Ecobank to guarantee settlement for TOR crude Modern Ghana Ecobank Ghana has agreed to guarantee payment for nearly a million barrels of crude oil meant for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). | The refinery would however first have to put in the necessary requests before Sahara Energy would release the consignment. | The consignment of crude has been on a super t...
Sub-Saharan Africa still bedevilled by corruption, Transparency says Business Report | By Sapa | Submit your comment | South Africa was ranked 55th in the 2008 Corruption Perceptions index released yesterday by Transparency International. | South Africa scored 4.7 out of ten on the composite index, which combines data from 10 ...
Va. aquarium's $25M renovation to open soon The Examiner Comments VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Map, News) - The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center will soon unveil its $25 million renovation and expansion. | The renovation is scheduled to open Saturday after several delays prevented it from opening as exp...
Sahara system will seek out pipe leaks Hong Kong Standard The Water Supplies Department will use HK$10 million worth of new technology to detect leaks in 80 kilometers of water pipes running under Hong Kong's main roads. | //--> Beatrice Siu | Friday, November 13, 2009 | The Water Supplies Department will u...
Timbuktu – city in the middle of nowhere The News International Part II Random thoughts | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | Dr A Q Khan | This week I would like to concentrate on Mali's history Between the 9th and 16th centuries, three great empires rose in the region, Ghana, Mali and Songhai. The Empire of Ghana wa...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 By Dr A Q Khan The News International This week I would like to concentrate on Mali's history Between the 9th and 16th centuries, three great empires rose in the region, Ghana, Mali and Songhai. The Empire of Ghana was made up of what is now Mali and Senegal, with no geographic connectio...
Carbon storage? Dutch town says not here CNBC BARENDRECHT, Netherlands - The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming. | They just wish it wasn't right beneath their houses. "Who wants to live in Barendrecht if one of ...
IEA sees 1.3 billion people without power in 2030 Business Report | By 2030, over 50 pct of Sub-Sahara still without power | Submit your comment | The proportion of the world's population with access to electricity will rise over the next 20 years but more than a billion people will still be without power in...
Carbon storage? Not under my house! The Boston Globe | BARENDRECHT, Netherlands-The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming. | They just wish it wasn't right beneath their houses. "Who wants to live in Barendrecht if one of ...
Carbon capture projects around the world Houston Chronicle | - A quick survey of carbon capture projects and efforts around the world: | _ Sleipner, Norway: Since 1996, Statoil has been piping more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year from a gas field under the North Sea into a nearby water-bearing r...
Carbon storage? Not under my back yard! Seattle Times BARENDRECHT, Netherlands - | The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming. | They just wish it wasn't right beneath their houses. "Who wants to live in Barendrecht if one o...
Carbon capture projects around the world Wtop | (AP) - A quick survey of carbon capture projects and efforts around the world: | _ Sleipner, Norway: Since 1996, Statoil has been piping more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year from a gas field under the North Sea into a nearby water-bear...
Carbon capture projects around the world Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | A quick survey of carbon capture projects and efforts around the world: | , Sleipner, Norway: Since 1996, Statoil has been piping more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year from a gas field under the North Sea into a n...
Mark Thatcher: the making of the Iron Lady The Times | For Lady Thatcher, Mark is the son who could do no wrong. She has a soft spot for him - as well as a blind spot. She would never talk about how he had made his money. And when she was promoting her memoirs, all questions about his hugely controversial business career were strictly off limits. "Margaret obviously dotes on Mark," her long-time frie...
