DPR Denies Aiding Smuggling, Says NCS, NSA Grant Border Station Waivers
By Teddy NwanunobiThe Department of Petroleum Resources has faulted the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) that it was partly responsible for the continued smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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OPEC Congo Mission: Barkindo Meets Congo’s Prime Minister
*Visits Congo’s national oil company
By Teddy NwanunobiIn continuation with his mission to the Republic of the Congo, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammad Barkindo, was,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigerian LNG Vessel Berths in Turkey
By Teddy Nwanunobi
Nigeria’s LNG carrier, LNG Abuja II, arrived in Turkey on August 23, latest Turkish ship tracking data revealed.According to a Turkish agency, Hurriyet Daily News, the vessel has a capacity of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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PIA: 3% allocation higher than 30% of profit oil & gas for frontier exploration – Kyari
Mallam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says allocation of three per cent oil companies operating expense to host communities is higher than 30 per cent of profit oil and gas!-->!-->!-->…
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Modular refineries on course, more to start production soon – Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says the modular refinery programme to boost local production of crude oil in the country is on course. Sylva disclosed this in Abuja, on Tuesday.He said that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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‘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 accusationThe 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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