Nigeria
Industry
African explorer Afren wants to continue expanding its business over the next year with one to two acquisitions, with company looking particularly to expand in Nigeria, CEO Osman Shahenshah...
2010-08-05Industry
Septa Energy, a Nigerian subsidiary of UK-based Seven Energy, is set to undertake a US$1bn domestic gas project that will provide a major boost to the country's languishing efforts...
2010-07-22Industry
Nigeria's Zamfara State is planning to build a 200,000 barrel per day (b/d) refinery that would reduce northern Nigeria's dependence on oil products transported from the south and centre...
2010-07-21Industry
France's Total has replaced fellow major Chevron in the offshore Joint Development Zone (JDZ) shared by Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe. Exploration activity in the JDZ has failed...
2010-07-16Industry
Reuters report has claimed that three Nigerian refining projects will come onstream in 2014, a year earlier than originally reported.
2010-07-07Companies
Nigeria will stop granting local content waivers to international oil companies (IOCs) at the end of a three-year grace period following passage of a local content bill, according a...
2010-06-23Companies
Lagos-based energy company Sunrise has offered $4.8bn to buy a stake in ExxonMobil's Nigerian joint venture (JV), the Financial Times reported on June 15.
2010-06-15Industry
Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell will invest US$2bn on projects aimed at cutting its rate of gas flaring in the Niger Delta by three quarters, according to a May 19 company press...
2010-05-20
