Oil and Gas Industry

Vitol, Sunoco take first US-bound petrol cargo from Nigeria’s Dangote refinery

Global oil trading firm Vitol and US fuel distributor Sunoco have taken delivery of the first petrol cargo imported into the US from Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Reuters reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Vitol is said to have purchased the 320,000-barrel cargo from Geneva-based Mocoh Oil and sold most of it to […]

Nigeria Says Crude Theft and Metering Losses Lowest in 16 Years

Nigeria’s crude losses from theft and metering issues dropped to their lowest in nearly 16 years at 9,600 barrels per day (bpd), the West African country’s upstream regulator has reported. Representing the one year to July, the figure is the lowest daily average since 2009, according to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). “So […]

Cutting-edge technology comes to Omani unconventional plays

Rahul Patel, founder and CEO of Transcontinental Energy Services, talks to The Energy Year about the company’s expansion into specialised oilfield services and unconventional oil and gasfield developments in the MENA region, its strategy for Oman and its use of advanced technology such as AI. Transcontinental Energy Services is an integrated services and production company.