Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, has been advised by his transition committee to end a fuel subsidy program and privatize Nigeria's four refineries, senior sources in his party told Reuters on Sunday.
Egypt's draft 2015/2016 budget earmarks 61 billion Egyptian pounds ($8 billion) for fuel product subsidies, Tarek El Molla, chairman of state-run Egyptian General Petroleum Corp (EGPC), said in a statement on Saturday.
Egypt has spent EGP 126.3bn on oil products subsidies during the fiscal year (FY) 2013/2014, according to a US Energy Information Administration (EIA) report on Egypt’s energy released in June.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi asked his government on Saturday to consider postponing a smart card system for subsidized fuel which was due to come into effect in two days, state media said
South African stocks edged lower on Wednesday, led by petrochemicals firm Sasol as brent crude for July slipped when investors adjusted their positions ahead of a key meeting of OPEC oil producers.
South Africa, which sets gasoline prices that fuel producers can charge, needs to ensure companies can recover the cost of upgrading their facilities to handle cleaner fuels, Chevron Corp.’s local unit said.
Nigeria's crippling fuel shortages are unlikely to ease any time soon and much-needed deregulation of the subsidised market would be a fraught process, the chief executive of energy company Sahara Group said on Wedne ...
Egypt will begin rolling out a smart card system for subsidised fuel from June 15, the head of the firm overseeing the project said, part of plans to reduce costly energy subsidies over time.
Gasoline prices are climbing again, pumped up by a rallying oil market and a seasonal switch to more expensive summer-blends, but motorists still are enjoying the cheapest springtime fuel in six years.