Iraq Achieves Full Refining Capacity Across New Plants

• Tuesday, 10th February 2026
• by Fatma Ahmed

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil stated that newly developed refineries are now operating at 100% capacity, marking a major advance in the country’s refining sector and positioning Iraq among petroleum-product exporters that me...

Nigeria to Embark on Mini-Refineries Project

• Wednesday, 25th November 2020
• by Editorial Team

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...

Saudi Aramco Lowers Fuel Prices in May

• Monday, 11th May 2020
• by Editorial Team

Saudi Aramco has announced on May 10 new reduced prices for fuel in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to a press release.  Gasoline 91’s price was set at 0.67 riyals ($0.18) per liter , down 48.9% from 1.31 riyal...

KNPC Requests Contract Renewal with Mitsubishi 

• Monday, 20th January 2020
• by Editorial Team

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has requested a contract renewal with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Company, according to Arab Times. Under the contract renewal, Mitsubishi would work towards upgrading the boilers...

NNPC Resumed Kerosene, Diesel Output

• Thursday, 12th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

The three refineries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri have resumed production of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel, and Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) or kerosene,...

Nigeria Faces Severe Kerosene Shortage

• Tuesday, 10th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

The scarcity of kerosene, used by millions of largely poor Nigerians for cooking, has hit major cities causing huge increase in price, Premium Times reported. In Lagos, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas W...

Tanzania Reduced Fuel Prices

• Monday, 9th January 2017
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Tanzania’s energy regulator lowered maximum retail prices for diesel and kerosene early January but marginally raised the limit for petrol to reflect changes in global energy costs, Standard Digital reported. Th...

Kenya Increased Pump Prices

• Monday, 21st November 2016
• by Editorial Team

Kenyan Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) increased the maximum retail prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene in the country. The changes took effective from mid November and will remain valid for a 30-day period, Ecof...

Kenya Dropped Petrol Prices

• Monday, 19th September 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Kenya’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced an immediate drop in fuel rates that will extend until mid-October. The price dropped by $0.04  per liter for super petrol, to reach $0.90. The selling rate f...

Kenya Increased LPG Consumption by 240%

• Sunday, 14th August 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Kenya has increased the consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by 240%, compared to 2015, amid low global oil prices and the removal of value added tax (VAT) on the commodity, Xinhua reported. The use of LPG in ...