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Uncertainty over Shell’s blocks

Companies seeking to buy RoyalDutch/Shell’s stakes on OML 30, 34, 40 and 42 remain on tenterhooks after submitting their bids [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.2011

Shell, Total & ENI in dock

Three big European oil companies will soon find themselves being [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.2011

Pipeline Hitches

Mart Resources and its Nigerian partner Midwestern haven’t been able [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.2011

Eighteen suitors for Shell's OMLs

Following Total's refusal to dispose of it minority stakes in OML 30 and 34, the block drawing the most attention in Shell's disinvestment program has been OML 42.

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2011

NNPC could grab OML 42

Shell is selling its stakes on OML 42 but the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp is thinking of exercising its preemption [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2011

Tim Okon

Tim Okon, who is in charge of the Nigerian National [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2011

Australian offensive on unexplored north

Australian Mines has confirmed its interest in exploring for gold and base metals in North Nigeria. The country’s mineral potential [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

SEMS Exploration Services in Mauritania and Liberia

SEMS Exploration Services, a geological and mining consultancy for the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

Petroci boss turns to Mariya Dantata

As part of ongoing efforts to find alterative sources of [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2011

Lukoil sees buying opportunities

Failing in its efforts to increase operations in Russia, where it finds itself competing against state-owned Gazprom, Lukoil is thinking of investing more in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Total throws spanner into sale

Just as the deadline for bids was closing, Total forced Shell to change the rules of the game with regards the disposal of its concessions in the Niger delta.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Grynberg keeps plugging away

Although a first ruling deprived him of rights on a concession in Central African Republic, Jack Grynberg is continuing his battle against Bangui before the ICSID.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

LNG in return for votes

Ogun and Ondo states are to follow Bayelsa in becoming shareholders in a gas liquefaction plant. Nigeria’s president is seeking to drum up votes in the Delta region.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

NLNG seeking USD 2 bn

Standard Chartered Bank is currently putting together a USD 2 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Timi Alaibe

Timi Alaibe, former adviser for the Niger Delta region to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Austen Oniwon

Austen Oniwon, the chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2011

Spotlight
Shell to be grilled by Dutch legislators

For the first time ever in the Netherlands, the Dutch parliament in The Hague will examine Royal/Dutch Shell ’s operations in the Niger Delta at a hearing on January 26. The Hague is also the historical headquarters of the Anglo-Dutch [.