A shortage of oil refineries across sub-Saharan Africa coupled with soaring crude prices because of the war in Ukraine has left countries dangerously short of fuel supplies, disrupting airlines and Continue Reading
It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few months ago to buy the wheat flour she uses to make breakfast each day for Continue Reading
Israel may boost gas exports to the EU through Egypt. increased energy trade is an opportunity to improve relations between Brussels and Cairo. Brussels is trying to entice East Med Continue Reading
Buildings destroyed during the Russian invasion wait to be renovated or demolished in Irpin, Ukraine on May 26. Photographer: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Africa’s largest crude producer doubled its spending on Continue Reading
Kenya’s recent fuel crisis has left petrol pumps dry. Politicians are blaming each other and giving varied reasons for the shortage, from the government being inept to government plans to Continue Reading
For decades, vendors sold subsidized Egyptian baladi bread for almost nothing in Al-Sayeda Zeinab market, a bustling hub for this city’s working class. One day last month, there was suddenly Continue Reading
The cost of importing petroleum products of all kinds into Nigeria has soared to over $28 billion on an annual basis, Blackgold Energy Authorities, an oil and gas consulting and Continue Reading
South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will continue staging rolling blackouts during the coming week due to a shortage of generation capacity. The utility, responsible for almost Continue Reading
A weather phenomenon over the Indian Ocean is exacerbating the driest conditions in more than four decades in the Horn of Africa that may continue for the rest of the Continue Reading
Marsh McLennan is arranging insurance for a controversial east African oil pipeline, putting the world’s largest broker at the center of a project that has been shunned by major banks Continue Reading
Libyan prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha was forced out of the capital Tripoli on Tuesday by armed militias backed by current interim Prime Minister Adbdul Hamid Dbeibah, who refuses to step Continue Reading
French multinational oil and gas giant, TotalEnergies has launched the sale of its10 per cent stake in Nigerian joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and Shell Continue Reading
A family migrates in search of grazing land in Wajir County, Kenya. A worsening drought has left 3.5 million people in need of food aid in Kenya. The number of Continue Reading
South African state power utility Eskom said on Saturday that it would resume power cuts from 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) to 10 p.m. due to loss of some generation capacity. Continue Reading
THERE are indications that despite the rise in crude oil prices in the international market, Nigeria’s economy may not reap the benefits due to the continued increase in theft and Continue Reading
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The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has put Nigeria’s oil output at 1.3 million barrels per day, bpd, in April 2022. This showed a decrease of 13.3 percent compared Continue Reading
Libya is planning to push a key offshore oil and gas project led by Italian Eni and Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) in a move that could shift some oil Continue Reading
Licence to import own Jet fuel The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd, airline operators and marketers have resolved on a common ground in the interim to take measures that Continue Reading
Libya expects to open all its oil loading terminals after it sets up a mechanism for a fair distribution of the country’s oil revenues among the regions, Parliament Speaker Aqila Continue Reading
Oil rigs Years of government neglect and unemployment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have given rise to a widespread industry of illegally refining stolen oil. It is estimated that about Continue Reading
The head of Nigerian state oil firm NNPC and the central bank governor told the national assembly and the country’s airline association on Monday that they were unable help with Continue Reading
African airlines are clubbing together to negotiate better prices and a steady flow of jet fuel, a move to help stave off a potential crisis caused by supply issues and Continue Reading
Wheat sacks in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India. Global wheat prices are so high that African consumers are starting to ditch the grain from their diet. Food producers in Continue Reading
Conex Energy Inc., the sole company supplying jet fuel to airlines coming to Liberia has alerted the shortage of jet fuel in the region as a result of the Russia-Ukraine Continue Reading
