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Nigeria: Oil, Gas Not Real Wealth - LNG Boss
The managing director of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, Engr Chimaobi Ibeneche, has identified productive capacity underpinned by a virile human capital as the real wealth of Nigeria.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Oct-2008 12:00

Nigeria: New Power Plant for Kaduna, Kano And Katsina
To drive the economic potentials of the North, plans are at an advanced stage to build two power plants for Kaduna, Kano and Katsina axis. Phase one of the project to be located in Kaduna is expected to generate 1000 MW of electricity solely dedicated to serve the three states and environs with an envisaged 1000 MW expansion plant in Kano under the phase two.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Oct-2008 12:00

Nigeria: FG, France Sign Pact On Power Generation, Trade
The Nigerian government, for through the Ministry of State Energy (Power), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of France's Ministry for Trade, to pave way for French companies and private investors to participate in the development of the Nigerian economy, especially the power sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Oct-2008 11:50

Uganda: Drop in Fuel Prices Excites Motorists
Motorists in Uganda are reaping dividends of the rapid fall in world oil prices but oil companies in the country warn the honeymoon could be short-lived as fluctuation in exchange rates could once again push up the pump rates.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Oct-2008 11:35

Nigeria: Ship-Loads of Kerosene Waiting to Berth At Oil Terminals
Nine vessels laden with 75,050.598 metric tonnes of kerosene are waiting at the country's territorial waters to discharge its contents.
Source : AllAfrica | 11-Oct-2008 11:05

Kenya: Power - It's Time to Go Nuclear, But We Must Do It Right
It is said that the amount of electricity you consume shows your standard of living.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 20:54

Africa: World Food Day Stresses Climate Change And Bioenergy Effects On Poor
Climate change and bioenergy are the focus of this year's World Food Day activities, expected to involve over 150 countries. FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 15:48

Nigeria: Desopadec to Open Liaison Offices in Host Communities
POISED to render quality service to oil bearing communities in Delta State, the State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC has restated its plans to open liaison officers in all the oil producing ethnic nationalities in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 15:25

Nigeria: Yar'Adua Independence Day Speech - So Much to Ponder
With crippling power crisis, failed basic infrastructure and rising cost of refined petroleum products, it is agitating to the ears to hear the President say that the economy is growing at seven percent.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 15:13

Fuel Prices to Drop Again
FUEL prices will drop next week, bringing welcome relief to farmers, the transport industry and car owners.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 14:36

Rwanda: Ministry to Put Efforts in Power Transmission
After years of concentrating on power generation, government has turned its focus on rolling-out power transmission in a bid to increase connectivity.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 13:51

Nigeria: At Last, Elumelu Submits Power Probe Report
Nine months after it was mandated to probe alleged expenditure of $16 billion by former President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration on power sector between 1999 and 2007, the House of Representatives Committee on Power finally presented its report to the House on Thursday.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 13:35

Nigeria: Oil Workers Oppose Planned Sale of PPMC, NGC
National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and the Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have expressed disgust at the planned sale of the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC).
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 13:35

Nigeria: Nigeria - Just Potentials @ 48
Forty-eight years of Nigeria were satisfactorily exhausted on enunciating the country's potentials.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 13:04

South Africa: Momentary Anguish at Sasol's Dip
WHEN the JSE is in free-fall, I am forced to remind myself that the Private Investor's gains and losses are on paper only.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 13:02

Nigeria: Timely Release of Subsidy 'll Encourage Investors - Nerc
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says timely release of the Electricity Subsidy Fund from the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) will be an incentive to investors.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:58

Namibia: Minister Confirms Lower Fuel Price
The Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday confirmed that fuel would go down on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:58

Nigeria: Petroleum Groups Give Government 14 -Day Ultimatum
Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG), and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), joint group executive councils of the NNPC, have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if after 14 days the Federal Government fails to reverse the proposed sale of the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC), and the National Gas Company (NGC).
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:42

Nigeria: Bauchi Govt Plans N1.5 Billion Power Plant
Worried by the epileptic power supply in the state, the Bauchi State government is making arrangement to procure a gas power plant from the German government for electricity supply to the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:41

Zambia: PF Wants Oil Pipeline From Angola
THE Patriotic Front (PF), if elected into power, has pledged to put up an oil pipeline from Angola to Zambia's North-Western Province and a refinery to supplement Indeni Oil Refinery in addressing fuel shortages.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:41

Nigeria: Karu Residents Bemoan Power Outage
The residents of New-Karu Local Government of Nasarawa State have expressed their disappointment at the epileptic supply of electricity in the area by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:33

South Africa: 'Paraffin Mafia' Bosses Set to Make a Killing
SASOL may have been branded the "paraffin mafia" after competition authorities in the European Union (EU) found the company to have been the leader of a cartel, but the local directors are probably going to benefit.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:23

Nigeria: PPMC, NGC Sale - NNPC Workers Give FG 14-Day Ultimatum
The two in-house workers' unions representing the 9,000 workforce of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government if within these two weeks the Federal Government does not make a clear statement on the proposed sales of the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC).
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:22

Tanzania: Artumas to Increase Output At Mnazi Bay
The Artumas Group plans to carry out additional gas drilling in the Mnazi Bay fields in Mtwara region in order to meet the government's intentions of commercialising the gas for the country's economic development.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:17

Liberia: Govt Announces Reduction in Petroleum Price
The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Commerce in consultation with the Management of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) has announced additional reductions in the cost of petroleum products.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 12:00

Nigeria: Brass LNG, OKLNG Take-Off Date Shaky
Hopes that the multi-billion dollar Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and the Olokola LNG (OKLNG) projects would come on stream latest by 2011 may have been dashed following Federal Government's decision to place priority on gas for domestic power supply.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:50

