Oil & Energy

Gunmen kill 5, burn immigration offices in border town – Vanguard

Cameroon and Chad. The market was deserted on Wednesday following the attack. Boko Haram’s increasingly bloody insurgency has left more than 1,000 people dead since mid-2009 in Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer. Most of the …

‘Boko Haram’ kills at least 5 in Nigerian border town: army – Reliefweb.int

Cameroon and Chad. The market was deserted on Wednesday following the attack. Boko Haram’s increasingly bloody insurgency has left more than 1,000 people dead since mid-2009 in Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer. Most of the violence …

BP Bets Namibia Is Next Oi Hot Spot – Stockhouse

Africa’s west coast has seen oil exploration reward Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Mauritania, not to mention OPEC’s Nigeria, and Angola, but for years Namibia has merely watched. That’s because no oil has been found there. All that could change … Continue reading

Tighter Border Procedures Will Not Affect Close Relations With Cameroon, Says Equatorial Guinea – CNBC

“Cameroon is a friend to Equatorial Guinea,” said President … In the late-1990s, American companies helped discover the country’s oil and natural gas resources, which only within the last five years began contributing to the global energy supply.

Kosmos Energy receives oil exploration licenses in Mauritania – Reuters

Kosmos, which is focused on drilling in Western Africa and South America, signed a deal with Cameroon’s state oil company in January. Shares of the company, which have gained 27 percent over the last six months, closed at $12.73 on … Continue reading

Wilson Middle School honor roll – Quad Cities Onlines

1862 — 150 years ago: This will pass for the dark day. This morning between 9 and 10 o’clock it was necessary to light the gas in most business places, printing offices and dwellings on account of the heavy storm … Continue reading

Cameroon: Aseelec Seek Order in the Electricity Sector – AllAfrica.com

The National Bureau of the group of electricity companies met in Douala Tuesday. The Association of Electricity and Water Companies (ASEELEC), a group of about 50 electricity companies, has resolved to instill order in the energy sector. Meeting for the … Continue reading

Service makes old cellphones smarter – Independent Online

Imagine you are in Yokadouma, a rural community in Cameroon with little electricity and inaccessible roads. You have an old, inexpensive cellphone with which you can only make and receive calls. The good news is that it is now possible … Continue reading

Victoria Oil & Gas plc : Application for Listing of shares and Directors’ shares interests – 4-traders (press release)

Victoria Oil & Gas Plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in Cameroon and the FSU, announces that shares have been allotted to certain Directors and employees in lieu of a cash salary for … Continue reading

Europe Factors-Shares set to rise, helped by China data – Reuters UK

France’s Total will be in the spotlight again on Monday, as the company struggles to stop a massive gas leak in the North Sea. On Saturday, Total confirmed that a gas flare, lit during the evacuation to burn off excess … Continue reading