Somalia’s president and prime minister banded together to cancel the agreement, just signed by the petroleum minister Somali Petroleum Minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed announced on Sunday that the country had signed a revenue sharing deal with a US oil firm. Shortly afterwards, it was denounced by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein […]
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WATCH oil tanker explode off Nigerian coast
Trinity Spirit had ten crewmen aboard and was capable of storing two million barrels of oil Oil production ship Trinity Spirit sank off the coast of Nigeria after an explosion in the early hours of Wednesday. A video of the vessel bursting into flames was captured and posted to social media. The explosion happened at […]
Massive blast shuts down major oil pipeline
A blast in southeast Turkey prompted the closure of a major oil pipeline A Turkish state-run petroleum firm has cut off the flow of oil from the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline following a mysterious explosion and the resulting blaze, with the aftermath reportedly caught in images circulating online. The explosion rocked a section of the pipeline in […]
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company și Borealis au semnat un acord de 6,2 miliarde de dolari pentru extinderea uzinei Borouge din Emiratele Arabe Unite
În urma acordului va fi construită a patra facilitate la complexul de fabricare de poliolefine Borouge (polimeri sintetici – n. r.) din Ruwais, lângă Abu Dhabi. Borouge produce materii prime industriale care sunt exportate clienţilor din întreaga lume şi sunt folosite de companiile locale, majorând lanţurile locale de aprovizionare industrială. Unitatea ar urma să devină […]
Swedish oil executives charged with complicity in war crimes
Swedish prosecutors have charged the chairman and former CEO of Lundin Energy oil and gas company for complicity in war crimes perpetrated by the Sudanese army and militias in southern Sudan between 1999 and 2003. The Swedish Prosecution Authority (SPA) said on Thursday that the local firm, which was named Lundin Oil at that time, […]
WATCH Iranian Navy forces’ encounter with US destroyers over oil tanker
Iran’s state media has published footage of a major incident in the Gulf of Oman, in which Tehran’s forces said they “foiled” the seizure of an oil tanker by the US as Washington looked to enforce its ban on Iranian oil exports. On Wednesday, Iranian state media reported that units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards […]
Multinational oil and gas giant Total accused of playing down threat of global warming since late 1980s – report
A report published in the peer-reviewed Global Environment Change journal has blasted oil and gas company Total for “promoting doubt regarding the scientific basis for global warming,” accusing it of moving from “denial to delay.” The accusations are laid out in a report that explores Total’s response to global warming between 1971 and 2021, following […]
Police remove survivors of 1980s mass canola oil poisoning from Madrid’s El Prado museum, where they threatened suicide
A group who survived a mass canola oil poisoning 40 years ago have been removed by police after occupying Madrid’s El Prado museum, having threatened to end their lives if the government ignores calls to help the victims. Protesters had occupied the Madrid museum, stating that in “six hours” they would “start ingesting the pills” if […]
Inferno engulfs Lebanese oil facility just days after country plunged into total darkness from shortages
A large blaze broke out at a fuel storage tank near the Zahrani power station in southern Lebanon, just days after the country was plunged into complete darkness after the same facility, as well as one other, shut down. The Lebanese army rushed to evacuate the area on Monday due to concerns that the inferno […]
Dozens of environmental activists block Shell’s oil refinery in Netherlands in protest over ‘greenwashing’ ads (PHOTOS)
Over 80 activists from a dozen EU states have blocked entry to Shell’s oil refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to protest against the giant’s “greenwashing” advertisements and call for a new law that bans fossil fuel ads. On Monday, Greenpeace EU climate and energy campaigner Silvia Pastorelli announced that the group’s activists were barricading Shell’s […]







