Pipelines

Tanzania, Uganda agree to speed up oil pipeline project

November 12, 2016 | Pipelines, Tanzania, Uganda

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | – Tanzania has agreed with Uganda to accelerate implementation of a crude oil pipeline project between the two east African nations and award the construction contract to multiple contractors. The decision was reached during talks between Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, in Kampala on Thursday, Magufuli’s office said in a statement on Thursday. Uganda said in April it would build a pipeline for its oil through Tanzania rather than Kenya, which had wanted to secure …

Nigeria’s oil minister urges militants to cease Niger Delta attacks

November 12, 2016 | Nigeria, Pipelines, Politics & Social Unrest

Abuja, Nigeria | – Nigeria’s oil minister urged militants on Friday to stop their attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta hub and pursue talks with the government. The call comes after attacks in the last two weeks on the Trans Forcados Pipeline, the main contributor to the Forcados crude stream, the most recent of which was claimed by the Niger Delta Avengers militant group on Wednesday. The attacks took place despite most groups adhering to a ceasefire in the last few weeks …

Turkey, Russia natural gas pipeline deal back on stream

October 11, 2016 | Eastern Europe & Russia, Middle East, Pipelines

London, UK | – Turkey and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement for the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project in Istanbul on Monday. Energy Minister Berat Albayrak and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak signed the agreement following a meeting between the two countries’ Presidents,  Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, which continued for 140 minutes in Istanbul. Earlier Monday, Putin indicated the need to develop the Turkish Stream natural gas project during talks with Erdogan. The project, announced by Putin during a December 2014 visit to Turkey, …

Shell’s Forcados oil pipeline to restart deliveries in September

August 31, 2016 | Nigeria, Pipelines

Port Harcourt, Nigeria | – Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Forcados pipeline in Nigeria will resume deliveries in September, according to an oil company that uses the line. “We are hearing Forcados is due to return at the middle of next month,” Kola Karim, chief executive officer of Shoreline Group, said Wednesday by phone from London. “It has been a tough situation for us these past couple of months.” The Forcados pipeline system is among oil infrastructure targeted by Nigerian militants this year. In February, Shell declared force majeure — …

Kenya finalises agreement for development of crude oil pipeline

August 24, 2016 | Kenya, Pipelines

Nairobi, Kenya | –  Kenya has finalised an agreement with oil explorer Tullow Oil and its partners Africa Oil and A.P. Moller-Maersk for the development of a crude oil pipeline, as it bids to become an oil exporter, the president’s office said. Tullow and Africa Oil first struck oil in the Lokichar Basin in the country’s northwest in 2012. The recoverable reserves are an estimated 750 million barrels of crude. The two firms were 50-50 partners in blocks 10 BB and 13T where the discoveries …

Niger Delta militant group blows up Shell facility, warns other oil companies

June 03, 2016 | Nigeria, Pipelines, Politics & Social Unrest

The rampaging renegade group, Niger Delta Avengers, today blew up a Shell Export oil pipeline at Forcados. Port Harcourt, Nigeria | – Nigeria’s rampaging militant group Niger Delta Avengers attacked multinational oil giant Shell’s facility for the second time on Friday. The militant group claimed the oil company did not listen to the group’s warning and continued repairing the previously blown up oil installation, Nogtec Port Harcourt bureau reported. The recent attacks followed the bombings that hit Chevron, NNPC and Agip oil and gas installations across …

Shell, ExxonMobil most exposed IOCs to Nigerian militants’ attacks

May 20, 2016 | Nigeria, Pipelines, Politics & Social Unrest

London, UK | – Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corporation  are the major international oil companies most exposed to violence in the Niger Delta that has cut Nigeria’s output and fuelled a rally in global crude prices, according to Rystad Energy. Shell and Exxon have the most production in vulnerable parts of the oil-rich region — onshore or near the coast, according to Per Magnus Nysveen, senior partner and head of analysis at the Oslo-based consultant. Shell is losing almost all of the 50,000 …

Tanzania, Uganda agree to speed up oil pipeline project

May 15, 2016 | Pipelines, Tanzania, Uganda

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | –  Tanzania has agreed with Uganda to accelerate implementation of a crude oil pipeline project between the two east African nations and award the construction contract to multiple contractors. The decision was reached during talks between Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, in Kampala on Thursday, Magufuli’s office said in a statement on Thursday. Uganda said in April it would build a pipeline for its oil through Tanzania rather than Kenya, which had wanted to secure …