‘Gas consumption lowest in Nigeria despite 206 tcf reserves’
Despite boasting of a 206 trillion standard cubic feet of gas reserves and topping major countries, Nigeria’s per capita consumption of gas is the lowest in the sub-Saharan African region, Ministers of State for Petroleum Resources,!-->!-->!-->…
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NDC urges Shell to remediate N/Delta environment before divestment
The Niger Delta Congress, NDC, has vowed to take legal action against the Royal Dutch Shell, should her subsidiaries in Nigeria failed to fix the environmental carnage it has created in the Niger Delta region, before her planned!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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NNPC working with investors for establishment of 250,000b/d refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is working with investors for the establishment of new 250,000 barrels per stream day refineries.
NNPC’s Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries and Project Division, GRPD, and!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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DPR, Customs bicker over smuggling of petrol across Nigeria’s borders
*The Customs C-G had accused the DPR of giving licences to petrol stations around Nigeria's borders in violation of existing laws. DPR denies the accusation
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied claims by the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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PIA, gas initiatives will transform Nigeria’s energy sector – Osinbajo
The passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, as well as Nigeria’s gas initiatives, will help transform Nigeria into a gas-based industrialized nation and also create a better-managed petroleum industry with more value addition for both!-->!-->!-->…
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OIL: we’re ready to comence exploration, develop ogoni – NPDC
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has expressed readiness to start oil exploration in Ogoniland.
The NPDC has also declared that it would!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Incorporation of NNPC limited by Feb 2022… timeline for PIA implementation
The federal government has set timeline for the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). This followed the inauguration of a nine-member steering committee headed by Timipre Sylva, minister of state on petroleum.
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Oil jumps 5% on weaker dollar after seven days of losses
Oil prices rose more than 5% on Monday, recovering from a seven-day losing streak due to a weaker dollar and strength in global equities markets.
"Although the oil complex has generally been able to shrug off strength in the stock!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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ANALYSIS: Despite Rising Oil Price, ECA Plunges By $11.56m
The Nigeria Government has failed to make oil revenue savings into the Excess Crude Account (ECA) despite increase in global oil price.
Conversely, withdrawals have been made from the account, which saw it being depleted by $11.56!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Barkindo Begins Congo Mission, Meets Minister Itoua
By Teddy Nwanunobi
The Secretary General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, on Monday, began his mission to the Republic of the Congo by holding a bilateral meeting with!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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