Oil

China big oil firms on edge over U.S. disclosure – Marketwatch

Several American oil companies have asked SEC to exempt from the rules their projects in countries including China, Brazil, Angola, Cameroon and Qatar. They argue the U.S. disclosure measure could conflict with rules requiring oil company …

Ask India to abolish death penalty, UK Sikh body tells British PM – Times of India

AMRITSAR: UK-based Sikh NGO, United Sikhs, has asked UK Prime Minister David Cameroon to call on India to abolish … The volunteers of the organization presented an oil painting made by an artist trained at the Slade School of Art … Continue reading

Victoria Oil & gas set for re-rating if production targets are met, says Edison – proactiveinvestors.com

Edison Investment Research reckons shares in Victoria Oil & Gas (LON:VOG) are due for a re-rating if the Cameroon operating gas group hits its production targets this year. Vixtoria’s flagship asset is the Logbaba gas project in Cameroon, where it … Continue reading

Chad: Oil Wealth Brings Only Superficial Change – AllAfrica.com

It has not been easy. When Chad’s oil project came on-stream in 2003 an agreement had been drawn up with the World Bank, which funded the construction of a pipeline built to Cameroon so the oil could be exported, with … Continue reading

Sterling Energy plc : Interim Management Statement – 4-traders (press release)

400 metres to 2,000 metres. The Company holds a 50% non-operated working interest in the Ntem licence, following the introduction in 2011 of Murphy Cameroon Oil Co. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, a successful deep-water operator …

U.S. says Boko Haram plans attacks on Nigerian capital – YAHOO!

Cameroon and Niger. Boko Haram shot dead two people on Monday in Maiduguri, where it has carried out almost daily attacks in recent months. President Goodluck Jonathan, who is a Christian from the southern oil-producing Niger Delta, has been criticized … Continue reading

Scraping the Bottom – Huffington Post

Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and other countries with oil reserves, have investigated the possibility of setting up similar schemes as an alternative to traditional aid.” It’s one thing to pay Ecuador or Gabon to show restraint. But what will it take … Continue reading

Plexus extends Bowleven dealings – Upstream Online

UK-based engineering company Plexus Holdings will supply wellhead equipment for appraisal drilling wells to an arm of Cameroon-focused Bowleven under … the company make inroads to the West African oil and gas markets. Plexus signed a deal to supply …

15 European countries apply for Tehran’s oil show despite sanctions – Presstv

Eshaq Rouyvar, director of the 17th Iranian oil show Despite the European Union’s sanctions … Oman, Finland, Kazakhstan, Cameroon, Canada, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Mongolia, Mexico, and Nigeria have registered” to take part in the exhibition, Rouyvar …

Death toll from attack on Nigerian border town rises to 10 – Reliefweb.int

Banki has a popular market patronised by traders from Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad. 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. Criminal gangs have …