Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Nigeria: NNPCL Reacts to Report of Awarding Control of Pipelines to ‘Cabal’ /in /by

[Premium Times] NNPCL was reacting to reports alleging that its managing director, Mele Kyari, quietly awarded the control of Nigeria's pipelines to an oil "cabal"

Rwanda: Rwanda Closes All Diesel Power Plants /in /by

[New Times] Rwanda closed all its diesel power plants in June this year, stopping the generation of such electricity as the country's hydroelectricity and methane gas sources expanded to make a significant contribution to the grid.

Nigeria: NNPCL 80% Ready for IPO – Kyari /in /by

[Leadership] The group chief executive officer( GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), Mele Kyari said, the company is 80 percent ready for an Initial Public Offer(IPO).

Rwanda: Explainer – Rise of Fuel Prices and Impact on Cost of Living /in /by

[New Times] On October 3, the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, adding to the already challenging cost of living in the country.

Nigeria: Subsidy Removal – Marketers Demand Emergency Palliative to Ease Petrol Import /in /by

[Leadership] The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has called on the Federal Government to set up "emergency palliative measure" that would enable oil marketers to import petroleum products into the country for the next thre...

Nigeria: Divestment of Oil Assets – Ncdmb Warns Against Reduction in Compliance, Tax Revenue /in /by

[Premium Times] Wabote said the ongoing and other planned divestments are big accomplishments for Nigerian Content development.

Nigeria: Nigeria Must Break Shackles of Over-Reliance On Oil, Harness Non-Oil Potential for Export – Shettima /in /by

[This Day] Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday said the country must take urgent steps to drastically reduce its over-dependence on oil and focus more on harnessing the untapped potential in the non-oil export sector.

Nigeria: Niger Bans Export of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Nigeria Impacted /in /by

[This Day] Niger has banned all exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) until further notice, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, a decision that will impact Nigeria which gets some LPG imports from the country.

Nigeria: 2 Pregnant Women, 15 Others Killed in Rivers Pipeline Explosion /in /by

[Leadership] Two pregnant women and 15 others were killed following a pipeline explosion due to the activities of illegal refining of crude oil at Rumucholu village in Ibaa community of Emoha local government area of Rivers State on Sunday.

East Africa: Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over ‘Devastating’ East Africa Oil Pipeline /in /by

[RFI] Four environmental groups have filed a law suit against the French group TotalEnergies and its EACOP oil project in Tanzania and Uganda. They maintain that it threatens the region's fragile ecosystem and the people who live there.