Despite price, future of Nigeria oil sector cloudy Mail Guardian South Africa Record oil prices should mean boom times for Nigeria's oil industry, but rising militant violence, labour unrest and years of government neglect cast a shadow over its future. | Africa's largest oil producer saw its two million barrel-a-day production halved last month by an eight-day strike at Unit...
Nigeria: A symbol of hope Gulf News | Seen from the porthole of a Super Puma helicopter skimming over the Atlantic, the future of African oil exploration appears for a second like a giant, fire-breathing dragon. | Towering 12 storeys above the waters off Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell's mammoth Bonga facility puffs a constant plume of fla...
China says 3 of its construction workers abducted in Nigeria have been freed International Herald Tribune | : Three Chinese construction workers who were abducted in southern Nigeria's troubled oil region have been released, the government said Saturday. | The Chinese were freed Friday after three days in captivity, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang sa...
China says 3 of its construction workers abducted in Nigeria have been freed Star Tribune | BEIJING - Three Chinese construction workers who were abducted in southern Nigeria's troubled oil region have been released, the government said Saturday. | The Chinese were freed Friday after three days in captivity, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin...
Despite price, future of Nigeria oil sector cloudy Mail Guardian South Africa Record oil prices should mean boom times for Nigeria's oil industry, but rising militant violence, labour unrest and years of government neglect cast a shadow over its future. | Africa's largest oil producer saw its two million barrel-a-day productio...
Nigeria oil rebels considering Obama truce appeal Mail Guardian South Africa Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by United States presidential hopeful Barack Obama. | The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) h...
Nigeria oil rebels considering Obama truce appeal The Times Of India | LAGOS: Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. | The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger De...
Nigeria oil rebels say mulling Obama truce appeal The Boston Globe | LAGOS (Reuters) - Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama. | The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Del...
Oil tops record $US123 The Australian | GLOBAL oil prices hit new highs overnight at over $123 ($131) a barrel, despite a large rise in US crude inventories and a stronger US dollar, which hurt precious and industrial metals. US crude prices settled up $US1.69 at $US1.24 a barrel, after ...
Global Energy Forum Shows Microsoft Solutions in Oil and Gas Industry All Africa Last week the first Microsoft Middle East and Africa Global Energy Forum brought more than 300 decision-makers from oil and gas companies across the region to the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. | ...
Oil surges to US$122 on supply fears, weak dollar Hong Kong Standard US crude oil futures surged to a record US$122 (HK$951.60) yesterday, on the weak dollar, supply concerns about Nigeria and Iran, and a forecast from Goldman Sachs stating prices could surge to US$150-US$200 because of lagging supply growth. | //--> ...
World oil prices at new record above 120 dollars Turkish Press | File photo shows peak hour traffic passing a petrol station in Kuala Lumpur. World oil prices hit a new record above 120 dollars a barrel as concerns over the US economy eased | (AFP/File) | World oil reached a new record price above 120 dollars a ...
Breeding toxins from dead PCs The Guardian | Children are dying to clear up the developed world's discarded computers , | Thousands of discarded computers from western Europe and the US arrive in the ports of west Africa every day, ending up in massive toxic dumps where children burn and pull...
Stronger US dollar sees oil ease back NZ Herald | Oil fell yesterday after topping US$126 a barrel last week, as the market focused on a stronger US dollar and put aside supply worries for now. | US light crude for June delivery fell US54c to US$125.42 a barrel. It had struck a new record high of US$126.27 on Friday, thanks to fuel supply concerns and a rush of speculator buying. | London Brent ...
Greenpeace: Japanese ship's crew stole whale meat CNN | TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Greenpeace filed a criminal complaint with Japanese prosecutors Thursday, accusing whaling-ship crew members of stealing whale meat from a hunting trip. | The environmental group said "large-scale embezzlement" was allowed as an "open secret" by the Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan. The body oversees Japanese whale hu...
