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KEY POINTS Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has taken a major step towards expanding its exploration activities in West Africa after submitting an expression of interest for four offshore exploration …

KEY POINTS The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has expanded its free petroleum products delivery programme to Kano, Imo, Anambra and Nasarawa states as part of efforts to reduce distribution …

KEY POINTS The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Shell Nigeria’s operations as the Federal Government intensifies efforts to attract up to $50 billion …

KEY POINTS ExxonMobil has temporarily suspended operations at one of its offshore facilities in Guyana after a fire broke out aboard the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) …

KEY POINTS The Citizens Forum for Energy Accountability and Development, CFEAD, has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, for what …

KEY POINTS A new fleet of diesel-electric offshore support tugs is being developed to strengthen marine support for ExxonMobil’s expanding oil production and export operations in Guyana’s prolific Stabroek Block. …

KEY POINTS Johannesburg has cleared its outstanding electricity debt to South African state power utility Eskom, bringing an end to a dispute that had threatened to trigger a major power …

Gas will start flowing next month from Australia’s Beetaloo basin to Darwin, testing developers’ hopes of launching a US-style shale gas boom.

Gambian utility NAWEC has returned to profit after cutting costs by about 42 percent, drawing Guinean hydropower through the regional grid instead of burning fuel.

KEY POINTS The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has increased the ex-depot price of petrol by N20 per litre, raising its latest gantry price from N1,165 to N1,185. The new price took …