The proposed sale of Shell's onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria to Renaissance Africa Energy raises serious concerns about worsening human rights ... Read more »
Shell UK is set to conclude its Nigerian onshore oil and gas interests, selling its subsidiary to a consortium of five mostly local companies for up to U.S.$2.4 billion. The oil ... Read more »
At least 20 people died and many others were injured in an explosion from an illegal pipeline tapping point in Omoku, Rivers State, on Christmas Eve. It was gathere Read more »
Nigeria dodged a $11 billion bullet after London's High Court threw out a damages cl Read more »
Angola, a major oil producer in Africa, has decided to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Read more »
An Arusha regional court in Tanzania, reportedly dismissed a legal challenge to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EAC Read more »
A Nigerian High Court has ruled that 13,000 fishermen and farmers can bring claims against oil giant Shell for violating their right to a clean environment under Nigerian law Read more »
History was made as President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the first indigenous refinery in Nigeria, the U.S.$18.5 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery, in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.< Read more »
Standard Bank, one of Africa's biggest banks, has been under fire for its potential involvement in the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. The bank says th Read more »
Opposition to oil and gas exploration was at the forefront of discussions at Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, with government agencies arguing that processes should be put in place to ... Read more »
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