Aliko Dangote.
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Dangote refinery will reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported petroleum products and create jobs. But it may not be the best for the environment.
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A key issue for African countries is: how to contribute towards averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development.
Ghana has considerable oil deposits.
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Disagreements and political considerations override the common good in managing Ghana’s petroleum sector
Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria protest over crude oil theft.
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Insecurity of assets and life with declining capacity for technical and market production are responsible for Nigeria’s low crude oil production.
A view of the oil refinery on Khark Island, located 25km off the coast of Iran.
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With accelerating climate change making the need to decarbonise clearer by the day, two oil-dependent countries weigh how to preserve and present their historical fossil fuel infrastructure.
Firefighters putting out a fire at an Engen oil refinery on 4 December 2020 in Durban, South Africa.
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Refinery closures in South Africa are shots fired in the long running contestation between the oil refiners and the government, which has been trying to introduce cleaner fuels.
Hopefully, we aren’t actually what we eat.
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Oil is used throughout the US economy. It goes into packaging, toys, clothing and especially the food we eat.
Fuel scarcity in Nigeria causes untold hardship to people and negatively impacts the economy.
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As a short term measure, modular refineries may help Nigeria with its fuel crisis. It is however not likely to be a long term solution.
The oil industry was aware of the risks of climate change decades ago.
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Transcripts and internal documents show how the industry shifted from leading research into fossil fuels’ effect on the climate to sowing doubt about science.
Nigeria has a new law to regulate its oil industry
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Nigeria’s new petroleum law will make its petroleum industry as competitive and attractive to investors as its peers.
The “Big Inch” oil pipeline at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, around 1943.
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Proposals for new oil and gas pipelines can generate intense debate today, but during World War II the US built an oil pipeline more than 1,300 miles long in less than a year.
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Renewables form an ever-greater share of the electricity mix. But elsewhere in the energy sector – in transport, industry and buildings – emissions reduction is very slow.
Regulations have an accountability problem.
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An economist and an environmental law expert explain why a tax is more palatable to the industry and better for the public than regulation.
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Decommissioning offshore structures is expensive and environmentally damaging – so why is it illegal to leave them where they are?
Ghana is still finding ways of maximising its oil wealth.
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Oversight over how Ghana’s oil wealth is spent has become more important than ever.
On July 21, 2019, Iranian Revolutionary Guards patrolled near the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero , anchored off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
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The assassination of the Iranian general could have lasting effects on energy markets. Which countries could benefit from it and which could be negatively affected?
Here’s … Donny.
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From May 2, any countries buying oil from Iran can expect US sanctions.
The future looks bleak.
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The world’s most oil-abundant nation is heading for energy consumption levels not seen since the 1990s.
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It’s too soon for South Africa to start counting its chickens over the recent offshore gas find by global energy giant Total.
Ford’s F-150 trucks are more popular when gas costs less.
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Drivers buy less gas when filling the tank burns holes in their wallets.