PPPRA to focus on gas, says board chairman
Chairman of the governing board of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Deacon Obinna Atuonwu said the agency would move its focus away from petrol to gas in line with current global realities.
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PIA: Oil sector analysts call for investment in modular refineries to end PMS import
*CBN must lend support to ‘stranded’ licensees – Experts
With the signing of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, analysts have called on the government to ensure enabling policies that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Oil Companies Will Leave Nigeria If We Increase 3% Host Communities Fund – Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has said that increasing the three per cent host communities fund will affect the profit of oil companies and in turn force them to exit the country.
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Police Officer, 6 Others Killed at Gas Project Site – Police
By Teddy Nwanunobi
About seven people – a police officer and six others – lost their lives on Monday, during an attack on a gas project site, Lee Engineering Company, in the Assa community in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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NNPC Reiterates Commitment to Supporting NLNG
By Teddy Nwanunobi
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has reiterated the Corporation’s commitment to supporting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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LPG Importation wll Erode Gas Master Plan – DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has cautioned that granting import licence for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), also called cooking gas, will slow down anticipated growth in the gas sector.
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PIB: Sending 3% shares directly to host communities will cause crisis – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said there may be a lot of crisis if the 3% equity shares contained in the recently signed petroleum industry act is paid directly to the host communities without any government intervention.
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Divestment: Wood McKenzie Values Shell’s Equity in Nigeria JV Assets at $2.3bn
The road to the planned sale of Royal Dutch Shell’s assets in Nigeria appears clearer now, with Wood McKenzie, a leading global oil and gas consulting firm, putting the total value of Shell Petroleum Develop Company (SPDC), the!-->!-->!-->…
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NNPC Will Cease to Exist Within Six Months: GMD Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mele Kyari has said within the next six months the Nigerian owned oil company will cease to exist and a new company that will be known as “a CAMA!-->!-->!-->…
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MISTDO: DPR Insists on Downstream Operators’ Training
By Teddy Nwanunobi
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has reiterated that the Minimum Industry Safety Training for Downstream Operations (MISTDO) remains compulsory for all players in the downstream sector of Nigeria's!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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