Nigeria: Govt Investigates Allegations of Land-Grabbing Against Agip, Shell in Bayelsa
[Vanguard] The Federal Government has launched an investigation into complaints of land grabbing by oil-producing communities in Bayelsa State against some international oil companies - the Nigerian Agip Oil Company and Shell Petroleum Development Company.
Africa: LPRA D-G Joins Panel to Highlight Africa’s Oil & Gas Investment Hotspots
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Global energy companies and financial entities - Africa Oil Corp., Standard Bank, and the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority - discussed where global funds should flow and Africa's pathway to enhanced energy project finance
Nigeria: NNPC Speaks On 7.2% Stake in Dangote Refinery
[Premium Times] Mr Dangote said NNPC no longer owns a 20 per cent stake in the refinery.
South Africa: Total’s Decision Should Be Seen As An Opportunity To Re-Evaluate SA’s Energy Strategy And Accelerate The Just Transition
[The Green Connection] The Green Connection say that they are relieved to hear that TotalEnergies may abandon its offshore production right application to exploit an estimated 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent from the Brulpadda and Luiperd gas fields in Block 11B/12B. This block is located off South Africa's south coast and is situated between Mossel Bay and Cape St. Francis.
Nigeria: Navy Claims Credit for Increase in Nigeria’s Oil Production
[This Day] Port Harcourt -- The Nigerian Navy has said the collaborative efforts of its personnel and other security agencies in tackling cases of oil theft in the Niger Delta region led to the increase in oil production in the country.
Nigeria: NNPC Has Only 7.2% Stake in Our Refinery – Aliko Dangote
[This Day] Contrary to widely held notion that Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had a 20 per cent stake in Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals, President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, yesterday, revealed that the national oil company owned only 7.2 per cent of the asset.
Nigeria: We’ve Destroyed 7,500 Illegal Refineries – NNPCL
[Daily Trust] The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has said that as part of an effort to tackle oil theft, the company has destroyed 7,500 illegal refineries and disconnected about 6,800 illegal pipeline connections in the Niger Delta.
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Set for Petrol Sales Start After Ending Rift With Oil Suppliers
[Premium Times] "The IOCs are deliberately and willfully frustrating our efforts to buy the local crude," Devakumar Edwin, vice president oil & gas at Dangote, said in June.
Uganda: TotalEnergies Oil Project ‘Devastating’ for Ugandan National Park, NGO Says
[RFI] Production has yet to begin, but TotalEnergies' controversial East African oil project is already taking a dire environmental toll in Uganda's largest national parks, a leading conservationist group said Friday.
Uganda: Youths Challenged to Take Up Opportunities in Uganda’s Oil and Gas Sector
[Nile Post] Ugandan youth have been urged to harness the numerous opportunities in the oil and as and