Nigeria’s Petroleum-based Nation-building

January 30, 2008 Category: Gas, International Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , No Comments →

The Afro-Albertan connection

Western media coverage of violence in the Niger Delta has diverted attention away from Nigeria’s impressive economic progress. Paul Michael Wihbey, President of Washington-based energy consulting firm GWEST, draws on his in-depth working knowledge of West Africa to report on Nigeria’s energy-driven upswing as well as its heavy oil industry’s promising Alberta connection. (more…)

Goldboro’s looming economic restoration

April 01, 2007 Category: Finance, Gas Tags: , , , , , No Comments →

LNG coming to Goldboro, Nova Scotia?

A $4.5-billion LNG and petrochemicals facility is slated for the population depressed port town of Goldboro, Nova Scotia. The facility would be the first of its kind in the region. After three decades of decreasing population, things are finally looking up. (more…)

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