Petroleum politics
Oil Extends Slide Below $46 On Skepticism Over Opec Output Deal
Oil extended declines to slip below US$46 a barrel amid skepticism over OPEC’s ability to reach an agreement to cut...
U.S. Opens Door To Oil Exports After Year of Pressure
U. S. opens door to oil exports after year of pressure A domestic drilling boom of the past six years has transformed...
World Bank Projects Increment In Oil Price In 2017
The World Bank is raising its 2017 forecast for crude oil prices to $55 per barrel from $53 per barrel. It explained...
World Bank Raises Oil Price Forecast For 2017
The World Bank is raising its 2017 forecast for crude oil prices to $55 per barrel from $53 per barrel. It explained...
COPEC-GH Demands Reduction In Fuel Prices
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC-GH) has asked Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) operating in the country...
Energy Sector Outlook For 2017 Uncertain
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says that the energy sector outlook for 2017 presents significant levels of...
‘Don’t Base Budget Allocations On Revenue From Oil and Gas’
The head of Energy, Oil & Gas Unit of the Real Sector of the Ministry of Finance, Dr Joseph Asenso, has cautioned...
CPP Will Repeal Ghana’s Petroleum Law – Ivor Greenstreet
The presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has threatened that governance under his watch will...
Kenya’s Economy To Remain Strong As Continent Shrinks To 20-Year Low
Kenya will shrug off the slump in growth on the continent to be among the best performing economies in Sub Saharan...
Prioritized Expenditure To Curb Budget Overruns – Former PIAC Chairman
A Former Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) Major Ablorh-Quarcoo (Retired) is asking...
Oil Price Shocks To Stifle Long-Term Economic Dev’t
The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has said the failure of...
Oil Rallies As Opec Agrees Output Cut
The oil producers cartel Opec has agreed a preliminary deal to cut production for the first time in eight years,...
Algeria Calls For OPEC Supply Side Action
Algiers (AFP) - Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa on Wednesday pressed demands for action on an oil supply...
African Economies Reel Under Petroleum Slump – ACEP
Many Oil producing countries in the African sub-region have been the worse hit by the plummeting oil revenues following...
Government Charged To Spend Oil Revenues Responsibly At All Times
Government has been charged to spend oil revenues responsibly at all times to enable it to mitigate the negative impact...
LPG Shortage Looms
The Institute For Energy Security (IES) is warning of a possible shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) this month....
Fuel Could Climb By 20 Pesewas In September – IES
Following the rebound in the global oil market price of both crude and refined petroleum, decrease in new imports to...