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Nigeria Proposes Reform of Oil Industry

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s efforts to reform the oil and gas industry have the potential to upset the fragile Nigerian internal political balance among the regions, ethnic and religious groups, and patronage networks,...

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Nigeria: Delta Inaugurates Committee on Gas Master Plan

Asaba — A thirteen-man Working Committe on Delta State government and NNPC Gas Master Plan has been inaugurated in Asaba. Inaugurating the commit-tee, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan said his admin-istration was committed to...

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Nigeria: Oiling Democracy, 49 Years After

Former Head of State, Ernest Shonekan, is not known for criticising the Federal Government in public. He, however, sang a different lullaby penultimate week when he declared that the government had in the last 10 years wasted...

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Nigeria: PIB - the Issues, Politics And Pitfalls

The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is the first attempt of the Federal Government to consolidate all the current laws in the petroleum industry into one document, thus serving as an all encompassing piece of legislation, in an...

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EU, Russia struggle for stake in trans-Saharan gas pipeline

Brussels and Moscow want in on a deal between Nigeria, Niger and Algeria to construct a 4000-kilometer pipeline for natural gas. It could be a very lucrative venture, but it's also comes with some serious risks.

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Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal $10 bn gas pipeline deal!

Abuja, July 04: Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a USD 10-billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. The project will convey gas destined for the European market...

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Namibia: Nam Uranium Central in Medvedev's Tour

AN agreement between giant financier Gazprombank and the national petroleum corporation Namcor is one of the deals expected to be signed between Namibia and Russia when Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and his high-level...

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Oil Producers Blame FG's 'Greed' for Gas Flaring

The nation's oil producers under the aegis of Oil Producers Trade Sector (OPTS) have said Federal Government's penchant for greed is responsible for the continued gas flaring in the oil-rich Niger Delta region

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Medvedev Trip Looks to Secure Africa's Riches

23 June 2009By Maria Antonova / The Moscow TimesPresident Dmitry Medvedev is embarking Tuesday on a four-day African tour, beginning with a visit to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before moving on to Nigeria, Namibia and...

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An Encounter With Kidnapped Filipino Ship Captain

Napoleon Emphasis was the captain of an oil tanker ship, MC Spirit chartered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to bring 20,000 metric tonnes of refined petrol (PMS) to the country on Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

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