http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Industry"  in "Africa" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:06:48 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 143602 | Kenya: Fuel Dealers Increase Pump Woes as Global Crude Oil Prices Ease http://en.redtram.com/go/236315948/top100/ 236315948 A fresh rally in local pump prices has started even as the crude prices eased in the past two days across major international markets. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:59:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315948/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: FG Destroys 600 Illegal Oil Refineries http://en.redtram.com/go/236315945/top100/ 236315945 Nigeria's military has destroyed about 600 illegal oil refineries in the Niger Delta and arrested seven oil thieves, the military said yesterday.Details of the refineries were not immediately available, but industry officials said they could be makeshift structures where oil Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:58:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315945/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Akwa Ibom Enjoys Uninterrupted Power http://en.redtram.com/go/236315938/top100/ 236315938 Akwa Ibom has in the last four months enjoyed uninterrupted power supply given the successful completion of its Independent Power Plant (IPP) at Ikot-Abasi Local Government Area. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:58:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315938/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Ajumogobia to Probe Fuel Scarcity http://en.redtram.com/go/236315928/top100/ 236315928 Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, yesterday directed filling stations to disregard alleged directives from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that they sell a maximum of N2,000 and N1,000 worth of fuel to both private and Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:56:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315928/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Oil Production Begins From Oyo Field http://en.redtram.com/go/236315920/top100/ 236315920 An indigenous Exploration and Production company, Allied Energy Plc. and Eni, through its affiliate Nigerian Agip Exploration, have commenced production from the Oyo oil field, with first oil expected to hit 25,000 barrels per day. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:56:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315920/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Nation Interested in Nuclear Electricity - VP http://en.redtram.com/go/236315913/top100/ 236315913 The Federal government desires to explore nuclear energy and to generate electricity to complement its power demands,Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has said. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:56:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315913/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Expert Tasks Nass On Energy Laws http://en.redtram.com/go/236315906/top100/ 236315906 Director National Center for Energy and Environment (NCEE), Energy Commission for Nigeria , Dr Lawrence Ezemonye, has complained over the delay in putting in place laws that would protect all energy programmes in the country. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:55:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315906/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Deregulation - The New Strategy http://en.redtram.com/go/236315897/top100/ 236315897 The last is yet to be heard of the planned deregulation of the downstream oil sector as fuel scarcity bites harder in the country. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315897/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Why Fuel Scarcity Hit Lagos http://en.redtram.com/go/236315891/top100/ 236315891 Indications emerged yesterday that the fuel scarcity witnessed in most parts of Lagos and environs since Monday may have been caused by a pipeline vandalism incident at Arepo Village in Ogun State which halted distribution of petroleum products in Lagos Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315891/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: AP Rolls Out Expansion Plan For Next Year http://en.redtram.com/go/236315883/top100/ 236315883 African Petroleum Plc has said that it would veer into upstream activities by next year as part of the need to revitalize and reposition the operations of the petroleum marketing company. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315883/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Oil Prices Rise Above U.S. $70 a Drum http://en.redtram.com/go/236315876/top100/ 236315876 Oil rose above $70 a barrel on Tuesday, snapping a nine-day losing streak, as traders bet that government data would show U.S. crude stocks fell last week, and colder-than-normal U.S. weather could boost demand for heating oil. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315876/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Tanimu - Don't Expect 6000 MW This Month http://en.redtram.com/go/236315869/top100/ 236315869 Any lingering hopes that the Federal Government's solemn promise to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity would be fulfilled in the next two weeks ended yesterday with the President's Chief Economic Adviser declaring that the target is not attainable by year's Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:53:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315869/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Akwa-Ibom Turns On Ibom Power Plant http://en.redtram.com/go/236315859/top100/ 236315859 The Eket 132/33KV Transmission Station at Eket in Akwa Ibom State has been energized to Ibom Power Plant, adding 37MW to the grid as a result of the completion of Ibom Power Station by the Akwa Ibom State Government. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:52:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315859/top100/ 143602 | Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Inimical to Economic Growth- Lukman http://en.redtram.com/go/236315854/top100/ 236315854 Federal government has attributed poor performance of the past fiscal budgets to huge fuel price subsidies which it said was 50 percent greater than total capital expenditure in the appropriation scale. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:52:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236315854/top100/