Tag: oil
Sudan’s conflict has its roots in three decades of elites fighting...
Sudan stands on the brink of yet another civil war sparked by the deadly confrontation between the Sudan Armed Forces of General Abdelfatah El-Burhan...
Doctors, oil workers to join disobedience movement against Sudan military takeover
State oil company workers and doctors in Sudan said on Wednesday they were joining protests against the military coup that has derailed the country's...
Libya’s NOC says output to rise as it seeks to revive...
Libya’s National Oil Company said it expected oil production to rise to 260 000 barrels per day (bpd) next week, as the OPEC member...
Yemeni Houthis say they hit Saudi oil facility in drone, missile...
Yemeni Houthi forces hit a large oil facility in the southern Saudi Arabian city of Jizan in drone and missile attacks overnight, a Houthi...
Five Western countries, Turkey and UAE back Libyan state oil firm
Five Western countries including the United States, as well as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, support Libyan state oil firm NOC as the...
New base and vessels for Ghana’s Navy
Ghana has recently signed a contract worth $200 million to construct a Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Edzinlibo in the Western Region in order...
In battle for Libya’s oil, water becomes a casualty
While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over Tripoli and years of power struggles before that, water is becoming...
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of ordering drone attack on oil pipeline
Saudi Arabia’s deputy defence minister on Thursday accused Iran of ordering an attack on Saudi oil pumping stations that Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia has...
Saudi Arabia says two Saudi oil tankers attacked near UAE waters
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two Saudi oil tankers were among vessels targeted by a “sabotage attack” off the coast of the United...
Kidnapped oil workers rescued
Two Royal Dutch Shell oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta region last week were rescued a police spokesman and Shell Petroleum Development...
Kenya recalls ambassador to Somalia
Kenya recalled its ambassador to Somalia after the Mogadishu government’s decision to auction oil and gas exploration blocks at the centre of a maritime...
East Libya forces to secure oil sites
Eastern forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar launched a military operation in southern Libya to secure oil and gas facilities and fight extremists, a...
Libya hunting oil port attack suspects
Libyan authorities issued arrest warrants for 37 suspects over attacks on key oil ports in the east of the country and a military base...
Russia wants charges against former ambassador dropped
Russia asked Italy to drop charges against a former ambassador caught up in a Nigerian corruption case, legal documents showed.
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Angola battling to revive oil exploration
Nearly two decades after securing initial rights, Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné was in Luanda to snip the ribbon on a $16 billion...
Congo Republic president and others apparently bribed
A former Gunvor employee paid bribes to the president of the Republic of Congo via a presidential aide and Belgian firm Semlex...
Libya oil output not affected by attack
Libya's state oil firm NOC said it continued to manage operations normally throughout the country without loss of production after a shooting...
How unstable is oil production in Libya?
After a relatively stable spell, Libya's oil production seesawed because of a stand-off at eastern export terminals and the abduction of two...
Oil workers abducted in Libya
Two workers, one a foreigner, were abducted during an attack by an unknown group at a facility at Libya's giant Sharara oil...
Libya faces disruption in oil production
Libyan oil production could face protracted disruption as factions in the east seek to seize control of crude exports, adding pressure to...
U.N. calls for return of Libyan oil resources to recognised authorities
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced concern at developments in Libya's oil crescent on Wednesday, calling for de-escalation and the return of...
Two Libyan oil ports running normally
Libya's oil ports Hariga and Zueitina appear to be working normally after eastern-based forces handed control of the terminals to a...
East Libya oil ports handed to NOC
Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's forces handed control of oil ports to National Oil Corporation (NOC) based in the east, a spokesman...
Fire shrinks storage capacity at Libyan oil ports
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said storage capacity at Ras Lanuf port was cut by 400,000 barrels after a second crude oil...
Attack shuts major Libyan oil ports, production slashed
Major Libyan oil ports Ras Lanuf and Es Sider were closed and evacuated on Thursday after armed brigades opposed to the powerful...
