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OPEC daily basket price closes at $58.27/b

The price of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) basket of fourteen crudes stood at $58.27 a barrel on Monday, compared with $57.55 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon),…

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ExxonMobil, REG reports progress in Cellulosic Biodiesel research

ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced on Wednesday that by utilising REG’s patented fermentation technology, the companies’ joint research program has demonstrated the ability to convert sugars from a variety of non-edible biomass sources into biodiesel. According to the vice president, Research and Development, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Vijay Swarup, he said: “Our…

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FG targets 20,000 megawatts

THE Federal Government said on Friday, that it is planning to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity over the next four years is on course. The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, gave the assurance in Funtua, Katsina State, when he inaugurated a 132/33 KV transformer that would boost power supply to local governments…

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EFCC expresses difficulty in getting Adoke, Etete for trial in Malabu $1.1b scandal As U.K returns $80m to Nigeria

By Oke Peter The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has expressed difficulty in arresting the former Nigerian petroleum minister, Dan Etete and Mohammed Adoke in the ongoing trial for the alleged diversion of $1.1 billion in sale of Oil Prospecting License, OPL 245. As a result, trial was stalled on Thursday, as prosecutors were…

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