Almost twenty years ago, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo began efforts at building a common gas pipeline project that will serve the energy needs of countries in the sub-region. The construction started in 2005 amidst much expectation particularly in Ghana,

The West Africa Gas Pipeline Authority (WAGPA) says it is not to blame for the delay in gas flow. Rather, damages to portions of the pipeline are the cause of the delay, officials told journalists at a briefing session during

SADC Member States are slowly warming up to wider adoption of cleaner energy sources that result in less carbon emissions in line with new trends in the global energy sector. Following a presentation by a consultant during the Energy Ministers

Last week President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the 13MW Bugoye Hydro Power Plant in Kasese.

THE Government is considering waiving duty on fuel imports during the period of the Indeni Oil Refinery shutdown and has asked Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to join in the sourcing of finished products.

Public hearings into Eskom's proposed 45 percent tariff hike application are to be held in January 2010, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) announced on Thursday.

IN THE past year Eskom has made an unwelcome entry into the financial reports of a number of companies as business comes to terms with the reality that the era of cheap electricity is behind us.

As part of the effort to boost water and electricity supply to the people, the Kano State Government, yesterday, inaugurated the boards of the two parastatals.

The question of our abundant human and natural resources are no longer in doubt. What is in doubt is how to harness these potentials for the greatness of our people, and the development of the country and the continent at

For hours yesterday, safety was compromised at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, as power failure hit the fire department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), located close to the presidential wing of the airport.

Introduction The latest news in Ghana's hydrocarbon industry is the agreement signed between oil giant, ExxonMobil with Kosmos to buy Kosmos's interest in Ghana's Jubilee Field at US$4 billion, which shows the growing interest in Ghana and its potential contribution

The Federal Government Thursday denied that it would commence the long awaited deregulation policy of the petroleum downstream sector by November 1, even though the policy was long overdue for the country.

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwanu Lukman, has given assurance that the deregulation policy, would be implemented in the best interest of Nigerians.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry(LCCI) recently, in Abuja, urged the Federal Government to tackle the lingering power generation, supply and distribution nightmare which has bedevilled the growth and development of the economy.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), continued to talk tough yesterday, threatening to resume attacks on oil installations as a unilateral three-month ceasefire ended last night.

ALUMINIUM producer Rio Tinto Alcan has scrapped plans to build a multibillion-rand aluminium smelter at Coega near Port Elizabeth due to concerns about security of electricity supply and Eskom's proposed hefty tariff increases.

JUST when the hue and cry over inflation targeting appears to have died down, the spectre of scarily steep electricity price hikes is threatening to drag the bitter debate back into the limelight.

Shareholders of Total Kenya are set to approve the acquisition of Total Marketing Kenya Ltd, the subsidiary created by its parent company, to acquire Chevron operations in Kenya and Uganda.

Many Ugandans believe that solar is too expensive, without pausing to evaluate its goodness and current status in global terms. This is largely due to uninformed prejudices and lack of locally installed working solar models. Apart from the fact that

President John Evans Atta Mills has re-echoed government's position to ensure that the country's oil find benefits all Ghanaians.