Shell Nigeria oil dispute back in court
Lawyers for the Bodo community in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, devastated by two major oil spills a decade ago, went to court...
Two dead in Libyan car bomb explosion
Two people were killed and four wounded in a car bombing at a checkpoint west of Libya's biggest oil ports, a senior...
South Sudan accused of using oil cash to fund conflict
Activists accuse South Sudan's government of funnelling cash from the state oil company to militias responsible for atrocities and attacks on civilians.
South...
New U.S. sanctions aim to block Libyan oil smuggling
The United States has issued a new round of sanctions targeting oil smugglers in Libya aimed at blocking exploitation of natural resources...
Review of Angola oil industry on the way
Angola's new president ordered a 30-day review of the nation's oil industry to address"significant" challenges, his first foray into the key business...
Shell lifts first crude cargo from Libya in five years
Royal Dutch Shel lifted 600,000 barrels of crude oil from Libya's Zueitina port, its first from the war-torn north African country in...
U.N. resolution targets Libyan fuel smugglers
The U.N. Security Council has extended sanctions on illegal oil exports from Libya to cover refined petroleum products as well, in a...
Nigerian refining capacity is a sixth of needs
Nigeria's daily domestic refining capacity is now at six million litres, while the country's daily consumption stands at 35 million litres, the...
Tunisian protestors close second pump station
Tunisian protesters demanding jobs and a share in energy wealth closed down another oil pumping station in defiance of government efforts to...
Libya captures two oil-smuggling tankers after firefight
Libyan naval forces captured two vessels suspected of smuggling oil from the North African country after gun battles lasting several hours west...
Nigeria navy arrests ten suspects on ship of stolen oil
The Nigerian navy has arrested 10 suspects after intercepting a vessel carrying stolen crude oil off the coast of the Niger Delta,...
Gas pipeline to Libya’s Wafa oilfield closed
An armed group again blocked gas pipelines from Libya's Wafa oilfield to a local power plant and the Mellitah gas export terminal...
Nigeria’s military destroys 13 illegal oil refineries
Nigeria's military said on Thursday that it had destroyed 13 illegal refineries in the restive Niger Delta oil hub, in an operation...
Ex-Nigerian oil minister charged with money laundering
Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was in the post between 2010-15, has been charged with money laundering, the country's financial...
South Sudan rebels say seize four oil workers, demand firm’s exit
South Sudanese rebels said on Monday they had kidnapped four oil workers including a Pakistani national, in a bid to force their...
Libya’s NOC says expects to regain Es Sider, Ras Lanuf oil...
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has been coordinating with military forces from eastern Libya and has "no reason to believe" it will...
Italy evacuates 22 Libyans wounded in fighting at oil ports
Italy evacuated 22 wounded Libyans for medical treatment in Rome, some of who were involved in fighting this week for control of...
East Libya forces regain control of oil ports
East Libyan forces said they had regained control of the major oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider on Tuesday from...
Libyan NOC official warns of force majeure at oil ports as...
A senior official at Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) warned on Monday of a possible declaration of force majeure at the Es...
East Libyan forces mobilising for counter attack on oil ports
East Libyan forces carried out fresh air strikes on Monday and were mobilising ground forces as they attempt to win back two...
Nigeria to offer illegal refiners work in quest for peace
Nigeria needs to offer work to people making a living from illegally refining oil in the Niger Delta to achieve peace there,...
Fresh clashes near South Sudan’s oil hub of Malakal
Fresh clashes broke out around South Sudan's second-largest city of Malakal on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman and a government official said, the...
Protesters agree to end blockade of western Libya oil pipelines
Protesters blockading pipelines to Libya's Sharara and El Feel oil fields have promised to reopen them and production could restart in the...
Attack on east Libya oil ports averted
Eastern Libyan forces averted an attempted attack on some of Libya's major oil ports on Wednesday and rival fighters withdrew from a...
Niger Delta militants claim attack on state-owned NNPC’s oil pipeline
Vandals have attacked a crude pipeline operated by Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC and independent Nigerian firm ND Western in the restive...