petroleum

International

Oil Touches Three-Month Lows, As U.S. Supply Swells

Oil hovered around three-month lows on Monday, as rising U. S. inventories and drilling activity offset optimism over...

International

US Increases Imports of Nigerian Crude By 287%

The United States almost tripled the volume of crude oil bought from Nigeria last year, seven years after it began...

International

U.S. Energy Stocks, Darlings Last Year, Stumble In 2017

The energy sector is the stock market's dud so far in 2017 after a banner performance in 2016, and the rest of the year...

International

Titans of Oil World Meet In Houston After Two-Year Price War

The biggest names in the oil world come together this week for the largest industry gathering since the end of a...

Business

Cedi Fall Threatens Fuel Price Stability

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has said the relative stability for the price of Brent Crude, and global prices...

Top Stories

Nigeria’s GDP Fell By 1.5% In 2016

Nigeria’s gross domestic product fell by 1.5 per cent in 2016 due to lower oil revenues, the National Bureau of...

International

Oil Gains As Bullish Bets On Rising Prices Hit Record High

Oil prices rose on Monday as investors showed record confidence in prices rising further, though gains were capped by...

Business

Fuel Prices To Remain Stable

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPECGH) has noted that prices of petroleum products in the country will...

International

U.S. Shale Oil Braces For the Unfamiliar In 2017

U. S. shale producers are facing their first production cost increase in five years in 2017 as industry activity picks...

International

Oil Prices Slip As High Stocks Overshadow OPEC Cuts

Oil slipped on Friday, pressured by growing global stocks, while expectations that an oil output cut by producers might...

Business

Oil To End Year At US$57

All things being equal, fuel prices will not travel beyond 15 percent increase in 2017, some industry analysts...

Business

Institute of Energy Security Warns of Fuel Shortage

Fuel supplies are expected to be seriously disrupted due to the unanticipated shutdown of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR)....

Top Stories

IES Predicts Fuel Shortage Within Two Weeks

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) wants the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to be swift in averting what it...

Business

‘Ghana To Experience Fuel Shortage Soon’

Barely three weeks after a furnace at the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) exploded,...

Headlines

Fresh US Drilling Capping Oil Price

Renewed drilling by US oil producers is keeping a ceiling on a global crude price recovery, cutting into the impact of...

International

Russia To Decide In April-May If Global Oil Deal Should Be Extended

File image, A view shows an oil derrick and other facilities at Vankorskoye oil field Russia will decided in April or...

International

Oil Overhang Points To Need For Extended OPEC Output Cuts

An OPEC-led production cut may well be accelerating a drawdown in global oil stocks that began last year, but...

International

Oil Prices Fall On Bloated U.S. Fuel Inventories, Stalling China Demand

Oil prices slid on Wednesday to extend falls from the previous session, as a big increase in U. S. crude inventories...

Business

Springfield To Begin Work On WCTP Oil Block

The Springfield E&P Limited, owners of the West Cape Three Points Block 2 Offshore, is to collect seismic data on the...