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Nigeria sees biggest decline in gas production in 2013
Amid the growing demand for natural gas in the country, especially for power generation, Nigeria recorded the…
US beats China’s oil demand growth in 2013
Oil demand in the United States grew at the fastest pace in the world in 2013, outstripping China for the first…
Nigeria Oil Spill: Shell knows fate today in UK court
The first judgment in what lawyers have said could be the “largest ever” environmental trial will be handed down…
‘Surge in shale oil, gas to transform Nigeria’s…
The growing production of shale oil and gas in the United States (US), which has drastically affected US imports of…
Port Harcourt refinery set to return to full production…
As part of efforts to boost the productivity of the country’s oil refinery at Port Harcourt, GE’s Distributed Power…
Dangote refinery set to come on stream as licence is…
Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company is poised to get a licence to start preliminary work on its proposed…
Nigeria’s oil industry attraction undermined by risks
With highly under-explored oil and gas resources in the country presenting significant upside potential for…
Combating skills gap in oil and gas: The PETRONAS model
Globally, skills shortage has been a source of growing concern in the oil and gas sector. Oil and gas companies are…
Shortfall in Middle East oil investment could push up…
A potential shortfall in investment in production in the Middle East could create a $15 spike in the oil price by…
Ghana’s VRA spends $55m on crude oil every 2 weeks
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has disclosed that it spends about $55 million on light crude oil to run thermal…
Global pick-up in oil drilling inspires helicopter…
Growing oil drilling is inspiring helicopter operations. What had looked like a lull in the oil and gas sector as…
Gazprom to recapitalise for China gas infrastructure…
Russia and China recently signed a 30-year, $400bn deal for Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to China. The deal was…