Gas merchants have issued a warning that if the Federal Government does not impose restrictions on the terminal owners’ operations, the price of 12.5kg of cooking gas may rise to N18,000 by December. The price of liquefied petroleum gas, also known as cooking gas, has “gone astronomically high at terminals …
Read More »One Dead, Dozens Injured in South Africa Gas Explosion
In South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, a suspected subterranean gas explosion during evening rush hour Wednesday tore open highways and flipped more than 20 cars, wounding at least nine people, according to authorities. Authorities reported that the nine were brought to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Due to concerns about …
Read More »17 Civilians Killed in South Africa Gas Leak
17 people have died as a result of a gas cylinder leak that occurred in a South African shanty town overnight, according to a local official, who also blamed the catastrophe on an illegal mining operation gone awry. On Wednesday, a call was made concerning a gas explosion in the …
Read More »Egypt Starts $1.8 Billion Gas Exploration Wells Programme
According to Egypt’s petroleum minister Tarek El Molla, a $1.8 billion program to dig natural gas exploration wells in the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta has started. Eni, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP are all partners in the effort. El Molla told WAM on the margins of an OPEC seminar …
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