Nigeria security sources has confirmed that an explosion rocked a Chevron oil pipeline in Nigeria’s restive Delta region . The second blast at a facility of the U.S. oil major within a week, confirms the fears a revived militant campaign in the area. The swamps of the southern Delta have been hit by a series
Museveni and Magufuli agree to accelerate the Implementation of Oil Pipeline project
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania counterpart John Magufuli agreed to accelerate the implementation of a crude oil pipeline project between the two nations and award the construction contract to multiple contractors. The decision was reached during talks between the two leaders on the sidelines of the swearing in ceremony of Museveni in Kampala according
Nigeria: Militants Launch fresh attacks in Oil-rich Niger Delta causing cuts in Output
A series of attacks on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure has pushed its output of crude close to a 22-year low, Reuters data shows, putting intense pressure on the country’s finances. Shell workers at Nigeria’s Bonga oilfield in the southern Niger Delta were evacuated following a militant threat, a senior labour union official said on Monday, while
How South Sudan’s Two years of war will Hamper Future Oil Production; Nation Assessing Damage
Damage to South Sudan’s oil fields after more than two years of civil war will hamper plans to boost output, Petroleum Minister Dak Duop Bischok said. The government is currently assessing the extent of repairs that need to be made to production facilities in the northern Unity and Upper Nile states, Bischok said Thursday in
Sector Facts: Oil Price Slump hits Africa harder, Dampens progress in exploration activities
U.S. explorers aren’t the only ones idling rigs as sub-$50 crude forces oil and gas drillers in Africa to slow their search for new reserves. The number of oil and gas rigs offshore Africa remained at 20 in April, the lowest since 2009, according to data published on Friday by Baker Hughes Inc. Onshore rigs fell
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Tanzania says will also build Natural gas Pipeline to Uganda in Return to Hoima-Tanga Route Offer
Tanzania said it was planning to build a pipeline to supply natural gas to neighbouring Uganda as it looks to export some of the huge offshore gas reserves discovered in recent years. East Africa is a new hotspot for hydrocarbons exploration after substantial oil deposits were found in Uganda and major gas reserves discovered in
Oil Pipeline Project: Uganda and Tanzania Officials Meet to set Completion Timeframe
Uganda and Tanzania are working to expedite the completion of the crude oil export pipeline before 2020, a latest communique has suggested. The announcement came on a backdrop of a stake holders engagement workshop between petroleum officials from both countries in Dar es Salaam. The meeting follows a decision by Uganda to route its oil
Singaporean Minister asks Uganda to go slow on Oil and Emphasize Agriculture
Uganda should not to be excited by the potential prospects the oil industry seems to present, a Singaporean Minister urged . Dr Koh Poh Koon, who heads the ministry of Trade and Industry of the Southeast Asian Nation said that Uganda must concentrate on improving agriculture as the major economic base much as the oil
Kenya Begins Search for companies to design own 891 Kilometer Oil Pipeline route
Kenya will start a search next week for companies to design a crude oil export pipeline costing some $2.1 billion and which should be completed by 2021, Energy and Petroleum Minister Charles Keter said. Tullow Oil and partner Africa Oil first struck oil in Lokichar in northwest Kenya in 2012 and Keter said the pipeline