ENGEN has taken over TOTAL Rwanda, Jan Theys, the regional manager, has said.

Nigeria's power generation problems may worsen following the shutting down of a major gas facility belonging to Anglo Dutch giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), at Soku, the country's oil and gas nerve center.

THREE sites have been identified as "highly potential" for electricity production, industry and agriculture.

MAKERERE University is to introduce a new programme, Petroleum Geosciences and Engineering, next academic year, the vice-chancellor has said.

Angolan Government Wednesday in Luanda approved a new composition for the managing board of the State-run oil company "Sonangol-E.P", keeping Manuel Vicente as its chairman.

Government will appoint a new sub-contractor to undertake one of the five sections of the over sh27.6b ($14m) Nyagak Hydro-Dam project in Nebbi district due to the delay of the dam (reservoir) construction.

WHEN the 50megawatt Aggreko Thermal Power Station in Mutundwe, Rubaga Division, was switched on mid this year, the intention was to increase power production by using heavy fuel oils.

AL-HAJJI Badru Kaweesa is the chairman of Kisenyi Millers Association and he has always been proud of his thriving maize milling business until two years ago.

The Council of Minister Wednesday here approved the National Contingency Plan against Oil Spills on the Sea, aiming at endowing the country with a national system and a date-base that identify and update clearly the areas of greater environmental and

The $3.5 billion (about N405.9 billion) East Area Projects operated by Mobil Producing Nigeria, an ExxonMobil affiliate was officially commissioned Tuesday in Eket has increased crude oil output, increased oil reserve, monetized flared gas volumes and increase in Nigerian Content

The Federal Government yesterday threatened that Nigeria may stop further cuts in crude oil production as directed by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) if other member countries within the cartel fail to obey the directives.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has said the Federal Government had put policies in place to reform the mineral sector and make Nigeria the preferred destination for global mining investment capital.

I have a sense of ambivalence about writing this article. One is a feeling of foreboding I expressed last year concerning high oil prices. The other is that the crash happened too soon before any plan conceived to ameliorate its

National President of the Urhobo Development Association (UDA), Chief Thomas Essi says the Urhobo ethnic nationality in Delta State is entitled to free electricity supply to all its towns and villages because the people have sacrificed their lands and waters

KEATON Energy Holdings, which listed on the JSE in April, was holding enough money to develop its most important project, at Delmas in Mpumalanga, to produce 2-million tons of coal a year, it said yesterday.

Nigeria will no longer comply with any directive from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for a further reduction in its production quota unless it is established that other OPEC members complied with earlier directive for such cuts.

Governor Olusegun Agagu of Ondo State has resolved the crisis over the chairmanship of the Ondo State Oil-Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), by re-appointing Chief Adewale Omojuwa to the position.

An official from the Ministry of Infrastructure in charge of geothermal development has revealed that Rwanda is ready to utilise underground energy sources.

Ascot Africa Limited, a holding company for complementary businesses and services in the oil and gas sector, has formally unveiled its corporate identity.