Nigerians Can Now Sue Shell In The UK For Oil Pollution
Nigerians can sue Shell in English courts for damage to communities caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta, the UK’s Supreme Court said on Friday, allowing the communities to Continue Reading
Nigeria: IMF Foresees Dangote Refinery’s Potential of Bailing Nigeria From Economic Downturn
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global financial watchdog is projecting that Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery would provide an elixir for the country’s economy when it is completed and start production Continue Reading
Libya crude output falls by 120,000 b/d as Marsa el-Hariga remains shut: sources
Libya is in the middle of another production setback due to a halt in crude exports from the 230,000 b/d Marsa el-Hariga terminal, shipping and industry sources said Feb. 9. Continue Reading
Oil Loading At Libyan Export Terminal Disrupted Again
A tanker had to leave Libya’s Hariga export terminal without oil after members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard stopped the vessel from loading crude amid an ongoing strike over delayed Continue Reading
South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccinations over variant data
South Africa will suspend use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot in its vaccination programme after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild to moderate infection caused by the country’s dominant Continue Reading
New Libya interim government agreed in U.N. talks
U.N. sponsored talks produced a new interim government for Libya on Friday aimed at resolving a decade of chaos, division and violence by holding national elections later this year. Libyan Continue Reading
Shell May Re-evaluate Oil Operations Onshore Nigeria
Persistent issues with theft and sabotage in the Niger Delta could prompt Shell to take a hard look at its operations onshore Nigeria, the supermajor’s chief executive Ben van Beurden Continue Reading
Nigerian Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Chief of Exxon Unit
A Nigerian judge issued an arrest warrant for the managing director of Exxon Mobil Corp’s local unit for failing to appear before the nation’s anti-graft agency investigating what it says is Continue Reading
Nigeria: Sylva – Why Oil Firms Cannot Relocate Offices to Niger Delta Now
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said asking the oil companies operating in the country to relocate to the Niger Delta without first addressing the Continue Reading
Turkish Media: Libya’s Haftar Sells Oil Illegally
Libya’s strongman in the east, General Khalifa Haftar, is selling through illegal corporations oil pumped in areas in eastern Libya under the control of his forces, Turkish media reported on Continue Reading