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The proposed sale is part of Shell’s broader strategy to streamline its global portfolio and focus on higher-margin operations, as major oil companies recalibrate amid volatile energy markets and geopolitical pressures.
ADNOC

UAE targets Shell’s 600 SA petrol stations in $1bn deal

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is in advanced talks to acquire Shell’s South African downstream assets. The deal could reshape the country’s fuel retail sector and deepen…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
US President Donald Trump and his Israeli ally Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shambolic war has shut the Strait of Hormuz, creating a diplomatic fallout with US allies. Photo: Avi Ohayon (GPO)
AMERICAN

Easter in the time of war

The senseless US-Israel war has caused economic tremors around the world and sucked all of us into an unprecedented crisis characterised by soaring oil prices, the wanton…

  • Editorial
2 min read
A US marine observes nearby vessels from the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), during a strait transit at the Strait of Hormuz. (Cpl. Adam Dublinske/Released)
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Editorial: The high cost of war

The war in the Middle East isn’t coming to our doorstep- it is already here. You will feel it at the pumps, in the supermarket aisles and in your beer mug. The ripple effect of…

  • Editorial
3 min read