Industry

The 5,000BOPD Waltersmith Refinery in Ibigwe, has joined the 11,000 BOPD Ogbele Expanded Refinery, also in eastern Nigeria, as two private sector owned functioning refineries in the country. The Waltersmith Refinery was commissioned by…
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Eni declared force majeure on exports of Nigerian Brass River crude oil following pipeline explosions in Bayelsa state, the company said on Tuesday. A source with direct knowledge of the matter said the notice of force majeure was dated…
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A gas pipeline in Nigeria’s Baylesa state was shut down following a breach, Royal Dutch Shell’s local subsidiary said in a statement on Tuesday. The breach was reported on Monday on the pipeline, which carries gas to the SPDC-operated…
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Techno Lagos Oil Ltd (Techno Oil) has unveiled its new automated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal at Kikiri in Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria. The new terminal is expected to generate up to 2000 jobs and unlock Nigeria’s 187 trillion ft3 gas…
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Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has said that gas supply to power generating companies (Gencos), has significantly improved, adding that the major challenge now is that of…
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to ensure regular crude supply to Watersmith and other modular refineries in the country to…
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Tony Attah, has said at least 55 per cent of the scope of work of the Train 7 Project will be domiciled and domesticated in Nigeria. He said…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is set to commission the 5,000 barrels per day Waltersmith Modular Refinery and conduct the ground-breaking ceremony for the 45,000 barrels per day refinery expansion project at Ibigwe, Ohaji/Egbema Local…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it will begin the second phase of the rehabilitation of Port-Harcourt Refinery in the first quarter of 2021. NNPC targets getting the four refineries running by 2023. The NNPC’s…
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Unidentified persons on Monday attacked oil facilities operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Ikarama community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Mr Ben Warder, a youth…
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