Competition drives down Nigeria petrol prices
Lagos (AFP) - The retail price of petrol in Nigeria has dropped to 860 naira ($0. 57) per litre, as ...
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
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What now for Venezuela with Chevron’s oil permit in peril?
Caracas (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's threat to strip oil giant Chevron of a license to operate in Venezuela ...
BP ditches climate targets in pivot back to oil and gas
London (AFP) - British energy giant BP launched a major pivot back to its more profitable oil and gas business ...
BP to unveil strategy shakeup amid energy transition
London (AFP) - British energy giant BP is set Wednesday to announce a shakeup to its strategy after a difficult ...
BP pledges strategic ‘reset’ as profit tumbles
London (AFP) - Britain's BP on Tuesday said its annual net profit slumped 97 percent last year, as the struggling ...
Norway’s Equinor scales back renewable energy aims as profit falls
Oslo (AFP) - Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor said on Wednesday it would scale back its renewable energy ambitions ...
Trump to decide on oil tariffs on Canada, Mexico
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said he expected to decide Thursday whether to include crude oil imports in ...
Trump push to ‘drill, baby, drill’ may hit industry roadblock
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump wants to boost US oil production, pledging to bring costs down as he returned ...
BP nears deals for oil fields, curbs on gas flaring in Iraq
London (AFP) - Iraq and British oil giant BP are set to finalise a deal by early February to develop ...
Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon sentenced to nearly 18 years for fraud
Singapore (AFP) - The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company was sentenced Monday to nearly 18 years in ...
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