Total Nigeria sees profit fall 70% on high financing costs
The reliance on bank borrowings to finance its operations continued to have a negative impact on the fortunes of Total Nigeria Plc as it has recorded a decline of 69 per cent in its bottom-line for the year ended December 31, 2019.
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Nigeria has lowest gas usage despite vastness of resource – Sylva
Nigeria has the lowest penetration of liquefied petroleum gas, popularly called cooking gas, despite being rich in gas resources, the Federal Government has said.
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OPEC mulls moving March 5 meeting forward due to coronavirus impact
OPEC is in discussions to bring forward its scheduled March 5-6 meeting as the oil market continues to be buffeted by the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.
Algerian energy minister Mohamed Arkab said Wednesday a decision would be!-->!-->!-->…
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NCDMB, Rungas partner on LPG cylinder factory in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) announced on Wednesday that it has partnered Rungas Prime Industries Limited in the establishment of a 400,000 per annum Type 3 LPG Composite Cylinder Manufacturing Plant in!-->…
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Court issues warrant for former oil minister in OPL 245 case
A Nigerian court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former oil minister Dan Etete and two others in relation to an oilfield that is the subject of corruption cases in Italy and Nigeria, the government’s anti-fraud unit told Reuters.
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Senate probes $25bn refinery maintenance fee by NNPC
The Senate on Thursday directed its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to investigate the expenditure of over $25 billion on the turn around maintenance of the nation’s four refineries in the last 25 years.
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High hopes as Buhari summons Service Chiefs to Villa
There are indications that the nation’s security architecture may witness significant focus shift this Thursday, as President Muhammadu Buhari last night summoned a high level meeting with his Service Chiefs for a meeting.
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Oil theft: EFCC receives vessel, 1 million litres of AGO from Navy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, took delivery of MV Gratitude, a bunkering vessel and its crew of six, intercepted on January 9, 2020 by officers of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Yenagoa,!-->…
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OPEC mulls deeper production cuts to limit Coronavirus impact
...As oil price slides to $58
Despite an upward revision in oil demand growth for 2020 by 140,000 b/d to 1.22 million b/d, OPEC members may consider deeper production cuts, or extend their existing deal, in response to a slump in prices!-->!-->!-->…
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DPR concerned over illegal marketing of cooking gas
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Abuja, raised the alarm about activities of illegal marketers of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) insisting that the development remains a critical treat to lives and properties and uneconomical!-->…
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