Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Rwanda: Fuel Prices Fall Ahead of Festive Season

[New Times] Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has revised down fuel prices ahead of the festive season, marking the first decrease since June.

Nigeria: Nigeria to Revoke 33 Unused Oil Licences – NUPRC

[Leadership] The federal government is planning to revoke unused oil exploration leases that companies were granted but have not been able to carry out any exploration activities on them.

Nigeria: COP28 – Nigeria’s Gas Flare Monetisation Targets 50 Percent Carbon Emission Reduction – NUPRC

[Leadership] The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revealed plans to reduce Nigeria's Carbon emission by as much as seven million tonnes of CO2 emission per year with the implementation of the Nigeria Gas Flare Commercialisa...

Tanzania: Eacop Implementation Revives Hopes for Restoring Dugongs

[Daily News] Tanga -- TANGA: IMPLEMENTATION of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is reviving hopes for finding and preserving dugongs.

Nigeria: No Worries, Nigeria Will Surpass Opec’s 1.5m Bpd Oil Quota in 2024 – Govt

[This Day] The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said at the weekend that Nigeria remains on track to surpass the crude oil production quota handed down to the country by the Organisation of Petroleum Exportin...

Nigeria: Why Tinubu Retained Kyari As NNPC Limited’s Group CEO

[Premium Times] The retention of Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari by President Bola Tinubu as the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is, indeed, a confirmation that the President recognises his hardwork at the NNPC L...

Nigeria: Araraume Urges Tinubu to Reverse Appointment of New NNPC Board

[Premium Times] Mr Ararume anchored his demand for a reversal of the appointment of the new NNPC board on a court judgement he obtained in April this year.

Uganda: Regional Court Throws Out Multi-Billion EACOP Challenge

[allAfrica] Harare -- On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, a regional court reportedly dismissed a legal challenge to a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline project between Tanzania and Uganda, which has drawn criticism from human rights and environmental orga...

Uganda: Oil Pipeline – Ai to Detect Leakages in Real-Time

[Observer] The developers of the East African crude oil pipeline are set to use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor the over 1,400-kilometer pipeline stretching from Kabaale in Hoima to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.