Following a two-day warning strike announced by the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Nigerians may have to deal with fuel scarcity looms from today. NARTO is the umbrella body of all commercial vehicles owners in Nigeria.

The organisation, which engages in the haulage of…

Norway’s Pipeotech has signalled its intention to rewrite the rulebook within the pipe sealing segment by offering a 10-year gas-tight guarantee as standard on its innovative DeltaV-Seal.

The move illustrates the company’s faith in the type approved, 100% leak proof gasket, with stringent long-term testing demonstrating it is now…

New evidence obtained by BBC Africa Eye contradicts the official explanation for the cause of an explosion which killed 23 people and destroyed a girls boarding school in Lagos, Nigeria.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the country’s state-owned oil firm, claimed the explosion occurred as a result of a…

The government of Gombe State in northern Nigeria is collaborating with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) with the intension to snap up any opening in the national and international energy organisations and ensure that the state government achieves its policy initiatives on energy.

The Director-General of the Commission, Professor…

Total Upstream Nigeria Limited at the weekend declared that it has surpassed previous local content standards set in Nigeria.

Deputy Managing Director, Deep Water, Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, Ahmadu-Kida Musa stated this at the Virtual Process Safety Reliability Group, PSRG – Richardson Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Forum with…

Chad has asked Glencore Plc to suspend payments on its oil-for-cash loan this year, but Bloomberg reported yesterday that the move could prove a precedent for private creditors worried about being dragged into a global debt-relief push for poor countries.

After securing a $61 million debt waiver in June, sponsored…

Gabonese Minister of Oil Gas and Mines has expressed his wish to see Japanese companies show their interest in the 35 marine oil blocks in the form of call for tenders, of which an auction campaign was launched in November 2018.

The minister, Vincent de Paul Massassa received on September…

Ghana has taken delivery of the new liquid bulk terminal, a $56.7 million infrastructure, at the port of Takoradi, the country’s largest commercial port.

The facility, funded by Ibistek Ghana Limited, was inaugurated by Ghanaian Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

Agence Ecofin reported yesterday that the facility’s…

Oil prices fell on Monday on the potential return of output from Libya as rising corona virus cases reportedly added to worries about global demand.

Hellenic Shipping News reported yesterday that this was as a tropical storm heading for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico limited losses.

Brent…

        …Calls for bids from contractors 
Togo, through the Lomé-Tokoin Airport Company, has called for tenders for the control and supervision of construction work for a solar power plant intended to supply energy to Lomé airport.

Agency Egocin reported yesterday that the closing date for receipt of applications is set…