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Oil, gas, power and refining — production, prices and policy.
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EnergyLow
More Middle East oil is moving again, yet prices have gone up. Here is why tanker attacks, shipping costs and trader nerves matter for petrol and Nigeria's oil income.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyLow
The US has lent 400,000 barrels from its emergency oil reserve, now at its lowest since 1982, as Brent passes $117. Here is what that means and why Nigerians should care.
Betini Udom
EnergyLow
Eskom's planned Thyspunt nuclear plant has moved to a full environmental assessment. It is not approval to build. Here is what the step means and what is still unknown.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyMedium
Aliko Dangote has bought about a quarter of Kenya Pipeline for roughly $327M. Here is what the company does, why the stake matters, and what it does not yet tell us about fuel prices.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyHigh
The UK has launched a £2bn Energy Wealth Fund and says it could have had about £1tn if it had saved North Sea oil money. Here is what that means, in plain words.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyMedium
The UK approved the £2.1bn Jackdaw gas field for about 6% of North Sea output. The decision, the contested jobs figures, the Rosebank question and what's next.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyCritical
Houthi strikes have reached Saudi Arabia's Shaybah oilfield and Brent is at $108. Here is what that means, how oil prices travel to Nigeria, and what nobody knows yet.
Janefrances Neche
EnergyHigh
Niger has prohibited exports of petrol and diesel to keep supply at home. The surprise is how little fuel it has to export in the first place.
Betini Udom
EnergyMedium
Host communities gave NNPC and PINL two weeks to pay three months of pipeline surveillance arrears. What the payments are for and why they matter.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
The Aframax Rio burned off Sochi after a reported sea drone strike. Verified facts, the shadow fleet behind it, and what it means for oil and Nigerian fuel.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
NNPC has already been paid for crude it has not yet pumped, and the amount owed in barrels grew by a third last year. Oil money is the single biggest source of federal revenue, so barrels promised to lenders are barrels that cannot fund this year's budget.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
EY's benchmarking study found US oil producers cut capex 49%, reached record output and replaced under 100% of reserves. Full analysis and what it means.
Betini Udom
EnergyLow
Seplat Energy set a record on the NGX. Here is what drove it, what the company actually earned, and what the price pattern says about the market it trades in.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
Reserve Bank economists estimate South Africa's oil import bill ran R76bn ($4.68bn) higher from 2021 to 2024 after refinery closures, with 5,400 jobs lost.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
Dangote Refinery raised its petrol gantry price by ₦85 to ₦1,350 per litre as Brent topped $107. What a gantry price is and how it reaches the pump.
Betini Udom
EnergyHigh
Nigeria's IEA associate status sets the stage to double 5-year energy investments, shifting focus to domestic refining, gas infrastructure, and grid power.
Betini Udom
