May 16

• Navy Warns Pipeline Vandals

  Daily Trust

  The Nigerian Navy has warned youths in Rivers State to desist from vandalising pipelines. Commander of the Nigerian Naval Shipyard Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Commodore Effedua... Read more »

• Nigeria's Oil Revenue Higher Than Foreign Aids to Nigeria - Report

  Leadership

  Oil revenue for Nigeria was 60 per cent higher than total international aid to all sub-Saharan Africa for 2011, the 2013 Resource Governance Index (RGI), a measure of transparency... Read more »

• 2011 Bonga Oil Spill - 80 Communities Accuse Snepco of Falsifying Result

  Vanguard

  EIGHTY oil producing communities in Warri North and Warri South-West Local Government Areas of Delta State, yesterday, alleged that Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company... Read more »

May 15

• UNBS Beefs Up Fuel - Monitoring Systems

  Observer

  The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has acquired two computerized mobile fuel testing laboratories to clamp down on adulterated fuel. Read more »

• Energy Players Meet 'To Avert Oil Curse'

  Capital FM

  Players in the petroleum and energy sector in the East African region are set to meet in Nairobi to discuss ways of enhancing business relations. Read more »

• Relief At the Pump As Fuel Drops By Sh4

  Capital FM

  Motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief after the Energy Regulatory Commission announced a drop in fuel pump prices by over Sh4 a litre for the next one month. Read more »

• Oil Workers Task Nigerian Government On Pipeline Vandalism

  Premium Times

  The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on the Federal Government to fast-track the fight against pipeline vandalism and oil theft. Read more »

May 14

• World Bank Wants Govt Expenditures Delinked From Oil Price

  This Day

  The World Bank Monday called on the federal government to delink its expenditures from oil price to ensure that its spending plan was not hampered by fluctuations in crude oil... Read more »

• State Owned Oil Company to Buy U.S.$298 Million Rival Firm

  The Star

  STATE owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya has proposed to take over a rival oil company for Sh25.5 billion (US $300 million). Read more »

• South Sudan's President to Visit Sudan Oil Exportation Launch

  Focac

  South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit will visit Sudan on Wednesday to launch the exportation of his country's oil from Port-Sudan, Khartoum's Almeghar Al-Siasi daily... Read more »

• Fuel Prices Go Down

  New Era

  In a move that is most certainly a relief to motorists, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a 30 cents decrease in the petrol price as from the first hours of Wednesday... Read more »

• Reps Order NNPC to Cough Out N236 Billion

  Vanguard

  The House of Representatives yesterday, ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to return N236 billion to the treasury of the Federal Government within a month. Read more »

• Competition Tribunal to Hear Sasol Case On Excessive Pricing [press release]

  SA Govt

  The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) welcomes the commencement on 13 May 2013 of the Competition Tribunal hearings in the case of excessive pricing by Sasol of propylene... Read more »

• Tanzania Announces Fourth Round of Petroleum Exploration

  Sabahi

  The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) announced the 4th Tanzania Deep Offshore and North Lake Tanganyika Licensing Round will take place during the Tanzania Oil and... Read more »

• Fuel Prices Drop Tonight

  Namibian

  FUEL prices will go down at midnight, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced. Read more »

• Mobile Labs to Check Fuel Adulteration

  New Vision

  Every driver's nightmare is buying adulterated fuel which damages the engine and lasts only a few meters. Thankfully, the Government has heard the public's outcry and decided to... Read more »

• Navy Destroys Eight Illegal Refineries in Rivers

  Vanguard

  The Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt said on Monday that it had discovered and destroyed eight illegal crude oil refineries and arrested two suspected oil thieves. Read more »

• Nigeria Needs Prompt Automation of Oil Industry Processes - NEITI

  Premium Times

  The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency, NEITI, has said that only an automated process that is devoid of human elements would guarantee the effective, timely, accurate and... Read more »

• Yakubu - Host Community Fund Will Reduce Crude Oil Theft

  This Day

  The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National PetroluemCorporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, has lauded the introduction of the Petroleum Host Community Fund in the... Read more »

• NNPC Unveils U.S.$16 Billion Gas Infrastructure Programme

  This Day

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said preliminary works on the gas infrastructure development project which is expected to attract about $16 billion worth of... Read more »

• PIB - NEITI Seeks Reduction in Powers of Petroleum Minister

  Vanguard

  The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has kicked against certain provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, especially sections that seek to... Read more »

• Don't Remove Fuel Subsidy Now, SSAEAC Boss Urges

  Vanguard

  Mr Bede Opara, President General, Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), has advised the Federal Government against removing fuel subsidy now. Read more »

• PF and the Fuel Pump Price [opinion]

  Zambia Reports

  We know we have already touched on this subject but we would want to return to it again and again because energy is the key driver of any economy. It is unfortunate that PF... Read more »

• Nigeria Earns N179.5 Billion From Non-Oil Sector in Three Months

  Premium Times

  The Federal Government earned N179.5 billion from the non-oil sector of the economy in the first quarter (January to March) of 2013. Read more »

May 13

• Fuel Shortage Looming Over Mombasa Oil Refinery Crisis

  New Vision

  Uganda might experience a fuel shortage following a row between the Mombasa oil refinery and marketers that plunged the facility into a financial crisis, experts have warned. Read more »