OPINION/EDITORIAL

The Unrealized Oil Promise of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the era of “Billions At Play”

October 7, 2019/AEC By NJ Ayuk, CEO of Centurion Law Group and Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber It is no secret that the DRC’s mining industry is of vital importance in answering the country’s and the world’s mineral needs. Today, copper, cobalt and other byproducts represent the backbone of the […]

An Easy Regulatory Win

October 7, 2019/Coronation Report How do you stimulate the economy while keeping monetary policy tight? The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) answer has been to require commercial banks to achieve a set level of customer loans relative to their deposits, and the deadline to achieve this passed on 30 September. […]

A Crisis Looms Over U.S. LNG

October 4, 2019/OilPrice.com Trade talks between the US and China are expected to resume in October, but US LNG producers can already count the cost of earlier failed negotiations, which resulted in the imposition of 25% tariffs on their LNG exports to China. The number of US LNG cargoes heading […]