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Chevron also comes up short in Namibia energy explorationRon Bousso

Shell pulls out of Namibia oil discovery

By Ron Bousso 9 Jan 2025

Fiyinfolu Okedare is director at Forvis Mazars in Nigeria

Big benefits of investing in Africa's upstream sector

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Nigeria's fuel crisis: Smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Nigeria's fuel crisis: Smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, Chukwumerije Okereke, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 14 Mar 2022

A Boeing 737-7BD Arik Air aeroplane is seen parked on the tarmac at the local airport in Lagos, file. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo

Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted due to fuel shortage

Chijioke Ohuocha 11 Mar 2022

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Scott L. Montgomery 11 Mar 2022

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Yan Anthea Zhang 4 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Estelle Shirbon 1 Mar 2022

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Stanis Bujakera 28 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 24 Feb 2022

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

22 Feb 2022

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

11 Feb 2022

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 8 Feb 2022

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

7 Feb 2022

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Tife Owolabi 4 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Emma Rumney 1 Feb 2022

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Ron Bousso and Wendell Roelf 25 Jan 2022

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

MacDonald Dzirutwe 24 Jan 2022

Source: © kodda

Nigeria shuts 504MW power plant after gas line vandalised

11 Jan 2022

Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility

Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility

Ahmed Eljechtimi 4 Jan 2022

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Fikayo Owoeye 23 Dec 2021

People enjoy the water while container ships park near the El Ain El Sokhna port before entering the Suez Canal, Egypt, 25 September 2020. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Suez Canal Economic Zone signs $2.6bn methanol plant contract

Nayera Abdallah 22 Dec 2021

Senegal's president calls on Africa to harmonise oil legislation

Senegal's president calls on Africa to harmonise oil legislation

Aaron Ross and Bate Felix 17 Dec 2021

Source: © Kawin Samerphark

PR companies' role in US climate change politics highlighted

3 Dec 2021

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

3 Dec 2021

Shell eyes return to Libya with oil, gas, solar investments

Shell eyes return to Libya with oil, gas, solar investments

Ron Bousso 1 Dec 2021

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Bate Felix and Edward McAllister 30 Nov 2021

Zambia places sole petroleum refinery under care and maintenance

Zambia places sole petroleum refinery under care and maintenance

Chris Mfula 29 Nov 2021

Nigeria's president says Aiteo oil spill will be 'speedily addressed'

Nigeria's president says Aiteo oil spill will be 'speedily addressed'

Felix Onuah 25 Nov 2021

Mozambique to unveil fresh oil and gas bidding round

Mozambique to unveil fresh oil and gas bidding round

Manuel Mucari 24 Nov 2021

Congo Republic seeks Glencore loan deal within a year, says oil minister

Congo Republic seeks Glencore loan deal within a year, says oil minister

Helen Reid 10 Nov 2021

Namibia to licence production near Okavango Delta if Canadian firm finds oil

Namibia to licence production near Okavango Delta if Canadian firm finds oil

Wendell Roelf 10 Nov 2021

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A Boeing 737-7BD Arik Air aeroplane is seen parked on the tarmac at the local airport in Lagos, file. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo

Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted due to fuel shortage

Chijioke Ohuocha 11 Mar 2022

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Scott L. Montgomery 11 Mar 2022

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Yan Anthea Zhang 4 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Estelle Shirbon 1 Mar 2022

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Stanis Bujakera 28 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 24 Feb 2022

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

22 Feb 2022

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

11 Feb 2022

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 8 Feb 2022

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

7 Feb 2022

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Tife Owolabi 4 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Emma Rumney 1 Feb 2022

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Ron Bousso and Wendell Roelf 25 Jan 2022

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

MacDonald Dzirutwe 24 Jan 2022

Source: © kodda

Nigeria shuts 504MW power plant after gas line vandalised

11 Jan 2022

Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility

Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility

Ahmed Eljechtimi 4 Jan 2022

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Fikayo Owoeye 23 Dec 2021

People enjoy the water while container ships park near the El Ain El Sokhna port before entering the Suez Canal, Egypt, 25 September 2020. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Suez Canal Economic Zone signs $2.6bn methanol plant contract

Nayera Abdallah 22 Dec 2021

Senegal's president calls on Africa to harmonise oil legislation

Senegal's president calls on Africa to harmonise oil legislation

Aaron Ross and Bate Felix 17 Dec 2021

Source: © Kawin Samerphark

PR companies' role in US climate change politics highlighted

3 Dec 2021

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

3 Dec 2021

Shell eyes return to Libya with oil, gas, solar investments

Shell eyes return to Libya with oil, gas, solar investments

Ron Bousso 1 Dec 2021

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Bate Felix and Edward McAllister 30 Nov 2021

Zambia places sole petroleum refinery under care and maintenance

Zambia places sole petroleum refinery under care and maintenance

Chris Mfula 29 Nov 2021

Nigeria's president says Aiteo oil spill will be 'speedily addressed'

Nigeria's president says Aiteo oil spill will be 'speedily addressed'

Felix Onuah 25 Nov 2021

Mozambique to unveil fresh oil and gas bidding round

Mozambique to unveil fresh oil and gas bidding round

Manuel Mucari 24 Nov 2021

Congo Republic seeks Glencore loan deal within a year, says oil minister

Congo Republic seeks Glencore loan deal within a year, says oil minister

Helen Reid 10 Nov 2021

Namibia to licence production near Okavango Delta if Canadian firm finds oil

Namibia to licence production near Okavango Delta if Canadian firm finds oil

Wendell Roelf 10 Nov 2021

Ghana sees need for energy transition, still sees gas as key - deputy minister

Ghana sees need for energy transition, still sees gas as key - deputy minister

Yousef Saba 9 Nov 2021

Tanzania says negotiations on country's $30bn LNG project have started

Tanzania says negotiations on country's $30bn LNG project have started

8 Nov 2021

Africans call on global community to honour commitment to 'just, inclusive' energy transition

Africans call on global community to honour commitment to 'just, inclusive' energy transition

NJ Ayuk 25 Oct 2021

Exxon reduces production at Chad oilfield following worker protests

Exxon reduces production at Chad oilfield following worker protests

Aaron Ross 21 Oct 2021

Resilience the key to unlocking successful independent power projects in Nigeria

Resilience the key to unlocking successful independent power projects in Nigeria

Nicolas Mathon 11 Oct 2021

Equatorial Guinea LNG exports disrupted by incident at Alba facility

Equatorial Guinea LNG exports disrupted by incident at Alba facility

Marwa Rashad and Jessica Jaganathan 11 Oct 2021

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Camillus Eboh 23 Sep 2021

Angolan oil giant Sonangol lost $4bn last year in pandemic

Angolan oil giant Sonangol lost $4bn last year in pandemic

Noah Browning 17 Sep 2021

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Libby George, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov 16 Sep 2021

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Hamid Ould Ahmed 14 Sep 2021

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Ayman al-Warfali, Ahmed Elumami, and Angus McDowall 13 Sep 2021

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