Nigeria’s Fuel Exports to Britain Overtake Crude Oil for the First Time Ever
Refined petroleum products have overtaken crude oil as the United Kingdom’s largest goods import from Nigeria, accounting for 47.5% of British goods imports from the country in the year to March 2026, according to UK Department for Business and Trade figures. The UK imported £674.5 million worth of refined petroleum products from Nigeria during the […]
Eni Bets Supercomputers Are the New Drilling Rig, Crediting Exascale Power for African Discoveries
Eni has become the first energy company to cross the exascale computing threshold with the June 2026 launch of HPC7, giving it what it describes as the world’s most powerful privately owned supercomputing platform, ranked sixth globally on the TOP500 list behind only state-funded systems in the US, China and Germany. The company credits its […]
TotalEnergies Opens a New Offshore Frontier in Liberia With Twin Exploration Campaigns
TotalEnergies is running parallel exploration campaigns across two of Liberia’s offshore basins, spanning more than 21,600 square kilometres of frontier deepwater acreage, in a bid to establish Liberia as the Atlantic margin’s next proven hydrocarbon trend. In September 2025, TotalEnergies signed four production sharing contracts for blocks LB-6, LB-11, LB-17 and LB-29 in the southern […]
Egypt, Libya Near $1Bn Pipeline Deal to Bypass Gulf Supply Crunch
Egypt and Libya are edging closer to a landmark deal that would see an 800-kilometre oil pipeline built between Tobruk and Alexandria, opening a direct route for Libyan crude to reach Egyptian refineries. A government source told Asharq Bloomberg, speaking anonymously, that the project carries a price tag above $1 billion, with both nations now […]
Angola Strikes Big as Katambi-2 Well Blows Past Expectations Offshore
Sonangol and Angola’s oil and gas regulator, the National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), have wrapped up drilling and testing on the Katambi-2 appraisal well in Block 24 of the Benguela Basin — and the results are striking. The Seadrill-operated drillship West Gemini, deployed through the Sonadrill joint venture, drilled the well roughly […]
Côte d’Ivoire Refinery Races the Clock to Raise €633m Before 2029 Deadline
Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), which has been refining crude in Abidjan since 1962, is racing to close a €633 million funding gap on a €833 million upgrade before a 2029 commissioning deadline. The African Development Bank has already committed €200 million and taken on the role of mandated lead arranger for a diesel hydrodesulfurisation […]
Sahara Group Deploys New 380,000-Barrel Tanker to Power Up Nigeria’s OML 18
Nigeria-focused producer Sahara Upstream has deployed a new 380,000-barrel tanker, the MT D Adesanya, to boost crude evacuation from Nigeria’s OML 18 as the company works to lift production from 36,000 to 60,000 barrels per day. The medium-range vessel will operate alongside the MT B Bayero at Bonny Anchorage, taking on crude from shuttle vessels […]
Your Guide to Watching the 2026 European Athletics Championships Online for Free
The 2026 European Athletics Championships are almost here, bringing together the continent’s top track and field talent across a full slate of disciplines, from sprints and hurdles to distance running and field events. For fans unable to attend in person, a range of free streaming options make it possible to follow the action live from […]
OpenAI Buys Presentation Startup NextSlide to Sharpen Its Slide-Making Tools
OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup known for its streamlined approach to building presentations, in a move aimed at strengthening its suite of AI-powered tools. The deal brings NextSlide’s team and technology directly into OpenAI’s operations, adding fresh expertise in presentation design and user interface work. NextSlide’s focus on simplifying the process of creating slides […]
As Wildfires Spread Across the Northern Hemisphere, Experts Warn of Serious Health Risks
A brutal wildfire season has swept across parts of Europe, the United States and Canada this summer, with the UK among the hardest hit. More than 21,000 hectares have burned across 66 major fires in the UK by late July, compounded by England and Wales recording their driest July in nearly two centuries and large […]