Botswana: Lower mineral revenues expected in 2019

Botswana: Lower mineral revenues expected in 2019

Diamond rich Botswana expects mineral revenues in the 2019/20 fiscal year to drop by 4 percent to 13.6 billion pula ($1.26 billion) due to a decline in royalties and dividends, a minerals ministry budget document showed on Thursday.

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Global Industry: ExxonMobil Earns $20.8 Billion in 2018

Global Industry: ExxonMobil Earns $20.8 Billion in 2018

Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced estimated 2018 earnings of $20.8 billion, or $4.88 per share assuming dilution, compared with $19.7 billion a year earlier. Excluding U.S. tax reform and asset impairments, earnings were $21 billion, compared with $15.3 billion in 2017.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Libyan oil revenue dips to $2.4 billion in November

Africa Oil & Gas: Libyan oil revenue dips to $2.4 billion in November

Libyan oil revenue dips to $2.4 billion in NovemberDUBAI: Libya’s oil and gas revenue dipped to $2.4 billion in November from $2.87 billion in October, but full-year revenue is expected to surge by 76 percent to $24.2 billion, state oil firm NOC said on Friday.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Nigeria Continues To Depend Heavily On Oil Export Revenue

Africa Oil & Gas: Nigeria Continues To Depend Heavily On Oil Export Revenue

Despite assurances that Nigeria is working to diversify its economy away from oil, the African OPEC member continues to depend heavily on oil exports, and consequently, on oil prices, for its international trade and export revenues, as the latest data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Presidential Hopeful Says Niger Delta Could Keep ‘All Oil Revenues’

Africa Oil & Gas: Presidential Hopeful Says Niger Delta Could Keep ‘All Oil Revenues’

A presidential candidate from the People’s Democratic Party has said the Niger Delta communities could keep all of the revenues the oil-rich province produces. In an interview with the Africa Report, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar suggested a sharing scheme might still be better for everyone.

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