(Oil Price)– The $5-billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which is planned to export crude oil from Uganda via a port in Tanzania, is now 75% complete, moving landlocked Uganda a step closer to becoming an oil exporter. EACOP, a controversial pipeline project that has seen a lot of environmental opposition and planning and construction delays, is now about
(Oil Price)– Nigeria has lost $300 billion to oil theft, auditors appointed by the Nigerian parliament said this week. The oil was sold illegally both at home and abroad, the Senate committee tasked with investigating oil theft losses said, as cited by Nigerian media. “The ad hoc committee should be given the mandate to track, trace, and recover all proceeds
(BOE Report)– CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prospera Energy Inc. (TSX.V: PEI, OTC: GXRFF) (“Prospera“, “PEI” or the “Corporation“) Prospera Energy is pleased to announce the commencement of a major pipeline replacement and infrastructure upgrade project in the Cuthbert area. The project involves the replacement of two key legacy pipelines over a ten-day construction period, with a total capital
(Oil Price)– The proponents of the $44-billion Alaska LNG are expected to complete by the end of the year the crucial engineering and cost study for an 800-mile-long pipeline set to service the export project, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has said. “There’s a lot of optimism about the Alaska LNG project, and the FEED study should be
(Oil Price)– For years, Canada’s oil and gas sector was plagued by pipeline shortages that severely limited the country’s capacity for export and forced producers to sell at a major discount as storage capacity became maxed out across the nation. But all of that changed when the Trans Mountain Expansion project finally came online after years of delays on May
(BOE Report)– The discount on Western Canada Select to North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures widened on Thursday. WCS for October delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, settled at $11.55 a barrel under the U.S. benchmark WTI, according to brokerage CalRock, compared with $11.45 a barrel discount on Wednesday. * WCS discounts had already widened in August, in part due to
(Oil Price) – Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney faces his first real challenge to Canadian unity amid a soured relationship with the long-time trade partner and ally, the United States. A movement to secede from Canada is growing in the oil-rich province of Alberta, which contributes a large part to Canadian economy and budget and has the highest gross domestic
(World Oil) – (Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp., YPF SA and other oil drillers are planning a major Argentine pipeline to handle rising output from the Vaca Muerta shale region. The companies, through the Oldelval SA joint venture, are in talks to increase oil-shipping capacity from Puesto Hernandez, a promising drilling zone more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) distance from the
