(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Mar.2021) — Commentaries, quotes, data and other highlights from the Guyana Basins Summit (GBS) held virtually from 17-19 March 2021 and from […]
Category: Nigeria
Borr Drilling’s Fleet Status Report [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Feb.2021) — Borr Drilling Limited provided a fleet status report through 26 February 2021. The update can be found here. ____________________ By […]
NOCs Risk Wasting $400bn Amid Energy Transition
(Reuters, 9.Feb.2021) — National oil companies (NOCs) risk squandering $400 billion on expensive oil and gas projects over the next decade that may only break […]
Nigerian Court Issues Arrest Warrant ExxonMobil Head
(Reuters, 3.Feb.2021) — A federal court in Abuja has signed off on a warrant to arrest the head of oil major ExxonMobil in Nigeria to […]
OPEC Fund Marks 45 Years Of Driving Development
(The OPEC Fund, 28.Jan.2021) — The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) marks its 45th anniversary today. Since inception, the multilateral development finance […]
Italy Seeking Documents For Eni, Shell Nigeria Case
(Reuters, 20.Jan.2021) — Italian prosecutors asked a Milan Court on Wednesday for documents sourced from U.S. bank JPMorgan to be filed as part of a […]
SPDC Closes Sale Of Interest In Oil Mining Lease 17
(Shell, 15.Jan.2021) — The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has completed the sale of its 30% interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) […]
SPDC Declares Force Majeure In Nigeria
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2021) — The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the SPDC joint venture and the Forcados Oil Terminal […]
Nigeria Solar Firm Gets $38mn To Expand
(Bloomberg, 12.Jan.2021) — Daystar Power, a Nigerian solar energy provider, has raised $38 million with the support of Investment Fund for Developing Countries and Morgan […]
OPEC Voluntary Production Levels (PDF DOWNLOAD)
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jan.2021) — OPEC’s voluntary crude oil production levels for the months of January, February, and March. __________ By Ian Silverman. © Energy […]
NNPC Seeks $1bn Oil Prepay For Port Harcourt Refinery
(Reuters, 7.Jan.2021) — Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC is in talks to raise around $1 billion in a prepayment with trading firms to refurbish its […]
UK Hosts African Ministers Energy Symposium
(UK’s Department for International Trade or DIT, 9.Dec.2020) — The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) on 3 December 2020, hosted the first ever UK-Africa […]
OPEC+ To Boost Output After Tense Negotiations
(WoodMac, 4.Dec.2020) — Tense negotiations and rumours of a rift between Saudi Arabia and UAE ended with a compromise deal for OPEC+ on 3 December […]
Nigeria In Recession, Impacted By COVID-19, Oil
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2020) — Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on […]
Sterling And Wilson To Build Solar Storage Power Plant
(Sterling and Wilson Pvt, 22.Oct.2020) — Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd (SWPL), India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, announced that its Hybrid & […]
Africa’s Gasoline Demand To Support Asia, Europe
(Platts, 24.Sep.2020) — Africa’s gasoline demand is expected to support the gasoline markets of Asia and Europe as refinery outages in the African continent, together […]
Nigeria Convicts First Pirates Under New Maritime Law
(Reuters, 12.Aug.2020) — A Nigerian court made the first convictions under a new anti-piracy law, giving hope to the world’s shipping fleets that legal reforms […]
Agbami Key Sticking Point In OPEC+ Compliance
(Argus, 11.Aug.2020) — Nigeria’s full compliance to the OPEC+ deal hangs on a key oil grade being treated as a condensate. Since OPEC+ allowed ultra-light […]
Guyana: Education Through African Culture, Heritage
(DPI, 31.Jul.2020) — A webinar focusing on African Cultural Teachings was hosted by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) […]
IMF Press Briefing On Nigeria, Argentina
(IMF, 23.Jul.2020) — Transcript of International Monetary Fund (IMF) press briefing on Nigeria, Argentina, and other countries. MR. RICE: Good morning everyone and welcome to […]
McDermott Awarded Next Phase Of Azikel Refinery
(McDermott, 14.Jul.2020) — McDermott International Ltd. announced it has been awarded a *large engineering and procurement contract from Azikel Petroleum Ltd. for the modular 12,000 […]
Sasol Sells Escravos GTL Plant In Nigeria To Chevron
(Sasol, 1.Jul.2020) — Sasol and Chevron have signed an agreement that will result in Sasol selling its indirect beneficial interest in the Escravos GTL (EGTL) […]
Opec+ Extra Cuts Will End In June: Saudi Oil Minister
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Mideast Gulf countries that pledged deeper crude cuts beyond their Opec+ commitments this month do not plan to extend these into July, […]
Nigeria LNG Limited Selects Saipem For LNG Project
(Saipem, 13.May.2020) — Saipem, in joint venture with Daewoo E&C Co. Ltd and Chiyoda Corporation (SCD JV), has been awarded by Nigeria LNG Limited the […]
Even At $10/bbl, Traders Balk At Buying Nigeria’s Oil
(Bloomberg, 28.Apr.2020) — The oil price crash isn’t getting any easier for Nigeria. Late on Monday, the nation released the prices for most of its […]
Galileo Sales VP Gabriel Lorenzi Interviewed By GBR
(Global Business Reports, 9.Apr.2020) — Twenty years ago it was impossible to think about an off-grid natural gas network. Today, Africa can build it with […]
Total Restates Commitment To Nigeria
(Total, 9.Sep.2019) — The top management of Total in Nigeria led by the Country Chair and Managing Director of Total E&P Mr. Mike Sangster, the […]
Shell Says Bonny Light Force Majeure Lifted
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jun.2017) — Shell announced that the force majeure on Bonny Light exports was lifted effective 12:00 hours (Nigerian time). The lifting of […]