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Producers agonise in oil price slump

Producers agonise in oil price slump

By Sonny Atumah The downbeat demand for global oil is on. No one wants oil now. Refineries are not processing more crude. Manufacturing demand for crude is weak. The global oil stockpiles continue to build with caverns almost full to their brims. Supertankers or very large crude carriers heavily laden with 160 million barrels of […]
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Volatile oil markets and NNPC products pricing burden

Volatile oil markets and NNPC products pricing burden

In discussing transformation in contemporary Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Alvin Toffler’s Adaptive Corporation is always a guide that in real life, the decision-maker must continually adjust to those consequences, and, in doing so, deviate from the clear course laid out in advance

Sino-American spats, dominance and energy

Sino-American spats, dominance and energy

Last month, the disposition was a petty quarrel over protectionism between the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China. The row might have caused disintegration in the foundations of America’s relationship with China. 

Renewable energy blues: Statoil changes to Equinor

Renewable energy blues: Statoil changes to Equinor

Many persons have asked what is in a name. A dictionary meaning is that a name is a word, term or phrase by which somebody or something is known and distinguished from other people or things.

Oil deal rekindles Russian-Saudi relations

Oil deal rekindles Russian-Saudi relations

Russia has developed relationships with many groups in the Middle East and becoming the only one that can exert that influence to all including Israel, Iran, Syria and even Hamas and Hezbollah

Fuel scarcity and NNPC war room

Fuel scarcity and NNPC war room

In military campaigns an operations centre is always created called a war room. It could be called a situation room, command centre or mission control room. It is a room where operations are planned, coordinated, monitored and controlled. Political campaigns are not left out in war rooms as political campaign strategy headquarters are also created for political operatives to plan and execute tactics and strategy.

Technology dowry in Sino American energy relations

Technology dowry in Sino American energy relations

In most parts of Africa the bride-price or dowry is an exchange of wealth between intermarrying families, often accompanied by payment made by the groom to the bride’s family.  In other societies Africa, the dowry is a bit confusing. Dowry in some societies means an amount of money or property given by a bride’s family to her bridegroom or his family when she marries.

Davos forum 2018 and fossil fuels

Davos forum 2018 and fossil fuels

The 48th annual World Economic Forum, WEF in Davos-Klosters, the mountainous Alpine resort of Graubünden Canton, eastern Switzerland took place from January 23 to 26,2018. Leaders from all walks of life come together at the beginning of the year to rededicate themselves to improving the state of the world. This year’s programme was on “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.” Many of the participants identified the fractures and were concerned about making the difference. 

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