Court jails BPE boss 30 days for contempt
-By Kenny Folarin
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, Mr Alex Oko, to 30 days imprisonment for allegedly disobeying court order in implementing the Share!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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NNPC tasks PETAN on gas development, emission control
-By Kenny Folarin
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has tasked members of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) on focusing more on gas development and!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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DPR launches new upstream guidelines to promote efficiency, transparency
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has launched new upstream guidelines with the aim to promote efficiency, transparency and accountability in the sector.
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Reps probes PPPRA for alleged N1.343 trillion fraud
The House of Representatives Wednesday mandated its committee on petroleum resources (downstream) to investigate allegations of alleged withholding of N1.343 trillion internally generated revenue by the Petroleum Products Pricing!-->…
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Local firms access 70% of $200m NCDMB Content Fund
Indigenous oil and gas companies have accessed 70 per cent of the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB’s, $200 million local content fund.
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NNPC inks deal to boost nation’s oil reserve base
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a partnership with Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to boost reserve base.
In a statement released by the corporation, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele!-->!-->!-->…
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Seplat’s top management team visits, applaud Sylva
The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday in Abuja, received a delegation of the key top management of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc.
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Buhari Okays Hyundai To Set Up Car Plant, Rehabilitate Refineries In Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari today okayed Hyundai Engineering Company Limited to set up a car plant, and also rehabilitate petroleum refineries.
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OPEC Says Nigeria Can Do More On Oil Cut Compliance
…As Iraq remains the ‘bad boy’ of the cartel
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, (OPEC) has resolved to exercise critical compliance control on members after it came up with a resolution on Friday to deepen production cut by!-->!-->!-->…
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Fuel consumption hits 67.66m litres/day, as subsidy gulps N10.1bn
-By Kenny Folarin
Nigeria's average daily consumption of petrol has hit 67.66 million litres, indicating an increase of 33.89 million litres when compared to daily consumption figures recorded in September 2019.
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