THE ban by the Kenyan government of four-axle trucks is responsible for the fuel shortage in Uganda, clearing agents have said.

ExxonMobil has spent about $3.5 billion in technology applications, research and development.

THERE are indications that some officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are obstructing the oil production aspirations and the local content initiative of the Federal Government - after several upstream projects designed to raise oil output were put

WHEN all else fails, there is the World Bank. Eskom's decision to tap the bank for $5bn is an admission of defeat of sorts.

Eskom has secured a 20-year loan for $500 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to fund a capital expansion programme.

BIG electricity consumers should install capacitor banks to reduce power losses, the energy state minister, Simon D'ujanga, has suggested. Capacitor banks regulate power to buildings.

MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a motion calling Mr. President to direct the Petroleum Training and Development Fund to halt the siting of the proposed National College of Petroleum Studies in Kaduna and relocate same

The Department of Petroleum Resources has assured the people of Gombe State of a hitch free supply of fuel during the forth coming festivities of Sallah and Christmas.

AMID all the economic doom and gloom there is one bit of good news for South African consumers - fuel prices have come off their record highs and seem set to drop further.

The military Joint Task Force (JTF) has warned that after condoning unprovoked attacks from militants for sometime now, they would henceforth be met with an unprecedented and far reaching response.

In 1958, the once docile state of Nigeria, known for its groundnut pyramid in the North and Palm oil in the South, joined the ranks of oil producers after the discovery of the 'gem' in Oloibiri in the Niger Delta,

A member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Eleme Constituency, Hon. Isaac Kamalu has said that the privatisation of Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited by the Federal Government in 2006 has proved to be the right decision and action.

Key stakeholders in Namibia's power sector said the country's electricity industry was not working well, thus the electricity distribution industry needed restructuring.

Nigeria and other shareholders in the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), have spent over $13 billion (aboutN1.5 trillion) on the company's six-train LNG plant.

Another round of fuel scarcity looms in the country as petroleum marketers threaten to stop importation of petroleum product over non payment of import parity accrued to them in the last six months under the Petroleum Support Fund scheme.