Cove Energy has put itself up for sale, prompting analysts to predict a test of the industry’s interest in the emerging gas basins of East Africa.
Royal Dutch Shell is eyeing opportunities in South Sudan, which last July broke from Khartoum, taking with it two-thirds of Sudan’s oil production.
Shell said a North Sea pipeline continued to leak oil on Saturday and that it had been seeping crude for two days before the company declared it.
BP claimed "a significant milestone" on Wednesday in efforts to plug for good the well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil.
BP was expected to announce changes at the top on Monday with the anticipated departure of CEO Tony Hayward
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Despite his big words, not a single new idea has emerged from President Jacob Zuma’s mid-year Cabinet lekgotla.
Tropical Storm Bonnie threatened efforts on Friday to plug BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil leak for good.
BP chief executive Tony Hayward faced the wrath of US lawmakers on Thursday as he appeared before a hearing to apologise for the oil spill.
Obama’s leadership of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill faces key tests this week as the US president gives his first national address on the disaster.