Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Nigeria: Lokpobiri – We’ll Hold NNPCL Accountable for Complete Rehabilitation of All Refineries By 2024

[This Day] Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has declared that the federal government would hold the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) accountable for the complete rehabilitation of all the nation's ...

Somalia: In 2nd Year, HSF to Cover Fuel Costs for Largest Maternity And Children Hospital

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Banadir Maternity and Children's Hospital in Mogadishu has yet again benefited from the Hormuud Salaam Foundation, which has been working closely with the public sector to improve various departments via Corporate S...

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Begins Operations December

[Leadership] The 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery is expected to commence operations with up to six cargoes of crude oil to be supplied by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) next month.

Nigeria: Navy Patrol Team Discovers Punctured Points On NNPCL Pipeline

[Premium Times] The Navy said the points were being used by saboteurs to connect hoses and pumping machines to siphon huge quantities of PMS, conveyed along the pipeline thereby posing a significant threat to the product availability as well as the eco...

Nigeria: Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery Begins Test Runs with Domestic Crude Oil

[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) will supply the new 650,000 barrel-per-day Dangote oil refinery with up to six million barrels of crude oil in December, to be used in test runs, three industry sources with kno...

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt to Prioritise Domestic Crude Refining – NUPRC

[Premium Times] Mr Komolafe disclosed this during a meeting with operators of domestic refineries in Abuja on Wednesday.

Congo-Kinshasa: Canadian Startup Wins DR Congo Methane Rights Despite Failing Criteria – Report

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Alfajiri Energy Corporation, a Canada-based start-up operated from a private home, was selected by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to extract methane from the country's notorius "killer" Lake Kivu despite failing to...

Kenya: Ugandans Worry as Government Terminates Fuel Import Deals With the Kenya

[Nile Post] Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral has proposed a Bill in parliament that seeks to cut reliance on Kenya for importation of its petroleum products.

Mozambique: Oil and Gas Hunters Target the Last Refuge of Vanishing Dugongs

[Daily Maverick] The global oil and gas survey company Searcher is gearing up to blast powerful sound waves into the Indian Ocean, directly adjacent to the last viable population of dugongs on Africa's east coast.

Uganda: Motorists Warned Against Buying Adulterated Fuel

[Nile Post] The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has urged the public to purchase fuel from authorised areas and avoid consuming adulterated fuel.