- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
The 12 March deal between Juba and Khartoum now looks as if will restore South Sudan’s major source of government income – oil
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
Oil production from Unity State is expected to begin in ‘about three weeks’, said a source close to the deal on 12 March. Fields in Upper Nile, meanwhile, are expected to take ‘about seven weeks’ to come on stream. When the first agreement on resuming oil...
- Vol 54 No 5
- 1st March 2013
Concern is growing in the Niger Delta over the fate of the charitable trust set up with US$5 million of the 2009 $15.5 mn. settlement that Shell made with the relatives of the late Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and others. The state hanged Saro-Wiwa and h...
- Vol 53 No 5
- 2nd March 2012
New US laws and planned European regulations are coming under fire from well-organised oil and mining lobbyists
- Vol 52 No 17
- 26th August 2011
A huge payout by Shell for spilling oil will not necessarily help those who suffered from the environmental damage
- Vol 52 No 17
- 26th August 2011
As the Bodo case was being settled, a damning United Nations report estimated the cost of an environmental clean-up in Ogoni at US$1 billion over up to 30 years. The report airs many of the issues involved in the cycle of blame, including the extent to wh...
- Vol 52 No 14
- 8th July 2011
The Chairman of the Board of the Société africaine de raffinage (SAR) is Serigne Mboup, a one-time ally of former Prime Minister Macky Sall, who is expected to challenge President Abdoulaye Wade at the next election.
- Vol 52 No 6
- 18th March 2011
Pressure is growing for greater accountability and
transparency in oil and mining operations, especially in Africa, due to
the strengthening of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
and the imminent application of the United States’ Dodd-Fr...
- Vol 50 No 23
- 20th November 2009
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s government is trying to win support for its new oil law by offering Delta communities a stake in the business
- Vol 50 No 23
- 20th November 2009
The differences seem to be narrowing between the presidency and the critical stakeholders: indigenous and international oil companies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service. The joint Senate committee on...