International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has signed a contract with Port Autonome de Kribi (PAK) to develop, operate and maintain the Kribi Multipurpose Terminal (KMT) in Cameroon
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Nigeria settles OML 130 Oil Mining Lease dispute
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the government-owned National Oil Company, has reached an agreement with its private sector partners, China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) and South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETROL), to resolve all outstanding issues relating to the development of the Oil Mining Lease, (OML) 130
Nigeria to set up oil and gas museum in Oloibiri
The Nigerian government is setting up an oil and gas museum with private sector participation in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta Area, where Shell D’Arcy, a forerunner of today’s Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC) successfully drilled the first oil well in Nigeria in January 1956
Change of management’s baton at ExxonMobil Nigeria affiliates
Exxon Mobil has announced David Liang as the new chairman and managing director for its three Nigerian affiliates
Mauritius declares state of environmental emergency after oil leak
On 7 August, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, declared a ‘state of environmental emergency’ after a ship landed off the island nations coast started to spill oil