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Nigeria Serves Shell $3.9 Billion Damage Tab

In Nigeria the country’s National Assembly has determined that Royal Dutch Shell should pay up $3.9 billion in damages for the 2011 Bonga oil spill offshore Nigeria. The National Assembly’s non-binding assessment was determined after years of analysis by various Nigerian state agencies. Shell declined to comment. The company has previously said it took responsibility […]

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Uganda/Kenya Pipeline Design Gig Goes to Toyota Tsusho

New developments have been seen on the proposed pipeline from Uganda to Kenya with the awarding of a design contract. Japan’s Toyota Tsusho won the design contract for the oil export pipeline that will take Ugandan crude to the Kenyan coast. Crude production from Uganda is expected in 2018. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda opened a […]

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Lack of Petroleum Distribution Infrastructure can Slow African Growth Prospects

Release The risk of African economic growth being constrained by a lack of efficient and safe distribution of petroleum products was highlighted by all speakers at the inaugural Storage & Distribution Forum organized by the African Refiners Association (ARA) in Abidjan the 18/19th November 2014. The Forum concluded that: There needed to be a regional, […]

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