The Mexican government has issued new regulations limiting private firms to import fuel. The decree takes effect as of today, Monday 28, and aligns with President Andres Obrador’s plan to eliminate fuel imports and ma...
Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, has given the green light to construct a series of mini-plants with the government licensing a total of 40 mini-refineries in an effort to help end its dependency on fuel imports, a...
The petroleum sector’s fuel exports’ total value exceeded $600 million, according to Abed Ezz El Regal, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) CEO, Amwal Al Ghad reported. Ezz El Regal added that the crude ...
The petroleum sector increased the diesel supply across Egypt’s governorates to reach 1.2 million tons per month following the new fuel prices, according to a source in the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC...
HSBC Egypt agreed to be the financial consultant to secure a $500 million loan to finance the imports of the market’s demands of diesel, benzene and mazut, in addition to paying a part of arrears to internationa...
Egypt imported $819 million worth of fuel in June 2017, a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase of 30.6% from the $627 million worth of fuel it imported in June 2016, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization an...
Egypt’s fuel imports for the first five months of 2017 fell to $497 million from $645 million during the same period last year, a year-on-year decrease of 23%, reports Amwal Al Ghad. Imported petroleum products ...
Kenya Transporters Association stated that Rwanda and Burundi stopped importing their fuel needs through the Kenyan port of Mombasa because of the contamination of some cargoes and have opted to route shipments throug...
The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, stated that Nigeria plans to reduce its level of fuel imports by 60% by the year 2018, Nigeria Today reported. Kachikwu added that one of the key p...
The Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr, stated that the ministry is in talks with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to secure funds for the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to imp...