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January 26, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Seeks Partnership With NMDPRA On Domestic Gas Supply

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has expressed readiness to partner with Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) company towards solving Nigeria’s energy challenges. According to the Authority, the partnership will increase gas use in cooking, transportation and...

January 26, 2022 No Responses

Deregulation: FG Introduces Infrastructure Fund For Auto Gas Transition

The Federal Government says it will take into consideration infrastructure fund for the midstream and downstream sector targeted at developing gas infrastructure to actualise Auto Gas Transition. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resou...

January 23, 2022 No Responses

Ardova LPG Storage Facility Gets December Completion Date

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com Ardova Plc has performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 20,000 metric tonne Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage terminal at the project site in Ijora, Lagos State. The ceremony sig...

January 20, 2022 No Responses

Dangote Refinery To Reduce Africa’s Petroleum Importation by 36%, Says APPO

African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) has said that the establishment of Dangote Oil Refinery will bring about a 36 per cent reduction in the importation of petroleum productions into the continent. Besides, the organisation expressed a belief that t...

January 19, 2022 No Responses

Oil Prices Hit Seven-Year High

The price of oil hit its highest level in more than seven years on Tuesday as traders worried that an attack on a fuel storage facility in the Middle East could affect supply. A suspected drone attack by Yemeni Houthi...

January 17, 2022 No Responses

EEDC Decries Energy Theft, Meter Bypass In S/East

The management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, decried the raising spate of outright energy theft and meter bypass within the South-East. “This development has consistently impacted negatively on the revenue of the company ...

January 14, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Channels 100% LPG Production To Nigerian Market

The Board of Directors of Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has approved the supply of 100 per cent of the company’s LPG production (propane and butane) to the Nigerian market. A statement issued on Thursday by Mr Andy Odeh, General Manager, External...

January 13, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Debunks Train 7 Project Vacancies

The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has debunked an online advertisement announcing vacancies for its Train 7 Project positions. A statement issued on Wednesday by General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development; Andy Ode...

January 10, 2022 No Responses

SEC Reiterates Listing Of NNPC, Dangote Refineries, Others

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) is to carry out advocacy efforts to relevant Government Agencies such as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resourc...

January 10, 2022 No Responses

Oil Prices Edge Up Over Supply Worries

Oil prices edged up on Monday as supply disruptions in Kazakhstan and Libya offset worries stemming from the rapid global rise in Omicron infections. Brent crude gained 16 cents, or 0.2%, at $81.91 a barrel at 0406 GMT, while U.S....

January 7, 2022 No Responses

OPEC Oil Output Undershoots Target

Increase in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil output in December has again undershot the rise planned under a deal with allies, a Reuters survey found on Thursday, highlighting capacity constraints that are limiting supply as gl...

January 5, 2022 No Responses

FG To Revive 215MW Kudenda Power Project

The Federal Government will revive a 215 Megawatts Power Project in Kaduna State, Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu has said. Aliyu stated this shortly after inspecting the project on Tuesday at Kudenda in Kaduna South Local Government Area of the...

January 4, 2022 No Responses

Barkindo Hails New OPEC Sec. Gen

Secretary General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mr Mohammad Barkindo, says the organisation will be in capable hands with his successor, Mr Haitham Al Ghais. Barkindo made this known in a congratulatory messa...

January 3, 2022 No Responses

NNPC Explains Fire Outbreak At Port Harcourt Refinery

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Sunday, described January 1, 2022 fire outbreak at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) as minor. According to NNPC, the fire, caused by a spark while a 33,000-litre truck was discharging naphth...