Energy & Power

[The Conversation Africa] Twenty years ago, local resistance arose in the Niger Delta because of the way oil revenue was being shared and how oil pollution was undermining local livelihoods.Read More

[CAJ News] Lagos — AFRICA’S largest oil refinery, which is anticipated to be the biggest single-train structure, is set to be opened early next year.Read More

[Vanguard] NIGERIANS, weekend, engaged in panic buying of fuel, as Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday ordered full compliance as members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, in Lagos zone, today down tools to begin an indefinite strike in Lagos area and its environs to protest …

[Premium Times] A high-level reflection webinar on new governance models in the downstream sector of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, August 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., featuring the velvet rank of the nation’s economic and energy policy experts.Read More

[The Exchange] Mauritius is the latest example. Just this Saturday, a grounded oil tanker, MV Wakashio, started spewing tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean and as the norm on the continent, the country is ill prepared to respond.Read More

[Premium Times] The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said that the planned strike by Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Lagos would start on Monday as its meeting with the Lagos State Government ended in a deadlock.Read More

[This Day] The Petroleum Tankers Drivers Association (PTDA) section of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said its planned strike will begin today (Monday) as planned because the association could not reach any agreement with the Lagos State Government.Read More

[Vanguard] The South West chapter of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed all its members in the zone to increase the dispensing pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petroleum from N143 to N150 in their respective filling stations.Read More

[Shabelle] Somalia has announced that it is opening licensing rounds for seven offshore oil blocks. This comes days after the Federal Government of Somalia approved the board members of the newly established Somali Petroleum Authority (SPA), which will serve to be the regulatory body of Somalia’s oil and gas industry.Read …

[Vanguard] Port Harcourt — Most fuel outlets have commenced the selling of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at N150 per litre in Rivers state following recent price adjustments.Read More