Ukraine PM signals possibility of gas price rises

Ukraine PM signals possibility of gas price rises

Ukraine, which wants to resume cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, may need to increase household gas prices, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman was quoted as saying on Thursday. Earlier this month the government extended a freeze on gas prices until at least Sept. 1, reducing its prospects of securing more money from the IMF which…

U.S.-China tariffs, Trump woes weigh on world stocks

U.S.-China tariffs, Trump woes weigh on world stocks

World stocks came under pressure on Thursday as new tariffs took effect in the U.S./China trade war and markets speculated about U.S. President Donald Trump’s position following legal rulings against two former advisers. The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, was 0.1 percent lower by 1116 GMT, while a rise across…

Total’s $3.3 billion Egina FPSO to leave Ladol this week

Total’s $3.3 billion Egina FPSO to leave Ladol this week

Total’s $3.3 billion Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, the Egina FPSO will depart from the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, LADOL Free Zone this week SweetcrudeReports has learned. The 200, 000 barrels per day capacity production vessel which arrived in January from South Korea, ought to have left LADOL’s yard since June however, according to…

Equinor sees scope to cut more costs at giant North Sea oilfield

Equinor sees scope to cut more costs at giant North Sea oilfield

Equinor sees scope to further reduce development costs at the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea, as it looks to maximise the potential of what could be the last giant field to be found off the Nordic country. The field, one of the five largest oil finds offshore Norway, is estimated to contain up…

APAC will spearhead global surface mining trucks market growth to 2020

APAC will spearhead global surface mining trucks market growth to 2020

The global market for surface mining trucks is expected to grow steadily to 2020, primarily driven by the growing demand from mining companies operating across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData. The company forecasts that increased production at existing mines and over 270 new surface mines scheduled to commence operations…

Oil slips as trade dispute outweighs U.S. stock decline

Oil slips as trade dispute outweighs U.S. stock decline

Benchmark Brent crude oil was down 40 cents a barrel at $74.38 by 1330 GMT. U.S. light crude was 40 cents lower at $67.46. “The bullish afterglow of yesterday’s drop in U.S. oil stocks is fading as concerns over the U.S.-China trade spat return to the fore,” said Stephen Brennock, analyst at brokerage PVM Oil…

Group trains women to get involved, monitor Ogoni cleanup

Group trains women to get involved, monitor Ogoni cleanup

A total of 60 Ogoni women have been trained by a group known as Lokiaka Community Development Centre, on how to monitor the forthcoming clean-up and remediation of hydrocarbon polluted sites in Ogoniland as recommended by the United Nations Environment Program, UNEP. The women, according to the group were selected from oil-impacted communities across the four…

Save excess oil revenue constitutionally, groups urge govt

Save excess oil revenue constitutionally, groups urge govt

The Federal Government has been urged by groups to make constitutional provision that will guarantee automatic savings of surplus from oil revenue in the Excess Crude Account, ECA. The groups, Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation and the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter, made the call as their resolution during a roundtable on savings and stabilisation mechanism for…