Nigeria: FG, France Sign MoU On Power
The Federal Government and France on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral relations aimed at developing Nigeria 's power sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:50

Nigeria: Firm Plans Power Plant in 3 Northern States
In its bid to crystallise exploitation of economic potentials of the north, a frontline indigenous power firm, the Geometric Power Limited, has unveiled plans to build two power generating plants in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:50

Nigeria: Freeplay, Zinox to Set Up Assembly Plant for Energy
Zinox Technologies Limited in collaboration with Freeplay Energy of the UK are set to launch an assembly plant that would reduce the dependence of Nigerians on electric power.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:42

Nigeria: Adaka Boro Justified as Kaiama is Electrified
Wherever the late Ijaw revolutionary, Major Isaac Adaka Boro is today, his face would be glowing with excitement.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:42

Nigeria: Implement Power Probe Report Now!
Never should the time come for archaeo-logists to excavate the report, presented yesterday by the Ndudi Elumelu Committee, which investigated the massive funding but illogical and colossal failure of the power sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:23

Nigeria: Strike - Nupeng, Pengassan Give FG 14-Day Ultimatum
Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG), and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), joint group executive councils of the NNPC, have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if after 14 days the Federal Government fails to reverse the proposed sale of the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC), and the National Gas Company (NGC).
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:23

Nigeria: Talking Power Supply
Any who has been waiting for regular power supply for more than 30 years would not understand some of the utterances of government officials represented by the likes of Emmanuel Odusina Minister of State for Energy (Gas).Mr. Odusina explained that President Umaru Yar'Adua did not want to make rash decisions on the provision of electricity for the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:11

Nigeria: N85bn Not Guarantee for Stable Power, Says Obidigbo
An industrialist, Dr. Chike Obidigbo, has said that Nigeria needs to find smarter ways of meeting its energy needs so as to also encourage manufacturers make better choices about energy consumption contending that "it may not be right to think that even with the proposed N85 billion recommended by the energy committee, the nation could guarantee steady supply of energy in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:11

Nigeria: Nupeng, Pengassan Issue 14-Day Ultimatum to FG
NUPENG and PENGASSAN yesterday in Abuja gave the federal government a14-day ultimatum to suspend the proposed sale of PPMC and Nigeria Gas Company (NGC).
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 10:19

Kenya: Kibaki Praised for Fuel Tax Order
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (Kam) has welcomed President Kibaki's intervention to end the energy crisis threatening to cripple the economy.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 10:17

Kenya: Finally, a Laudable Move By the Government On Energy Costs
PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S DECIsion this week to instruct his Energy and Finance ministers to review Government taxes on energy with a view to reducing them and pass on the relief to consumers answers directly to the responsibilities governments have towards their citizens, and cements its centrality as a critical arbiter of the environment in which social and economic interactions between people and institutions occur.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 10:13

Nigeria: The North, Oil And Nyako's Useful Intervention
Against the background of charges by some Niger Delta elements like Alhaji Asari Dokubo that the North is a parasitic component of the Nigerian federation, a meeting of Northern Governors Forum was held where the governors resolved to squarely address agricultural development.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 09:59

Nigeria: Reps Receive Power Probe Report
The report of the House of Representatives Committee on Power which probed spending on the power sector during the Obasanjo years was laid on the table yesterday after many months' delay.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 09:59

Nigeria: French Company to Audit Power Sector
The Minister of State for Energy (Power), Mrs Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim has disclosed that the federal government will engage the French national transmission system, Resaau de transport d'electricite (RTE) to carry out an audit of the power sector for a speedy restoration of capacities in the generation and distribution of electricity in Nigeria.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 09:59

Uganda: Let's Not Waste Time on Power
THE 200 MW dam planned for Karuma has failed to take off because of unending negotiations between the Government and Norwegian project promoter, Norpak.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 09:41

South Africa: PetroSA Defends Coega Refinery
STATE-owned oil and gas company PetroSA yesterday came out in defence of its planned R40bn crude oil refinery in Coega, near Port Elizabeth, amid concerns that it could drive existing refineries out of business.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 08:57

PHCN Records Highest Daily Power Output
Hope appears to be rising towards prospects for the realization of the Federal Government aspiration to boost the nation's power generation capacity to 4,000 mega watts (MW)by December 2008, as the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)said it recorded last week the highest peak energy generation capacity of 86,564.89 kilowatt hour (KWh)with a continuous generation output of not below 3,400MW throughout the day.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 18:18

Nigeria: Nerc Licenses Notore to Operate 50 Megawatt Power Plant
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) at the weekend granted operating license to Notore Power Limited to generate 50 megawatts (MW) of electricity that would be injected into the national grid.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 18:18

Freeplay, Zinox Set to Launch Plant for Energy Products
Zinox Technologies Limited and Freeplay Energy of the UK are set to launch an assembly plant that would reduce the dependence of Nigerians on electric power. The assembly plant would produce essential communications and lighting equipment like the Indigo Lantern (reading lamps), the Kito Lantern (bigger reading lamps)and the Eyemax Radio (portable radio sets), Jonta Flashlights(Touch lights).
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 18:16

Nigeria: Creating Ministry Will Not Solve Niger Delta Crisis - Ogunade
Mr. Wale Ogunade is a human rights lawyer and the president of Voters' Awareness Initiative. He spoke to our reporter, Dolapo Oseni, on the recent move by the National Assembly to criminalise communal violence, arguing that it is not a panacea to violence. He also spoke on other issues.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 18:06