Nigeria will become the first nation to ground flights on Monday as surging prices for aviation fuel make the business unprofitable. Airline operators “will discontinue operations nationwide” until further notice, Continue Reading
Libya’s Zueitina port has received its first oil tanker after temporarily lifting force majeure last week to free up storage space. While Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) did not issue Continue Reading
Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key fertilizer from Russia due to the impact of Western sanctions, Continue Reading
A gauge measuring South African manufacturing sentiment dropped the most in nine months in April after the worst flooding in almost three decades left more than 400 people dead, damaged Continue Reading
When the last of his 250 goats died, pastoralist Abdullahi Abdi Wali knew it was time to flee what he calls the “worst drought” in his 99 years of life. Continue Reading
Nigeria recorded significantly less oil production losses in the February/March drilling cycle, with shutdowns arising from sabotage, force majeure, crude production assets’ breakdowns and community issues markedly down to 1.69 Continue Reading
Coronavirus cases are surging again in South Africa, and public health experts are monitoring the situation, eager to know what’s driving the spike, what it says about immunity from previous Continue Reading
Zeuitina was shuttered in mid-April by protestors Libya has declared force majeure on Zeuitina exports It has lost over 500,000 b/d from field, oil terminal shut-ins Libya’s state-owned National Oil Continue Reading
France’s supermajor TotalEnergies plans to sell its minority stake in an onshore oil-producing joint venture in Nigeria in what will be the latest divestment of Nigerian oil assets by an Continue Reading
Oil Palm Nigeria was once the world’s largest palm oil producer but today, it produces too little it imports. Indonesia’s surprise ban on palm oil exports offers Nigeria a lucrative Continue Reading
Libya’s Oil Minister Oun: Libya could resume full production within days. Libya’s NOC declared a force majeure on 550,000 bpd of its production last week. Libya’s oilfields, under force majeure, Continue Reading
Nigeria’s president has said the country is in “shock and trauma” following the deaths of at least 100 people from an explosion at an illegal oil refinery. President Muhammadu Buhari Continue Reading
Algeria, Spain embroiled in dispute over Western Sahara Algeria’s Sonatrach may increase gas price paid by Spain’s Naturgy Spain seeking to become a gas hub for Europe Algeria, which is Continue Reading
Algeria, Spain embroiled in a dispute over Western Sahara Algeria’s Sonatrach may increase gas price paid by Spain’s Naturgy Spain seeking to become a gas hub for Europe Algeria, which Continue Reading
This could have been Algeria’s moment: Europe’s efforts to wean itself off Russian gas should have provided the north African country with a golden opportunity to maximise exports and carve Continue Reading
Brega’s closure follows that of Zueitina on April 18 Libya’s largest field Sharara is also shut-in Around 400,000 b/d output is lost due to closures Libya has called force majeure Continue Reading
Tunisian authorities said they are working to prevent an “environmental disaster” after the Equatorial Guinea-flagged ship sank. A ship carrying 750 tons of fuel sank off Tunisia’s southeastern coast on Continue Reading
Asia forecast to need 1.2 million b/d additional crude in 2022 Dependence of leading Asian oil buyers on Libyan crude flows relatively small Thailand one of the most prominent buyers Continue Reading
Libya halted oil production from its El Feel oilfield on Sunday and two sources at Zueitina oil port said exports there had been suspended after protesters calling for Tripoli-based Prime Continue Reading
Nigerian inflation quickened in March to its highest in five months on rising food prices, fuel shortages and supply shocks caused by the war in Ukraine. Consumer prices rose 15.9% Continue Reading
TotalEnergies’ controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline is gaining traction, despite environmentalist pushback. The EACOP is expected to be the world’s longest electrically heated oil pipeline, running from Uganda to Continue Reading
South Africa suspended shipping at its main port in Durban after the heaviest rains in more than six decades and resultant flooding damaged roads leading to the harbor. Operations at Continue Reading
Climate activists are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline that is primed to transport oil from the Hoima oilfields Continue Reading
All is not well in Nigeria’s oil industry as the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) stated that oil output dropped to an average of 1.24 million barrels per day Continue Reading
Algeria is set to boost its natural gas exports to Italy by almost 50% with a new deal due to be signed Monday, people familiar with the matter said. The Continue Reading
