Energy Archives — Page 51 of 60

May 11, 2017 No Responses

Proposed amendment to NLNG Act threatens 18,000 potential jobs

Ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend the Nigeria LNG Act is a direct threat to the expected 18, 000 construction jobs for Trains 7 and 8, General Manager, External Relations Division, Kudo Eresia-Eke has said. Speaking at...

May 10, 2017 No Responses

‘Proposed amendment of NLNG Act is direct attack on ease of doing business, foreign investment to Nigeria’

By Moses Ebosele – The Managing Director of Nigeria NLNG, Tony Attah, has described proposed amendment of the NLNG Act as a “direct attack on the present Government’s ease of doing business agenda” and effort to attract direct foreign...

May 2, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria LNG exports landmark 4000th cargo

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Monday, May 1st, 2017 reached another major milestone with the exportation of its 4000th cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from its Bonny Island Terminal in Rivers State to Mamara LNG Terminal in Turkey, which...

May 1, 2017 No Responses

Total teams up with Pavilion Energy on LNG bunkering

Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions and Pavilion Gas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on LNG bunkering cooperation in Singapore, on the sidelines of GASTECH 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Under the MOU, Pavilion Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pavilion Ene...

April 26, 2017 No Responses

NLNG calls for intensified Malaria research

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today called for increased efforts by scientists to fight Malaria and permanently rid the country of the disease before the World Health Assembly’s target date of 2030. Speaking on Tuesday while commemorating World Malaria Day wi...

April 20, 2017 No Responses

How to spur industrial, economic transformation in Nigeria through gas, by Attah, NLNG MD

By Moses Ebosele – The expansion of NLNG’s Bonny Island Plant with Trains 7 and 8 could be a catalyst to unleashing the country’s gas potentials, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Tony Attah has said. Speaking in Lagos...

April 13, 2017 No Responses

NNPC to commercialise communication network

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced plan to commercialise some of its critical Information Communications & Technology (ICT) infrastructure in line with its bid to re-focus the Corporation as a commercially viable entity. The G...

April 12, 2017 No Responses

NLNG MD joins NESG Board

Nigeria LNG Limited Managing Director and Chief Executive, Mr Tony Attah, has been appointed to the Board of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). NESG is a leading private sector Think-Tank and Policy Advocacy Group committed to the development...

April 12, 2017 No Responses

NUPENG tasks FG on local govt autonomy

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on the Federal Government to facilitate autonomy to the 774 local governments in the country, “so that they can operate fully without any hindrance”. According to the union,...

April 11, 2017 No Responses

NCDMB at INTELS, lauds facility at Onne

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, has commended INTELS Nigeria Limited for developing the Onne Free Zone into what he called “a world class facility”. Speaking shortly after touring the ...

April 10, 2017 No Responses

Ban heavy fuel oil in Arctic Waters, EU Parliament tells IMO

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to ban the highly polluting marine fuel heavy fuel oil (HFO) from use in Arctic waters. Transport & Environment informed that the full European Parliamen...

April 7, 2017 No Responses

Niger Delta States indicate interest in community-based modular refineries

As implementation efforts on President Muhammadu Buhari’s new vision for oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta region progress, states in the region are beginning to indicate interest in working with the Federal Government and the Private Sector to de...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

Recover $22b, N316b from NNPC, NEITI tells FG

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged the Federal Government to recover $22b, N316b from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Presenting it report to Journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of N...

April 4, 2017 No Responses

Shell to fuel world’s 1st LNG-Powered Aframax Tankers

Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot) has signed an agreement with Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel the first Aframax crude oil tankers in the world to be powered by LNG. Under the...