The former chairman of DESOPADEC has called for 12 modular refineries to be established in the core Niger Delta states
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ENOC inaugurates facility in North Africa
Emirates National Oil Company has inaugurated a new US$180mn facility in Tangier, Morocco
Asia buys record oil volumes from Africa
Asias imports of crude from West Africa are at record highs as sanctions on Iran cut supplies from the Islamic Republic to China
US$600mn refinery bolsters Zambian government drive
A US$600mn oil refinery is to be established in Ndola on the Zambian Copperbelt under a public private partnership to augment the government’s efforts to find a long-term solution to high fuel prices and shortages
Equatorial Guinea and Swaziland in crude oil deal
Equatorial Guinea has agreed to supply Swaziland with crude oil in a recent deal between President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and King Mswati III of Swaziland