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For some time now, the Federal Government, through both the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has promised to give Nigerians alternative fuel, Autogas. This alternative…
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By Gideon Osaka It is no longer news that some far-reaching transformations are currently taking place in the Nigerian oil and gas industry following the commencement of the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) signed…
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The technical problems hampering Nigeria’s oil output have further heightened calls for genuine diversification of the nation’s oil-dependent economy, writes GIDEON OSAKA On 10th December 2016, non-OPEC oil producing countries and…
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-By Sopuruchi Onwuka The highly orchestrated global coalition on climate action to avert looming environmental catastrophe, and the related transition from fossil fuels to low carbon energy logically require the existing courses of…
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-By Sopuruchi Onwuka It would prove difficult to find a Nigerian who has flown the most populous black nation’s national flag in the international arena as high, in the recent years, as the current Secretary General of the Organisation…
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-By Gideon Osaka The gains recorded in the oil sector, with the soon-to-be-concluded marginal fields bid round, risk being eroded by the tactics of disgruntled interests to frustrate and discredit the entire exercise, Valuechain…
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-By Teddy Nwanunobi Nigeria is blessed with an abundance of mineral resources but over the years, the country has depended so much on oil. The over reliance of black gold has led to the near abandonment of the development of the other…
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-By Gideon Osaka In November last year when the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva declared that a subsidy element was still being retained in the pricing of premium motor spirit (PMS) or petrol, analysts…
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-By Gideon Osaka The global oil and gas industry has had a bumpy 2020, having been hit by several challenges – the most significant of which is COVID-19. The impact of the virus was particularly severe on the oil sector than on any…
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-By Gideon Osaka Nigeria’s refining capacity is set to receive a boost with the official commissioning of the 5,000 barrels per day (bpd) Waltersmith Modular refinery and groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the refinery.The…
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