IndependentANALYSIS: Scramble for Shs900bn oil dealsIndependentUganda's nascent oil and gas sector is entering an intense three-year development phase, or what everyone is calling phase II since it follows phase one of exploration. As excitement builds …

Financial TimesRivals sound out Noble Group's oil trading unitFinancial TimesNoble Group has received approaches for its oil business as the commodities house remains locked in talks with its lenders over a deal to stave off a debt restructuring or liq …

Financial TimesThe real risks of the falling oil priceFinancial TimesIn any discussion of the oil market it is all too easy to ignore the real world consequences of the price fall that has occurred over the last three years. We might appreciate a small cut …

Why US$50 oil is at the heart of the Saudi-Qatar conflictSouth China Morning PostThere is an old story about the Saudi Arabian monarchy that retired intelligence officers like to tell. It is almost certainly apocryphal. Nonetheless, it helps to illuminate …