Oil

Victoria Oil & Gas (LON:VOG) has appointed Neil Kendrick to the management as a director of projects primarily to help the company build the thermal and power business in Cameroon. Kendrick has previously served in several senior management and executive … Continue reading →

Cameroon, Ghana, Togo and Sierra Leone. Its customers in this segment include many of the world’s leading chocolate manufacturers. In addition to a strong presence in agricultural commodities, Noble is also active in oil, gas, carbon credit trading …

The largest oil spill in fresh water was caused by a Shell Petroleum tanker in the Río de la Plata, off Magdalena, on January 15, 1999, polluting the environment, drinking water, and local wildlife. The hottest and coldest temperature extremes … Continue reading →

Africa is one of the world’s most resource-rich areas, and BowLeven (LSE: BLVN) is focused on the West African state of Cameroon. It has significant oil and gas resources in this area, and a fully funded exploration programme to develop … Continue reading →

For the first time since the 2003 U.S. invasion, Iraqi oil output has reached the heights of the Saddam … The footage shows eight of the gorillas making their way through a forest in Cameroon. Researchers estimate that only about … Continue reading →

It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely … Continue reading →

In addition, our exciting 2012 exploration campaign is just in front of us, with a number of impactful prospects in the near-term between our Ghana and Cameroon programs.” First quarter 2012 oil revenues were $116 million, up 25 percent from … Continue reading →

In 2007, officials reported no survivors in the crash of a Kenyan Airlines plane that went down in a Cameroon mangrove swamp with 114 … In 2010, as the massive Gulf of Mexico oil leak, gushing an estimated 210,000 gallons … Continue reading →

A string of bombings and shootings in the last five days has dampened hopes that arrests and killings of Boko Haram members by the military in recent weeks had stemmed its ability to carry out large-scale attacks in Africa’s largest … Continue reading →

A few years ago Nigeria took the issue of its dispute with neighbouring Cameroon over the oil-rich Bokassa peninsular to the Court. It lost and President Olusegun Obasanjo gracefully turned over the territory to Cameroon. China also refuses to use … Continue reading →