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Nigeria

A Field for Sonatrach

Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil said on June 6 that he would shortly sign an inter-government agreement with his Nigerian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

BIDC’s High Risk Projects

West Africa’s Banque d’Investissement et de Developpement is planning to invest in gas-fired power stations but supply for them remains uncertain.

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

NNPC

A new stage in the energy partnership between Germany and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

Shell Eyes Return to Ogoni

RoyalDutch/Shell has been pressing the Nigerian government to let it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

Felou Dam Plan Still Marking Time

Now that the European Union has backed out, the World Bank is forced to reduce the scope of the Felou dam project.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

NNPC

The project for a Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) championed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

France Joins Anti-Theft Push

French prime minister Francois Fillon was in Nigeria on May [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Oando Leases Rigs to Agip

The private Nigerian company Oando has just landed a USD [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

NNPC Still Waiting for Loans

Although Royal/Dutch Shell and France’s Total have announced their readiness [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Chris Omerua

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua opened the fourth "International Investment Conference and Exhibition in Nigeria" annual mining fest on May 18 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2009

Russian Oil Pipelines for Total

The Russian company United Metallurgical Company has been contracted by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2009

Saudis Interested in Electricity Sector

A delegation from the private Saudi company Arabian Co for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2009

William Clegg

The object of an extradition procedure to the United States [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2009

Esteban Lazo

Esteban Lazo, vice president of Cuba, was in Abuja on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2009

Orji Uzor Kalu

The former governor of the Nigerian state of Abia and unsuccessful candidate in the presidential elections of 2007 for the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2009

Spotlight
New Management Team Finally in Place

For the past two years, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp (NNPC), the flagship of Nigeria’s oil industry, has been run by interim bosses. A source of considerable uncertainty for oil companies, that situation came to an end last week with [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Oando Stands in for State

The Nigerian group is taking advantage of the poor condition of oil infrastructure to build a new terminal.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

NNPC

The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Co (NNPC) will reportedly drop [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2009

Chinese Firm Tries Hand at Rescuing Steel

Nigeria is pinning its hopes on the development of the new steel making project run by Chinese interests in Gusauin [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.04.2009

Happy Days for Afren

Battered on the stock market since last June, the British junior has come back fighting following a heavy oil find on the Ebok field in Nigeria.