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West Africa vs. East Africa: The battle for oil and gas…
Over ten years ago, the buzz in the oil and gas sector was West Africa. Deals were being struck in Sao Tome and…
Tullow Oil reinforces belief in Africa
Tullow is shifting its corporate focus to Africa. The company is withdrawing from its mature basins as it looks for…
Rising supply from Libya steady Brent below $108
Brent crude held steady below $108 per barrel on track for its steepest one-week decline in four months, as rising…
Russian oil output down for fourth month in a row
Russian oil output slipped by 0.2 percent to 10.54 million barrels per day in April, declining for the fourth month…
US sanctions hits Russia’s oil kingpin
The US has imposed sanctions on the kingpin of Russia’s oil industry in a move that could have serious…
Blast on oil refinery pipeline, output not disrupted
An explosion on a pipeline linking Ghana’s 45,000 barrel-per-day Tema Oil Refinery in an industrial hub near the…
Iraqi Kurdish oil exports from Turkey to begin
Taner Yildiz, Turkish Energy Minister has said that exports of Iraqi Kurdish oil stored at the port of Ceyhan could…
Continued dip in US imports of Nigerian crude threatens…
As imports of crude oil from Nigeria by the United States (US) continue to fall, mostly thanks to the shale…
Ukrainian, Libyan tensions still keeping Brent on a…
Brent futures held near seven-week highs above $110 a barrel as repeated hiccups in Libya’s attempts to boost…
Nigeria’s quest for new markets for crude oil yielding…
As United States’ import of Nigerian crude oil continues its downward trajectory, Nigeria appears to be taking no…
Ghana’s nascent oil sector suffers credibility blow
Two officials of Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum are at the centre of what has been described as “insider…
ExxonMobil’s Mark Ward gets successor
After more than five years as chairman and managing director for ExxonMobil Upstream Companies in Nigeria, Mark…