Nigerian state oil firm NNPC has been granted a loan of US$1.5bn by a syndicate of Nigerian and international banks to allow the company pay off its debts to international fuel traders
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Ghana to build US$10 million petroleum studies school
Takoradi Polytechnic, located in Ghanas oil-rich western region, has revealed plans to begin the construction of a US$10mn School of Petroleum Studies in 2013
Oil firms' decisions based on 'untrustworthy' data, claims Oracle study
A survey undertaken by Oracle Corporation has revealed that close to 50 per cent of oil and gas executives have, in the past few years, been making decisions based on data they do not trust
Subsea 7 wins US$150 million Lianzi topside contract
Chevron has awarded UK-based company Subsea 7 an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) topside contract worth US$150mn for the development of the Lianzi field in an unitised offshore zone between Congo-Brazzaville and Angola
Repair work brings five Tunisian wells back online
Maretap has successfully completed a remedial campaign on a number of oil wells in Tunisias Ezzaouia field