The Chairman of Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Mr. Bank Anthony Okoroafor, has called on policymakers and regulators to jointly work towards increasing the participation of indigenous companies in the country’s oil and gas industry by providing enabling policies and favourable business environment.

Okoroafor, made the call in Lagos, while delivering his welcome address at the 2019 PETAN Oil Industry Achievement Award,"...

A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria’s extractive sectors have developed a mobile application – RemTrack.

The app can be used to track the status of missing oil monies and other issues raised in various oil and gas audit reports by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

The CSOs in a statement explained that the"...

(TAP) - The organic olive oil production of the cooperative company of agricultural services (French: SMAS) in Majel Bel Abbes, Kasserine, will reach 220 tonnes this season, said president of the company Mohamed Farhi.

“This is a record production compared to previous seasons which did not exceed 80 tonnes,” he told TAP correspondent.

Part of the production"...

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(AETOS Wire)-- SES and the Luxembourg Government announced today that they have reached an agreement to renew SES’s concession to operate satellites flying under Luxembourg jurisdiction for 20 years, effective from January 2022 when the current concession expires, with an annual fee of EUR 1 million from 2025 onwards. As part of the agreement and starting from 2022, SES will also contribute a maximum of EUR 7 million per year into a fund to support and strengthen the Luxembourg"...

TAP) - 'The energy and mining sector is the lifeline of the national economy,” Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboubi said on Saturday, calling for reinstating the ministry of energy.

Speaking to TAP on the sidelines of the trade union forum of the General Union of Petroleum and Chemicals held in Hammamet, Taboubi denounced"...

(TAP) – A Cabinet meeting on the 2019/2020 olive season held earlier this week took a series of measures for all the olive production and export chains, caretaker Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Saturday.

Speaking during a visit to a pilot project for the production, processing and export of organic oil located in Tukaber, Medjez El Bab, Beja Governorate, Chahed added these decision provide for supporting the olive oil sector and enhancing"...

Production at the Tunisian Nawara natural gas field in the Sahara of Tataouine, initially scheduled for October, will start at the end of December 2019, Director of Projects and Development at the Tunisian Oil Activities Company (ETAP) Mongi Nairi told TAP.

Mongi Nairi explained that the operations on the site have been delayed because of some difficulties encountered during the experimental phase.

The"...

Ghana plans to revise its laws on oil and gas licences in an effort to spur production and will revoke licences from four companies that have not developed their assets.

The country’s Deputy Energy Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam, told Africa Oil Week in Cape Town that the proposed changes would allow companies producing in blocks to explore elsewhere in the same area without having to get a new licence.

“We"...