With only several days left until the US midterm elections, oil prices are set for a hefty 13-14% month-on-month increase as ICE Brent trends around $118 per barrel.
Category: Energy
New Report: Commodity Prices Set to Increase by 23% in 2026 as Global Shocks Mount
US//—Commodity prices are set to rise 23% in 2026 as global shocks mount, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook, released today.
Vivo Energy Ghana Wins Big at National PR and Communications Excellence Awards
Koforidua, Eastern Region//- – Vivo Energy Ghana PLC, the company that markets and distributes Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Ghana, has emerged as the biggest winner at this year’s National PR and Communications Excellence Awards by the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana, winning four major awards in recognition of its excellence in strategic communications, public relations and […]
Afreximbank Approves $975 Million Facility For the Management Buy-Out of Oryx Energies
Cairo Egypt// — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed a landmark $ 975 million financing facility to part-finance the Management Buy-Out of Oryx Energies SA (OESA), the holding company of Addax Energy SA, bringing one of the largest and longest-established independent providers of energy products and services in Africa under majority African ownership for the […]
Oil Markets Brace for a New Iran Escalation After U.S. Midterms
The oil markets are counting down the days until the November 3 midterm elections in the US, with expectations of impending hostilities rising into next month.
Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery: From Decline To Recovery
Edmond Kombat Esq., the Managing Director of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), the oldest state-owned refinery in Ghana, on Monday, 26, October 2026, briefed journalists at the Jubilee House in Accra on the state of the refinery.
Ghana: TOR Rebounds With GH¢1.24 Billion Profit As Storage Volumes Surge
Accra, Ghana//-The Managing Director of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Edmond Kombat, today disclosed that the refinery rebounded with a profit before tax of GH¢1.24 billion in 2025, marking its first return to profitability in a decade.
Tema Oil Refinery’s Recovery Creates Over 8,000 Jobs For Ghanaians
Accra, Ghana//-The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Edmond Kombat, today announced that the recovery of the country’s oldest crude oil refinery has created more than 8,000 jobs for Ghanaians since the return of the Mahama-led government in January 2025.
MD: TOR Recovery Creates 1,657 Permanent and Temporary Jobs, and Over 6,500 Indirect Jobs
The recovery of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has created 1,657 permanent and temporary jobs, with more than 6,500 indirect and temporary workers also engaged during turnaround maintenance, Managing Director Edmond Kombat has disclosed.
Ghana Sets $10.8 Billion Renewable Plan as Regional Clean-energy Investment Deepens
Asaba, Nigeria// — Kowatek Solar LTD (www.Kowatek.com) notes Ghana’s updated Renewable Energy Master Plan for 2026 to 2030, which targets 852 megawatt-peak of utility-scale solar and 709 megawatt-peak of utility-scale wind, as a further signal that West African markets are raising clean-energy ambition alongside Nigeria’s new financing vehicles.










