Analysts Skeptical About Nigeria's Bid to Improve Local Crude Refining
VOA
Nigeria has been Africa's largest or second-largest oil exporter for years, but relies heavily on imports to meet local energy needs. The government is trying to change that,… Read more »
'Living in Fear' - Landowners in Uganda's Oil Field On Brink of Eviction
IPS
When Mugisha Jealousy Mulimba learned that the government of Uganda was dragging him to court, he expected justice. But he says he has realized these courts are being used to… Read more »
Petrol Import Costs Fully Recovered, Nnpcl Insists
Leadership
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said it recovered full costs from the products it imports into the country. Read more »
Dangote Refinery Explores U.S. for Crude Shipment, Expecting Third Stock
Daily Trust
The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been able to ramp up production leveraging on cheaper crude imports from the United States, a report has said. Read more »
Govt Must Halt Shell's Sale of Its Niger Delta Business Unless Human Rights Are Fully Protected
AI London
The proposed sale of Shell's onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria risks worsening human rights abuses and should be blocked by the government unless a… Read more »
Dangote Refinery Announces Reduction in Price of Diesel
Premium Times
The company said the significant reduction in the price of diesel is expected to positively affect all the spheres of the economy and ultimately reduce the high inflation rate in… Read more »
Dangote Crashes Diesel Price to N1,000/Litre
Daily Trust
Dangote Refinery has crashed diesel price to N1,000 per litre, the Dangote Group disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Read more »
Sasol Makes the World Co2 Emissions Blacklist
GroundUp
The company is among 57 companies in the world responsible for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions Read more »
Activists Urge Nigeria to Refuse Shell's Oil Selloff Plans
VOA
Environmental and human rights activists are calling on the Nigerian government to withhold approval of plans by the London-based oil giant Shell to sell off its operations in the… Read more »
Tanzania to Throw Weight Behind Natural Gas Use
Daily News
THE government has assured the public that it is taking affirmative action to ensure the country's natural gas benefits Tanzanians and contributes significantly to the nation's… Read more »
!gawaxab Warns of 'Dutch Disease' Amid Oil, Green Hydrogen Discoveries
Namibian
Bank of Namibia governor Johannes !Gawaxab has cautioned against the phenomenon whereby the rapid development of the oil and gas and green hydrogen industries in Namibia may lead… Read more »
Joint Letter Regarding Shell's Sale of the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria [press release]
AI London
The following joint letter, signed by 40 Nigerian and international non-governmental organisations, urges the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to refuse regulatory… Read more »
Libya Emerges Africa's Highest Oil Producer As Nigeria's Output Drops 6.8 Percent to 1.23 Mbpd
Vanguard
Libya has emerged as the highest crude oil producer in Africa following the drop of Nigeria's output by 6.8 per cent to 1.23 million barrels per day in March 2024, from 1.32 bpd in… Read more »
Kenya's Fuel Consumption Drops On Rising Fuel Prices
Capital FM
Kenya's fuel consumption and demand fell last year, the latest data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) shows. Read more »
Senegal's New Leader Announces Audit of Oil, Gas and Mining Sectors
RFI
In his first speech to the nation since his election as president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said one of his first policy moves would be to audit the country's oil, gas and… Read more »