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The government, however, said it would continue to intervene in determining the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to safeguard consumers of the commodity from being exploited by oil
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Swaziland
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Libya
National name: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
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Guyana signs multi-billion dollar oil agreement with US oil giant | New York Carib News
Guyana has signed an agreement with US oil giant, ExxonMobil for the development of the Payara field offshore.
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Panicked investors inundate brokers after Zimbabwe shuts bourse
Stockbrokers in Zimbabwe are struggling to explain to investors what’s happened to their money after the government shut down the stock
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Grandson of Civil Rights Legend Says He Was Targeted By Police Over BLM Protest “I Had To Get Away And I Didn’t Want To Die.”
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Petrojam makes transition to low sulphur heavy fuel oil
PETROJAM says that after six months of implementation it has made a smooth transition to supplying the very low sulphur heavy fuel oil, which is used in the marine
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Nigeria: NNPC Reports N17 Billion Oil Theft, Unsure of Daily PMs Consumption
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that the country has recorded about $48 million (or N17 billion) loss to oil theft this year alone based on the benchmark oil price exchange rate of
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Flared gas could have potentially satisfied GPL fuel requirements for a whole year
A Stabroek News article on  June 7, 2020  stated inter alia that “This newspaper had last month reported that  glitches during production startup saw flaring of over 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas; a figure subsequently confirmed by the EPA to be over 9 billion cubic feet, as ExxonMobil
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Rwanda and Kenya address truck standoff
Tanzania cross-border cargo truck owners want unconditional access into Rwanda, protesting the Covid-19 control measures requiring them to terminate their trips at the Rwanda border, with exception of perishables and petroleum products as per the deal reached by the governments on May
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Ghana coronavirus: 8,070 cases, conditional lifting of most restrictions
Each student, teacher and non teaching staff will be provided with reusable face mask by the Ministry of Education prior to reopening for final year students
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Rwanda: Cross-Border Trade Unscathed Despite COVID-19 - Minister Gatete
The Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete has said that cross border trade is progressing well, despite the measures in place to contain the Covid-19
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Venezuela’s ‘new normality’ - gasoline at ‘international prices’
In one of the more telling indicators yet that Guyana’s western neighbour, Venezuela, has fallen on seriously hard times, the country’s President, Nicholas Maduro, announced on Sunday that beginning last Monday, the country officially credited with possessing the single largest reserves of oil
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Porto-Novo, Benin (16th Century- )
Porto-Novo, meaning “New Port” in Portuguese, became the official capital of the West African country of Benin in 1960. In 2002 it had an estimated population of 223,552 people. Porto-Novo is located in the southeastern part of the country on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea. Although it
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Discover Portsmouth, Seacoast African American Cultural Center, John Paul Jones House to reopen July 10 - African American News Today - EIN News
PORTSMOUTH — "We are definitely ready!" said Brian LeMay, director of the Portsmouth Historical Society. "We’re being cautious, but it really seems to be time now to open up and share all the great things we’ve got to offer during the second half of 2020."The Discover Portsmouth Welcome Center and
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In Jan. 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former trade union leader and factory worker widely known by the name Lula, became Brazils first working-class president. As leader of Brazils only Socialist party, the Workers Party, Lula pledged to increase social services and improve the lot of the
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Guyana’s Infant Oil & Gas Sector: Appraising Rystad Energy’s modelling of the cost of Payara delay - Stabroek News
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Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion
Following the economic damage caused by the COVID-19, Lagos State Executive Council yesterday disclosed plan to revise the state's 2020 budget by 21 per cent, from the N1.168 billion hitherto approved by the State House Assembly to
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The thought of car troubles during winter, can send cold shivers down the spine of even the bravest among us.
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In January 2012, in an effort to repair its tattered economy, President Jonathan eliminated the countrys fuel subsidy, which costs the government about $8 billion a year. The move caused fuel and food prices to double. Streets protests and strikes broke out all over the country, and Jonathan
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OPEC’s decision to extend production cuts is a positive step for African energy players
Held via videoconference on Saturday, June 6th, the Ministerial Meeting reconfirmed the existing arrangements under the April agreement and extended the production cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day by another month, until July 30th
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Top Black Businesses
In Black Enterprise magazine's listings of the top 100 Black companies and the 100 largest Black auto dealers in the United States during the late 1980s, a number of Boston area-based businesses made the lists: B.M.L. Associates (telecommunications); Grimes Oil Company (petroleum products
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Rwanda: New Guidelines Issued for Long-Haul Cargo Transporters
A bilateral meeting between Rwanda and Tanzania agreed to resolve the issue of cross-border truck drivers as part of the move to contain the new coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Infrastructure said on
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UG’s GREEN Institute urges carbon tax on extracted crude oil
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being urged to implement a carbon tax on the crude oil currently being extracted in the offshore Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) which could earn Guyana billions
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Africa: Opec Deal Extended, 9.6 Million Bpd Production Cut Until Late July
ALGIERS-The 11th OPEC and Non-OPEC ministerial meeting bringing together the signatories of the Cooperation Statement, held Saturday by videoconference under the co-chairmanship of Saudi Arabia and Russia, decide to extend the 9.6 million barrels per day (bpd) production cut agreement to 31st July
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Government kicks off bid conference for additional power, as Eskom struggles along | Fin24
The Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme seeks to respond to short-term power supply gaps identified in the Integrated Resource Plan.
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Raymond Chandler , in full Raymond Thornton Chandler (born July 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died March 26, 1959, La Jolla, California), American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals
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Gas prices up $0.10, diesel up $0.06
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