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KEY POINTS ExxonMobil has directly attacked Europe’s decarbonisation strategy, claiming that the EU‘s excessive reliance on expensive climate mandates and regulations has hurt competitiveness in its industrial core. According to …

KEY POINTS “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., NNPC, is facing coordinated pushback from vested interests opposed to its sweeping transformation drive,” said Bashir Bayo Ojulari, head of Nigeria’s state …

KEY POINTS Following a multibillion-rand settlement with the country’s energy watchdog, South Africa’s troubled power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. has obtained regulatory approval to raise electricity tariffs by more …

KEY POINTS Brazil’s state-controlled energy giant Petrobras is weighing a return to Nigeria’s upstream oil sector, signaling renewed interest in deepwater and ultra-deepwater exploration as Africa’s largest crude producer courts …

KEY POINTS The Tanzanian government and Japan’s JGC Holdings Corp. have inked a memorandum of understanding to exchange technical know-how and aid in the development of Tanzania’s enormous offshore natural …

KEY POINTS The rollout of Dangote Refinery’s much-anticipated fuel distribution scheme has hit an unexpected delay, nearly two weeks after its scheduled launch, unsettling petroleum marketers and raising fresh questions …

KEY POINTS Five years after the Brazilian state oil giant withdrew from Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has convinced Petrobras to re-enter the West African nation. The agreement, which was finalized …

KEY POINTS In an effort to restart production at a location that was once touted as a game-changer for the nation’s energy balance, Egypt is drilling three new wells at …

KEY POINTS Monday saw a slight increase in oil prices as traders weighed the prospect of additional barrels entering the market from OPEC+ against geopolitical tensions that threatened Russian supply. …

KEY POINTS On Monday, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, announced that it had given the recently formed Bayelsa Electricity Regulatory Agency (BYERA) control over the state’s power market. The …