Crude oil for August 2009 delivery down 14 cents at $61.40 a barrel ;London Brent increased 16 cents to $63.25 ; Out of a total of 177 countries that were surveyed by a respected US group, Nigeria ranked 15th

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday expressed condolence to the families of the officers and men of the Armed Forces who were victims of the recent attack on the ...


Africa Oil Adds Prospective New Block to East African Oil Exploration Portfolio

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 15, 2009) - Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:AOI) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to ...


Chevron Completes Sale of Marketing Business in Kenya

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced that its subsidiary, Chevron Africa Holdings Ltd., has completed the sale of Chevron Kenya Ltd. to Total Outré Mer. Chevron announced the initial sales agreement ...


Oil News from around the web, Exxon Mobil and Hess have won new explorations rights ; National Energy Regulator of South Africa

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

)))))The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has reduced tariffs by 10.38 percent for petroleum transportation through Transnet's pipelines for the 2009/10 financial year. According to NERSA, this translated into ...


Africa Oil Closes Acquisition of Major East African Oil Exploration Portfolio

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Africa Oil Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or "the Company") is pleased to report that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a large portfolio of East African oil ...


Chevron Sells Marketing Businesses in Kenya and Uganda

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced that its subsidiary Chevron Africa Holdings Limited has agreed to sell 100 percent of its shareholdings in Chevron Kenya Limited and Chevron Uganda Limited to ...