January.