Sahara Energy International PTE Limited has urged investors to take advantage of emerging opportunities in South Sudan’s upstream, downstream and power sectors in the wake of positive market forecasts and assurances of enabling business environment from the oil-rich nation. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Valery Guillebon, said this at the Africa Oil &…
Chevron Nigeria Limited has identified more exploration activities to increase Nigeria’s overall hydrocarbon reserves. The oil major’s General Manager, Asset Development and Exploration, Kunle Adeyemo, told stakeholders during a panel discussion in Lagos. Speaking at the 2018 Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) annual international conference and exhibition, Adeyemo noted that the call for organic…
A brand-new national water policy, an innovative water law and a foreign intervention running into millions of Euros now typify the hitherto sluggish water sector in Benin Republic. Courtesy of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), the West African nation has developed an effective Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plan, which was facilitated by GWP Benin…
Conservation experts have called on African leaders to change the global emphasis for development agendas to water, energy and food sectors. Frederick Kumah, Africa director, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), said that it is time for leaders to look at the deals that benefits people and nature. “Given the current projections, the continent’s population…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aspires to have the world’s largest hydropower scheme that will have a continent-wide energy footprint. Africa’s mammoth hydropower project, the Grand Inga Dam, which began more than six decades ago, however continues to raise hackles. In 2014, the DRC signed a treaty with South Africa as its main partner and…
Government has accepted to hold two public hearings over the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report for the Tilenga oil project. The public is hereby notified that the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has been requested by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to hold public hearings for the Environmental and Social impact Assessment…
The Republic of The Gambia has received funds for the design and build of transmission infrastructure between Brikama and Kotu. The National Water and Electricity Company Limited (NAWEC) intends to initially select not more than six applicants for the contract for transmission infrastructure including, but not limited to 30 km of 225 kV transmission lines,…
Libyan crude will soon be making the long journey to a refinery in New Zealand in a rare export route for the North African country’s oil, which usually finds homes in Europe and sometimes Asia, trading sources said Thursday. The Suez Fuzeyya was placed on subjects on a Zueitina/Ras Lanuf to Whangarei voyage to carry…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the average price paid by consumers for automotive gas oil (diesel) increased from N211.64 in September to N216.75 in October. The NBS disclosed this in its ‘Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) Price Watch for October 2018’ report released in Abuja. The report showed that the price of…
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has expressed its commitment towards eliminating gas flaring in the country. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Tony Attah, said the firm was at the forefront of deliberate efforts towards eliminating gas flaring in Nigeria. Attah explained that the company had created a system that would re-utilise gases that…
