(US House of Representatives, 25.May.2021) — For Africa Day 2021, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will convene notable African leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss how we can better engage African partners to build stronger U.S.-Africa ties by promoting economic growth and increased access for American businesses to Africa’s vibrant and […]
Category: Nigeria
Energy Analytics Institute’s SPonsor ADvertiser (SPAD) Promo Video
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2021) — Energy Analytics Institute (EAI), which provides breakings news coverage of energy markets primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean, revealed its latest promo video related to its media kit 2021/22 and SPonsor and ADvertiser (SPAD) opportunities. ____________________ By Rafael Hurtado, Lilly Chistine, Chad […]
Shell Updates On African Assets In Annual Report
(Shell, 1.Apr.2021) — Shell provided details in its 2020 annual report related to its operations in Africa from Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria, among other countries. What follows is a summary from the report. Africa Egypt We have a 50% interest in the Badr Petroleum Company (BAPETCO), a joint venture between […]
Guyana Basins Summit (GBS) Energy Highlights
(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 speakers from Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali to Guyana’s Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat and others speaking about lessons learnt in other countries such as […]
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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 Jared Yamin. © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
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 even if the world fails to meet the Paris climate goals, a non-governmental organisation said on Tuesday. In a new report called Risky Bet, the […]
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 compel him to appear before anti-graft investigators, a statement for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Wednesday. The EFCC said it had […]
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 institution has approved more than $25bn in essential financing for 135 partner countries. Established in 1976 with a distinct mandate to drive development, strengthen communities […]
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 corruption trial over the acquisition of an oilfield in Nigeria by Eni and Shell. The long-running graft case revolves around the purchase of the Nigerian […]
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) 17 in the Eastern Niger Delta, and associated infrastructure, to TNOG Oil and Gas Limited, a related company of Heirs Holdings Limited and Transnational Corporation […]
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 in Nigeria, declared a force majeure on the Forcados Oil Terminal Offtake Program effective 1000 hours Nigerian time on Thursday 14 January 2021. The action […]
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 Stanley Investment Management to expand solar access across West Africa. Lagos-based Daystar plans to replace “unreliable grid or too expensive, polluting diesel generators,” with clean […]
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 Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
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 largest refining complex at Port Harcourt, seven sources familiar with the discussions said. If the financing is concluded, the long overdue rehabilitation of the refinery […]
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 Renewable Energy Ministerial Symposium to deepen UK-Africa collaboration in the renewable energy sector. Bringing together British and African leaders, the symposium created a platform to […]
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 2020. Despite concerns on oversupply for Q1 2021, the group agreed to increase output by 500,000 b/d in January. Production restraint is set at minus […]
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 Saturday which showed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and low oil prices. Africa’s biggest economy was last in recession in 2016, its first in […]
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 & Energy Storage division (HES), in consortium partnership with French EPC company Vergnet and SNS Niger, has signed an EPC contract to construct a Solar PV […]
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 with a strong recovery in demand, draw more cargoes there, away from storage tanks in regional oil hubs. The demand recovery was demonstrated by a […]
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 will help stem rising attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. The three men fined by the court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub, on Tuesday […]
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 oil to be exempt from its production cut deal, the West African nation’s Agbami has been a bone of contention. The challenge is that nobody […]
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) last evening. Moderators, Shonetta Lowe and Kayshell Jennings spotlighted the Adinkra Symbols of Ghana with panellist Yaa Anima Mensah of Ghana, the History and Significance […]
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 this press briefing on behalf of the International Monetary Fund. I’m Gerry Rice of the Communications Department. And as usual this morning, our briefing will […]
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 BPD Hydro-Skimming Refinery project. The facility will be located in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State within the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The scope of the award includes […]
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) plant in Nigeria to Chevron. The transaction will release Sasol from associated company guarantees and other obligations. Sasol will continue to support Chevron in the […]
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, Saudi oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said today. Opec+ agreed on 6 June to extend the first phase of its historic two-year production restraint […]
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 contracts for the Engineering, Procurement & Construction of the Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project to be executed at Bonny Island LNG complex in Nigeria. 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 crude oil grades for sale in May. The figures reflect an urgent need to offload cargoes in what is a highly competitive marketplace. Even so, […]
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 our innovative and efficient technologies, which work very well both in large producing countries and those looking at gas imports or monetizing small gas fields. […]
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 Managing Director of Total Nigeria Plc Mr. Imrane Barry on Tuesday August 27, 2019 paid a courtesy call on the Minister of State for Petroleum […]
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 the force majeure happened sometime shortly after Shell was able to repair the sabotage leak, the company announced 28 June 2017 in an official statement. […]