Oil & Energy

Wind power: why the MPs have written to the Prime Minister – Daily Telegraph

By 2020, 40 per cent of all UK electricity should come from ‘low carbon’ sources, of which wind energy will be a major contributor. The Labour government had pledged to cut carbon emissions by a third between 1990 and 2020 … Continue reading

Afren explores new oil and gas frontiers – Daily Telegraph

The boss of oil explorer Afren also believes Britain is riskier than … His own journeying, begun with trips to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo and Ivory Coast during his eight years working for the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, has given … Continue reading

Cameroon: Govt Wants Chad Oil Contract Renegotiated – AllAfrica.com

Yaounde — Cameroon wants a new contract with Chad over transportation of oil. Since October 3, 2003 when Chadian crude oil started transiting through Cameroon, the government has earned a total of $171 million (Sh14,877bn) by way of charges to … Continue reading

hosts Equatorial Guinea seek another Nations Cup upset – Worldnews.com

The country consists of a mainland territory, Río Muni, which is bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east … The tension may be rooted in power shift arising from the dramatic increase in oil production which … Continue reading

Cameroon: Fake police officer arrested – AllAfrica.com

The incident followed that a gang of unidentified men had earlier broke into and cleared the packing store of hundreds of oil paints at about 8 am. Informed neighbours mobilised amass against the gang of armed thieves who abandoned yet … Continue reading

Equatorial Guinea hope to upset mighty Ivory Coast – Worldnews.com

The country consists of a mainland territory, Río Muni, which is bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east … The tension may be rooted in power shift arising from the dramatic increase in oil production which … Continue reading

Analysis – Africa’s big guns caught resting on laurels – Reuters UK

Morocco, another of the pre-tournament favourites, also fell at the first hurdle along with oil-rich Angola … countries suffer from less of the in-fighting which plagues Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal. Equatorial Guinea’s government has …

Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri – Today’s Zaman

“Two Airforce personnel and two civilians were shot dead in Gomari ward, another was shot dead at the market today while the sixth person was shot dead in front of a mosque in Gamboru-Ngala, a border town with Cameroon … … Continue reading

Ghana: Petroleum Price Subsidy Unavoidable but Who Pays for It? – AllAfrica.com

when crude oil prices rose above $140 per barrel. Other countries that abandoned their formula during the period included Malawi, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tunisia …

Equatorial Guinea coach Gilson Paulo receives one-year contract extension – Worldnews.com

The country consists of a mainland territory, Río Muni, which is bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the … rooted in power shift arising from the dramatic increase in oil production which has occurred since 1997.