MR Liu Kan, the Consul-General of the Consulate General of People’s Republic of China in Lagos, on Thursday expressed his country’s growing interest in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Liu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that China would also depend on Nigeria to satisfy the demand of her increasing population for […]
Procurement, a veritable tool for socio-economic development 09/09/2014 10:50
The Director General of the National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA), Dr. Jean Baptiste Nduwayezu, has said that the project is ready to resume its activities of producing biodiesel fuel that is environmental friendly. Dr. Nduwayezu is one of the founders of the project which was initiated by the former Institute of Scientific and […]
September 10, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, EIA’s short-term forecasts of gasoline consumption, which cover the current and upcoming calendar year, have risen over the past year. The latest (STEO), released yesterday, expects 2014 gasoline consumption to be 8.82 million barrels per day (135.2 billion gallons), 0.13 million barrels per day (2 billion gallons) […]
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The range over which a waterjet is able to cut material can widely quite significantly, depending on a wide range of factors, including abrasive content. An earlier post described the way in which students in a waterjet class were shown some of the difficulties in assessing risks arising from the use of a waterjet, and […]
Procurement, a veritable tool for socio-economic development 09/09/2014 10:50
All commissioners and Special Advisers in charge of ICT in the 36 states and FCT are converging on Yenagoa, Balyesa State to deliberate, appraise and agree on the way forward to leveraging ICT for the transformation of Nigeria into a digital economy. The commissioners under the auspices of the National Council on Communication Technology, NCCT- […]
By Morrison O.g. Sayon An oil company operating in the country has contributed US$ 150,000 grant to the Liberia National Red Cross Society to enable the society intensify the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. Yesterday, ExxonMobil provided the Liberian chapter of the International Red Cross the US$ 150,000 grant to fund Ebola public health […]
By Gresham Ngwira Blantyre — Minibus Owners Association of Malawi (MOAM) has commended Government for reducing fuel prices. MOAM Secretary General, Coxley Kamange made the commendation in an interview with Malawi News Agency on Thursday in Blantyre. He observed that there cannot be any good news than the reduction in fuel prices saying normally fuel […]
Cairo — President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed the Thursday electricity blackout in a televised speech aired on state television on Saturday, saying that the electricity crisis cannot be fixed overnight. Thursday’s power outage resulted from a technical malfunction causing the loss of 45 per cent of the national electricity grid’s capacity. This has led to […]
September 5, 2014 Source: Republished with permission from POET-DSM On September 3, a joint venture company called POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels held the grand opening of its Project Liberty cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The plant is the first of three commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities under development in the Midwest that convert corn stover (corn […]
press release British oil company Soco Internationaland its contractors havemade illicit payments, appear to have paid off armed rebels and benefited from fear and violence fostered by government security forces in eastern Congo, as they sought access to Africa’s oldest national park for oil exploration. The shocking behaviour of one of the UK’s 200 largest […]
By Ken Macharia The days of getting caught in unexpected black outs and outages may soon be over thanks to a new website being developed by the Kenya Power IT team. Although we will still have the outages, Kenya Power has made it easier for Kenyans to know the places without power – scheduled and […]
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Just a quick note that the eruption has re-started. This is from the Webcam: Figure 1. Eruption from the webcam at 5:40 pm Eastern, Aug 31 2014. UPDATE 1 Sept 2014: The Icelandic Met Office has noted that the eruption is producing around 100 cu m.second of lava, which has now travelled more than 3 […]
September 3, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Financial Reports, as accessed by Ventyx Velocity Suite Investment in new transmission infrastructure in the United States by investor-owned utilities has increased substantially over the past 15 years, but varies significantly across regions. Investor-owned utilities have added new transmission for […]
