Category: Oil

Indonesia’s recent entry into the BRICS economic bloc has reignited discussions about the potential to import oil from Russia, a move that could reshape its energy strategy and further complicate its position in the global geopolitical landscape. Luhut Binsar ...

Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi state media reported. This is the first leg of a regional Gulf trip that will also take him to the UAE. Li "arrived in Riyadh to participate in the fourth ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Monday. "From September 10 to 13, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will travel to Saudi Arabia to chair the Fourth ...

Ugandan police arrested 21 environmentalists in the capital, Kampala, on Monday as they protested a controversial multi-billion-dollar oil development scheme, their lawyer said. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), headed by French oil giant TotalEnergies, involves drilling for oil ...

Dozens of student activists were arrested on Friday as they tried to march to Uganda's parliament to deliver a petition against a controversial multi-billion-dollar oil development scheme, police and their lawyers said. The students were protesting a huge project headed by ...

A Chinese state-owned petroleum company has suspended all construction at the Agadem oilfield in eastern Niger after "terrorist" attacks, AFP learned from the company Wednesday. The suspension comes after a series of attacks on Niger's oil infrastructure in recent months, including ...

Protestors in Kenya this week expressed fury against the government and the IMF but interestingly made no mention of China during an unprecedented uprising in Nairobi. It's notable because the Kenyan Treasury spends more money to service its Chinese loans than ...

Climate change campaigners protested at Chinese embassies in 10 countries on Tuesday, calling on China not to finance the construction of TotalEnergies' controversial oil pipeline in East Africa. Activists said Chinese banks and insurers are financiers of "last resort" for TotalEnergies, ...

Niger's military rulers have confirmed the sabotage of an oil pipeline carrying crude oil to neighboring Benin after a rebel movement seeking the release of the country's president claimed responsibility for the attack. On the night of June 16-17, "malicious individuals ...

An oil exploration permit held by a Chinese company in Congo-Brazzaville could threaten the ecosystem of one of the country's national parks and should be scrapped, a U.S. environmental group said on Thursday. Congo Brazzaville awarded the oil exploration permit to ...

Niger rebels fighting for the release of the country's democratically elected leader say they have disabled part of a crucial pipeline carrying crude oil to Benin. Vital to both the Nigerien and Beninese economies, the 2,000-kilometre-long pipeline has become the subject ...

An environmental activist in Uganda opposed to a huge oil drilling project headed by French giant TotalEnergies has been detained by soldiers, two NGOs said Friday. Stephen Kwikiriza has not been heard from for three days, according to the International Federation ...