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Total Gabon not Laying Off Employees – MD

In an interview with L'union of Gabon (the government-controlled daily newspaper), Stephen Bassene, Managing Director of Total Gabon, announced that the oil giant would be cutting down investments in 2020,...
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Global Oil Refining Could Rebound in June – IEA

According to the latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the gradual lifting of the lockdowns and the reopening of major economies across the globe is “beginning-a-gradual-but-fragile recover” in...
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Saudi Arabia to Reduce Oil Production – Urges OPEC Member Countries to Follow Suit

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Monday, May 12, 2020, that it had asked Aramco (the country’s oil giant) to cut its output by an additional 1 million barrels...
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Uganda-Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline Construction to Begin in 2021

The Energy Minister of Tanzania, Dr. Medard Kalemani, announced earlier this week that the construction of the  Uganda-Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP), also known as the East African Crude Oil...
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Kachikwu talks African Oil and Gas, COVID19 and the future of energy with Nairametrics

As a past President of OPEC, do you think the cutting of oil production is the lasting solution to the fall in oil prices? If so why, but if not,...
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Musings From My Quiet Place – by Dr. Ibe Kachikwu

Today is Monday, the 4th of May, 2020. We are grateful to God for giving us this day, and seeing us through years past. Finally, after a brief hiatus from...
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National Gas Policy

On the 28th of June, 2017, the Federal Executive Council, approved the National Gas Policy as presented by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu. The...
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