16th September 2025 The Dangote Group has rejected allegations by the Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association of Nigeria that its refinery sells petrol to international traders at cheaper rates than those offered to Nigerian marketers. DAPPMAN’s Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole, had alleged in an interview that members of the group purchased Dangote’s petrol through […]Read More
September 01, 2025 Despite current challenges, Equinor still believes in the long-term prospects of offshore wind and will take part with $939 million in the $9.4-billion rights issue of the world’s offshore wind developer Ørsted, in which the Norwegian energy major holds 10%. Ørsted last month announced plans for a $9.4 billion (60 billion Danish crowns) […]Read More
AugUST 29, 2025 The United States (U.S) pumped an all-time high of 13.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in 2024, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Petroleum Supply Annual released on Friday. That tops the previous record of 12.9 million bpd set in 2019, cementing the U.S. as the world’s […]Read More
Indian Refiners Increase Russian Crude Purchases Despite Tariffs
August 28, 2025 India’s refiners are expected to import more Russian crude oil in September compared to this month’s levels as discounts are deepening amid Russia’s constrained refining capacity due to Ukrainian drone strikes, traders told Reuters on Thursday. A few weeks ago, the biggest state-owned refiners, including IndianOil and BPCL, pulled out of spot purchases of Russian crude […]Read More
Nigeria is eager to see Petrobras return to its oil
August 27, 2025 Nigeria would like to see Brazil’s Petrobras return to the country after a five-year absence. This is as reported by media sources, citing a statement by President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu is on a two-day visit to Brazil, where he said that “We have the largest gas repository. I don’t see why […]Read More
August 15, 2025 Hours before the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, Ukraine said it had struck an oil refinery in Russia and a Caspian port that Moscow uses to ship weapons from Iran for the war in Ukraine. Ukraine said it attacked overnight the Syzran refinery, owned by oil giant Rosneft and located in Russia’s Samara region, about 500 miles […]Read More
August 13, 2025 Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), the biggest oil and gas explorer and producer in the country, booked a lower net profit for the April-June quarter from a year earlier on the back of falling prices and basically flat production. ONGC reported a net profit of $917 million (80.24 billion Indian […]Read More
August 11, 2025 India could see spikes in power prices in the coming weeks as supply will be constrained and procurement costs will rise with the shutdown of a unit at the country’s largest nuclear power plant for maintenance. India has now shut the 1-GW Unit 1 at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the […]Read More
Petrobras Reports Production Of 2.77m Barrels Oil Equivalent Daily In
August 08, 2025 Petrobras of Brazil reported a profit for the second quarter of the year, booking a net positive result of some $1.6 billion after posting a loss of $480 million for the first quarter of the year. The positive result came despite weaker average oil prices, the company noted. The company reported an average production […]Read More
August 08, 2025 India’s two largest crude oil refiners have secured some 22 million barrels in non-Russian crude for delivery in September and October following President Trump’s decision to impose an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports if it continues buying Russian oil. Reuters, which cited unnamed trading sources, the cargos were secured on the […]Read More