ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC (RDSA) has signed a deal for a $101mn pipeline project in Nigeria aimed at delivering gas as the government seeks to further exploit its huge natural reserves, the company said Monday.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN Petroleum Retailers Association (SAPRA) has endorsed Petro.t.ex Africa to support the launch of Forecourt Africa, a component show of the Petro.t.ex Africa exhibition. Petro.t.ex Africa takes place from 7 to 9 June 2011 at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg.

EVEN IF A number of new African refinery projects and upgrades materialise, they will fail to halt the rapidly growing gap between refinery output and demand for clean products, according to international oil industry consultancy CITAC Africa LLP, which specialises in the African market.

GHANA WILL SHIP 13 additional cargoes of crude from its offshore Jubilee field by August 1, according to a loading schedule released by the state-owned Ghana National Petroleum Corp.