Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Africa: French Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against TotalEnergies Pipeline in Africa

[RFI] A French civil court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by environmental campaigners against the French energy giant TotalEnergies over its oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania.

Liberia: House Expresses Dismay Over Petroleum Importers’ Failure to Pay U.S.$20.3 Million Owed Gov’t

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has expressed disappointment over the failure of major petroleum importers to pay more than US$20.3 million owed the Liberian through the National Road Fund between 2017 and 2021.

Africa: Africa Oil Targets Earnings From Nigeria’s OML 127, OML 130

[Leadership] Africa Oil Corp(AOC) is projecting multiple attractive development, appraisal and infrastructure-led exploration opportunities on both OML 127 and OML 130, which it said, presents low-risk, short-cycle investment opportunities that have ve...

Kenya: Kenya Considers Deferring Fuel Payments Due to Dollar Shortages

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Energy Cabinet Secretary (CS) Davis Chirchir has said that the government will ask for up to a year to pay for imported petroleum products amid dollar shortages in the country.

Uganda: French Court Throws Out Case Against East African Oil Project in Uganda

[Nile Post] A French court has dismissed a case filed by NGOs against TotalEnergies over the East African Oil project in Uganda and Tanzania.

Africa: Oil Corporation to Lead Climate Change Talks in 2023

[IPS] Quito, Ecuador / La Paz, Bolivia -- The Chief Executive of the twelfth largest oil producer - Sultan Al Jaber of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) - has been appointed as president of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Nigeria: Tougher Times for Nigerians As Kerosene Price Rises By 163%, Petrol By 54%

[This Day] There appears to be no respite for Nigeria's poor and vulnerable whose main source of cooking fuel is kerosene, with the price of the product rising by a whopping 163 per cent year-on-year to N1,153.40 per litre in January this year.