Nigeria Looks To Ramp Up Its Oil Refining Capacity
Nigeria, Africa’s largest crude oil producer and exporter, expects to end its crude-for-fuel swap deals by 2023 when its refining capacity is set to increase with state refineries revamped and a new refinery built, Mele Kyari, Group!-->…
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Troops Rescue 5 Expatriates, Recover Stolen Crude Oil
The five foreign expatriates rescued by the troops. Credit: Defence Headquarters
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have rescued five expatriates that were kidnapped in Yellow Island, Rivers State.
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National Assembly Shifts PIB Deliberations To 2021, Nigerian Government Says
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said that the National Assembly has shifted the Petroleum Industry Bill deliberation to first quarter of next year.
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Nigeria: ExxonMobil Appeals Ruling On Territorial Jurisdiction
ExxonMobil Corporation has appealed the ruling of Justice O A. Obaseki-Osaghae of the National Industrial Court in Lagos which held that the corporation can be sued in Nigeria.
Ruling in the application filed to stop joining of Exxon!-->!-->!-->…
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Oil prices rebound 2% on Trump’s health improvement, Norway strike escalation
Oil prices rose more than two per cent on Monday, lifted by comments from doctors for U.S President Donald Trump, suggesting he could be discharged from hospital as soon as Monday.
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BREAKING: Nuhu Bamali is New Emir of Zazzau
Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli has been named the 19th Emir of Zazzau. He succeeds Alhaji Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20 after a 45-year-reign.
Bamalli is the first emir from the Mallawa ruling house in 100 years after his!-->!-->!-->…
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PENGASSAN, NUPENG Urge Members To Shut Down Chevron Over Mass Sack
"We must follow the process. This development runs contrary to Nigeria's laws regulating the oil and gas industry as it does not protect our national interest"
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and!-->!-->!-->…
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COVID-19 lockdown destroys 30% global oil demand
*As OPEC warns of leaner demand ahead
Thirty per cent of world’s oil demand has been affected by the lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic, it was learnt.
Secretary-General, Organisation for the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigeria: NNPC’s privatisation should mimic Saudi’s Aramco
By Kurt Davis Jr., banker
Can Nigeria’s President employ the strategy of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince in privatising a state oil corporation?
The goal to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) – a state oil!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigeria: Gas-Powered Vehicles Will Create Millions of Jobs Annually – Experts
Stakeholders in the nation's automobile industry have commended the federal government for its position on Autogas Policy, saying it is a right step in the right direction.
The federal government had last month ordered chief executive!-->!-->!-->…
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