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The environmental disaster in Ogoniland could take up to 30 years and $1bn to repair, but Royal Dutch Shell says it remains committed to its Nigerian operations despite accepting liability for its part in oil spills, writes David Slater

Alongside its decision to recognise the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the “sole governmental authority” in Libya, the UK government has consolidated Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco)’s position as a national oil corporation in waiting

As South Sudan celebrates its birth and its neighbours issue statements of support, the Ilemi Triangle border dispute seems to have been forgotten. Nairobi and Khartoum have both eyed this notoriously volatile area’s oil prospects in recent decades, but Juba has yet to publically take a stance

With oil production at a four-year high, the government is reaching out to IOCs to ensure that a temporary and fragile ceasefire can be transformed into a lasting peace

As President Goodluck Jonathan puts the final touches to his long-awaited new cabinet, having returned staunch ally Diezani Alison-Madueke to the petroleum ministry, questions over sector reform and industry power remain. Following his re-election in April, President Goodluck Jonathan has opted for continuity rather than change in the composition of his new cabinet, with 13 ministers expected to return to their portfolios.

While the rebels’ allies fret about their failure to deliver a knock-out blow and the Qadhafi regime displays confidence that it can hold on to Tripoli and make diplomatic gains, a move to cut the main supply of fuel to the capital may signal that the endgame is closer than many think

Another Sudanese drama beckons with President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir’s threat to shut off the main pipeline linking oil fields in the soon-to-be-independent south with the export terminal at Port Sudan unless the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) continues to share revenues or pays a transit fee on every barrel exported

Following the defection of National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Shukri Ghanem, former utilities minister and General Electric Company of Libya (Gecol) chairman Omran Abu Kraa has been appointed to head the Libyan state company. NOC board member Azzam Al-Messalati was appointed general manager, taking over from Ali Al-Sogher Mohammed Saleh, whose whereabouts and affiliation is not known.

The economy grew by only 1.9% in 2010 after shrinking by 0.3% in 2009. But, if stability can be maintained, it is forecast to be among Africa’s biggest GDP growth plays in coming years, writes Jon Marks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s $3bn standby arrangement with the Egyptian government for the 2011-12 fiscal year will partly support a precarious budget loaded with the costs of the revolution against the regime of president Hosni Mubarak.

President Yoweri Museveni named a new cabinet on 27 May, appointing former Ugandan Electricity Distribution Company managing director Irene Muloni as energy and minerals minister. Muloni, the MP for Bulambuli, takes over from Hilary Onek, who moves to internal affairs.

Work had started on the Tema Osonor independent power project, and major institutions had lined up debt and equity, when issues of bridge loan repayments and the failure to obtain parliamentary approval for the PPA blocked the project.

The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) has lifted sanctions on National Oil Corporation (NOC)’s Benghazi-based subsidiary Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco).

Persistent blackouts, rising tensions in poorer neighbourhoods and disillusionment among the professional classes are adding to political pressures on President Wade and his family. A speedy breakthrough in installing new generation capacity and improved T&D would considerably ease tensions, writes Jon Marks in Dakar

A wave of strikes, adding to the localised protests across the country over social and economic issues, says much about the current mood in a North African state that has so far resisted the galvanic change that marked the early months of the Arab Spring.