OIL

Giant new refinery: curse or boon?

Article Thando Maeko - 15 Nov 2019

Saudi’s Aramco is planning an oil refinery in South Africa, but experts say the magaproject is risky

Aramco, the world’s biggest polluter, goes to market

Article Thando Maeko - 8 Nov 2019

The Saudi-owned company aims to list 5% of its shares on the Riyadh-based bourse in December

Border closure has mixed impact for Nigeria’s economy

Africa Sophie Bouillon - 22 Oct 2019

The most visible winner from the closure is the Nigerian treasury, which has benefited from the falling cost of petrol subsidies

US ‘locked and loaded’ after Saudi attacks as oil prices surge

Article Wg Dunlop & Anuj Chopra - 16 Sep 2019

It is the first time Donald Trump has hinted at a potential American military response to drone attacks, which slashed Saudi oil production by half

How has war affected Syria’s oil and gas sector?

Article Rouba El Husseini - 10 Jul 2019

The eight-year war has seen the capital lose control of major oil fields, making the country lose billions of dollars

Elemental power is fuelling a new world order

Article Sipho Kings - 12 Apr 2019

Germany and China lead the way, and now South Africa is starting to see that renewable energy could be its ‘saviour’

Editorial: Oil find a mixed blessing

Article Editorial - 8 Feb 2019

'Offshore rigs have made some countries rich. They have also proven to be the feeding ground for corrupt elites'

OPEC meets as Trump calls for oil taps to be kept on

Article Simon Morgan - 6 Dec 2018

OPEC members and other oil-producing countries gather in Vienna on Thursday to discuss cutting output to prop up prices

Qatar to quit Saudi-dominated OPEC in 2019

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Dec 2018

The decision was 'technical and strategic' and had 'nothing to do with the 'blockade', says Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi

Angola bets on largest-ever offshore oil investment

Africa Philippe Alfroy - 13 Nov 2018

Angola was badly hit by the oil-price plunge in 2014

France’s Total has officially left Iran

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Aug 2018

French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, says Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Europe’s energy giants reap benefits of oil price surge

Article Roland Jackson & Serene Assir - 26 Jul 2018

Rising oil prices can push up inflation, but first, they translate into rising revenues and profits for energy majors and producer nations

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