Nigeria and Angola are poised to spearhead Africa’s push for energy independence as the continent’s refining capacity is projected to climb to 90 per cent, up from just 45 per cent last year.A new ...

Nigeria, Africa’s leading producer of crude oil, has increased its imports of U.S. WTI crude due to the Dangote Oil ...

Dangote said Nigerians are benefiting from local refining as the price of petrol is cheaper after dropping significantly compared to neighbouring countries….

Zawiya, 40 km (25 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, is home to Libya's biggest functioning refinery, with a capacity of 120,000 barrels per day. The refinery is connected to the country's ...

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Fighting between armed groups near Libya’s Zawiya refinery, some 40km west of Tripoli, on 13 December damaged a site that has become one of the country’s main oil-processing facilities. According to ...

Clashes broke out Sunday between armed groups in a western Libyan city, trapping residents in their homes and causing fires in the country’s second largest oil refinery, officials said.

Fires that broke out in a number of reservoirs in Libya's Zawiya refinery have been brought under control, Khaled Abulgasem Gulam, spokesperson for the country's National Oil Corporation (NOC ...

Several fires at Libya’s Zawiya refinery this weekend prompted a temporary force majeure declared by the National Oil Corporation on Sunday. By Monday morning the fires were brought under ...

Several tanks at the Zawiya refinery, a town 45 km west of Tripoli and the only one in western Libya that supplies the local market with fuel, caught fire, according to videos posted on social ...

Tripoli: A key oil refinery in western Libya suspended operations after armed clashes erupted early on Sunday, causing fires in several storage units, the state petrol company said. Libya's ...