SEPLAT ENERGY HITS BILLION-DOLLAR MILESTONE WITH RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Seplat Energy Plc has cemented its position as Nigeria’s premier indigenous energy company, posting revenues of $1.116 billion in 2024 on the back of strong production figures and the game-changing acquisition of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited. Chairman Senator Udoma Udo Udoma described 2024 as “truly transformational,” noting the company achieved 11 million man-hours without lost-time […]
TINUBU BREAKS DEADLOCK, GREENLIGHTS CRUCIAL KOLMANI OIL LICENSES
In a major boost for Nigeria’s energy sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved all critical regulatory licenses needed for the Kolmani Integrated Development Projects, breathing new life into the promising oil fields straddling Bauchi and Gombe States. The announcement came during the groundbreaking ceremony for the permanent site of the Bauchi Oil and Gas […]
BOTSWANA AND NAMIBIA JOIN FORCES ON GAME-CHANGING OIL REFINERY PROJECT
In a landmark development for southern Africa’s energy sector, Botswana and Namibia are exploring a joint venture to build an oil refinery that could reshape the region’s petroleum landscape. The ambitious plan emerged during high-level talks between Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Botswana’s President Duma Boko during a diplomatic visit to Gaborone on Thursday. The […]
EGYPT SCRAMBLES FOR EMERGENCY GAS AMID LOOMING SUMMER CRISIS
Egypt’s state gas company EGAS is racing against time to secure urgent LNG shipments as the country braces for potential power cuts this summer. Saudi Aramco, UAE’s Adnoc, Algeria’s Sonatrach, and QatarEnergy have submitted bids under Egypt’s strict price cap of $14/mn British thermal units. The desperate search comes after Egypt suffered extended blackouts last […]
Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the ‘River of Death’
Hidden beneath the slopes of a lush forest in Alberta, Canada, is a mass grave on a monumental scale. Thousands of dinosaurs were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of utter devastation. Now, a group of palaeontologists have come to Pipestone Creek – appropriately nicknamed the “River of Death” – to help […]
A future on our terms’: how community energy is lighting up Latin America
Small-scale schemes are replacing dirty diesel with clean electricity in remote areas – and ensuring a just transition. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, Roxana Borda Mamani had to leave Mexico, where she was studying for her degree in rural development and food security, and return to her remote village in the Peruvian Amazon. […]
EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place
A worker charges an electric minibus at a factory in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, March 6, 2024. TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese electric vehicles begin to transform transportation in Ethiopia Credit: A worker charges an electric minibus at a factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Long lines have been forming at gas stations in Ethiopia’s […]
China imposes anti-dumping duties on industrial plastics
China announced anti-dumping duties as high as 74.9% Sunday on imports of POM copolymers, a type of engineering plastic, from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan. The Commerce Ministry’s findings conclude a probe launched in May 2024, shortly after the US sharply increased tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, computer chips and other […]
Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win presidential election
Bucharest Mayor and independent presidential candidate Nicusor Dan and his wife Mirabela Gradinaru are seen after voting at a polling station in Fagaras, central Romania on May 18, 2025. Bucharest Mayor and independent presidential candidate Nicusor Dan and his wife Mirabela Gradinaru are seen after voting at a polling station in Fagaras, central Romania on […]
World Metrology Day – The Power of Measurement for Peace and Progress
May 20 – African Peace Organization “On World Metrology Day, we recognize the power of measurement in building trust, fostering innovation, and promoting peace across Africa and the world.”— African Peace Organization Each year on May 20, we observe World Metrology Day — commemorating the Metre Convention of 1875, a historic agreement that laid the […]