A TotalEnergies-operated FPSO off the coast of Nigeria has spilled more than 100,000 gallons of oil in a loading accident, according to Nigerian spill-response officials, and a cleanup and monitoring operation is ongoing. On the morning of November 15, the Egina FPSO released about 3,000...
Nigeria and Angola have opposed a reduction in their crude oil production quotas by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that OPEC was no closer to resolving the deadlock over oil production quotas for some African members that had...
A commercial plane in Nigeria with more than 100 passengers on board landed at the wrong airport over the weekend. The United Nigeria Airlines flight, which took off on Sunday from Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos and was headed for Abuja, the nation’s capital, suddenly...
ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd. will shut its long steel products business and cut as many as 3,500 jobs, dealing another blow to the continent’s third-biggest economy. South Africa’s failing power and transport systems as well as a skills deficit are thwarting efforts to revive the...
An accident at a platinum mine in South Africa has killed 11 workers and injured 75, the mine’s operator says. Impala Platinum chief executive Nico Muller described it as the “darkest day” in the company’s history. The firm said the accident involved a winding rope...
