By Ejiofor Alike and Paul Obi With Agency Report The United States government has launched investigation into crude oil shipments from Saltpond platform, a small oil facility off the coast of Ghana, due to strong suspicion that some of Nigeria’s stolen oil may be exported through the facility. The majority owner of the platform, Lushann […]
August 25, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2014 preliminary projections On August 11, Mexico’s president signed into law legislation that will open its oil and natural gas markets to foreign direct investment, effectively ending the 75-year-old monopoly of state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). These laws, which follow in Mexico’s constitution to eliminate […]
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Jón Frímann is reporting that the eruption has started, but as yet is small. There are some web cameras and in the comments on his post there is some discussion of what they show, with the picture below showing what appears to be the start of a fissure eruption. This is consistent with an intrusion […]
By Constant Munda FUEL consumers will pay slightly less for diesel and kerosine while the cost of petrol has marginal gone up for the next one month in new monthly review by the Energy Regulatory Commission announced yesterday. A litre of diesel, used mainly in transport and running of industrial and farm machinery, will retail […]
By Lizabeth Paulat Kampala — Uganda’s oil sector is ramping up and many have high hopes for its economic impact on the country. But some in Uganda are noting concerns over the lack of governmental transparency and help for people affected by oil development projects. The discovery of oil in Uganda in 2006 was followed […]
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Most of my focus as I watch the earthquake patterns in Iceland has been on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, but it appears that the number of quakes up at Bárðarbunga has reached the point of concern. Earthquake pattern in Iceland on Aug 17, 2014 (Iceland Met Office) A closer look at the site seems to show […]
THE Vice-President Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal earlier last week challenged geo-scientists in Tanzania to devise strategies to ensure effective exploitation of geo-thermal energy to help solve a rapidly expanding power crisis and speed up socio-economic development. The VP who was opening the Third Young Earth Scientists Congress in Dar es Salaam noted that the country […]
August 21, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $ 107 per barrel (bbl) in July, marking the 13th consecutive month in which average Brent crude oil prices were between $ 107/bbl and $ 112/bbl (see graph above). Although supply growth from non-OPEC countries has outpaced world consumption in the […]
By Mercy Gakii John Kioko attends to a customer Kobil petrol station along Koinange station. Photo/Philip kamakya The Energy Regulatory Commission has shut down four petrol stations for contravening quality standards while eleven others have been fined for not paying the requisite duty to the Kenya revenue Authority. Fast Energy Service Station Gacharara in Kiambu […]
August 19, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System and International Energy Statistics Note: 2012 shares for Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa based on 2011, the most recently available data. Data for the Northern Mariana Islands were unavailable. Unlike the rest of the United States, energy consumption in […]
Most of my focus as I watch the earthquake patterns in Iceland has been on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, but it appears that the number of quakes up at Bárðarbunga has reached the point of concern. Earthquake pattern in Iceland on Aug 17, 2014 (Iceland Met Office) A closer look at the site seems to show […]
…Says no ban on affected countries Nigeria has been given the all clear to host AFCON qualifying matches which begin next month after the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) instructed Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia to find neutral grounds for their matches. Africa’s football governing body, in a statement, added that there is no ban […]
– Wants minister to read the riot act to erring firms The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said it will ask the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to place an instant and precise end to gas flaring in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. NERC explained that the order had become necessary to […]
This series will be on hiatus for a couple of weeks as I travel and fulfill a couple of other commitments. Expect to start up again at the beginning of September.
August 15, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Reference case Note: Values for the Northeast Power Coordinating Committee, Midwest Reliability Organization, and Western Electricity Coordinating Council regions account only for the portions of these regions within the United States. Totals exclude electric generation in the end-use sector, which is largely onsite industrial generation. WECC is […]
