Why 88% of Nigerian Deepwater Oil Fields Are Not Producing
-By Yange Ikyaa
The Nigerian oil and gas industry has experienced phenomenal growth in deep water operations in the past two decades, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has continued to support planned deepwater!-->!-->!-->…
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Downstream Oil Sector: Motion, No Movement
-By Gideon Osaka
There appears to be no end in sight to the challenges facing Nigeria’s downstream oil sector. Issues of subsidy payment, inadequate refining capacity of the nation’s refineries and liberalisation of the sector continue!-->!-->!-->…
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IOCs, Host Communities Spar Over Underdevelopment
-By Fred Ojiegbe
The growing underdevelopment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, regarded as the goose that lays the golden eggs has continued to pitch the region against the international oil companies, IOCs, that have been producing oil!-->!-->!-->…
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How Kyari Emerged 19th GMD of NNPC
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 20th June 2019 confirmed the appointment of Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari, as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
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Anibor Kragha: Chief Operating Officer, Refineries & Petrochemicals, Directorate of NNPC
-By Danlami Nasir Isa
Mr. Anibor Ohiole Kragha holds four degrees: a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota (1996), a Masters in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (1998) and two!-->!-->!-->…
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Living with Sickle Cell in Nigeria
-By Aisha Sambo
Do you know that Nigeria alone has nearly 150,000 children born annually with sickle-cell anaemia? The country bears 50% of the global burden of the disease. Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) is caused by a mutation in the gene!-->!-->!-->…
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Waltersmith Refinery: Eliciting Hope of Nigeria’s Refining Capacity
-By Fred Ojiegbe
There appears to be hope that Nigeria’s refining capacity may be on the increase in no distant time with the construction of Waltersmith Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited’s 5,000 barrels per day, bpd refinery!-->!-->!-->…
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Oando, SEC Fiasco: Intrigues, Politics, Business
-By Gideon Osaka
The recent directive by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, to Oando Plc, to appoint new directors and hold a general meeting by July 1, 2019, thereby compulsorily resigning the Chief Executive Officer, Wale!-->!-->!-->…
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Knocks, Kudos Trail FG’s Revocation of Oil Licenses
-By Gideon Osaka
Diverse reactions have continued to trail the recent revocation of six oil blocks belonging to five companies, announced by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on behalf of the Federal Government.
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Demand from Asia set to Power Growth of Global Gas Industry in 5 Years
-By Gideon Osaka
After another record year, global demand for natural gas is set to keep growing over the next five years, driven by strong consumption in fast-growing Asian economies and supported by the continued development of the!-->!-->!-->…
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