Oil Tanker On Fire After Attack

Oil Tanker On Fire After Attack

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile. The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening. Operator Trafigura told the BBC...
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Nigeria-Morrocco Gas Pipeline: FG, Morocco To Intensify Project

Nigeria-Morrocco Gas Pipeline: FG, Morocco To Intensify Project

In a bid to fast-track the process of achieving the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, the Federal Government has intensified discussions with the Kingdom of Morocco.  The discussion which was held on the sidelines of a...
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ExxonMobil Sues Investors 

ExxonMobil Sues Investors 

Oil giant ExxonMobil has sued climate activist investors in a bid to prevent their climate proposal from going to a vote at its annual investor meeting. The complaint is against Follow This and Arjuna Capital, which have called on Exxon...
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Dangote Refinery Begins Production

Dangote Refinery Begins Production

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Dangote Refinery, the largest single-train refinery in the world commenced production on Friday, January 12, 2024.   Earlier scheduled to begin operations in June 2023, the oil refinery received its first crude ...
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Total Energies Visits NCDMB, Reconfirms Final Investment Decision For Ubeta Project in 2024

Total Energies Visits NCDMB, Reconfirms Final Investment Decision For Ubeta Project in 2024

Hopes of new projects that would revitalize the Nigerian oil and gas industry and grow local content appear close to realization as the Managing Director and Country Chair TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria Limited, Mr. Matthieu Bouyer reconfirmed that the company ...
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TotalEnergies Increases Stake In Offshore Blocks 2913B, 2912

TotalEnergies Increases Stake In Offshore Blocks 2913B, 2912

TOTALENERGIES has signed an agreement to acquire from Impact Oil and Gas Namibia (Pty) Ltd an additional 10.5% participating interest in block 2913B and an additional 9.39% participating interest in block 2912, both operated by TotalEnergies in Namibia. TotalE...
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Roger Brown: Africa Should Reposition Energy Industry For The Future 

Roger Brown: Africa Should Reposition Energy Industry For The Future 

Africa should reposition the energy industry for the future and become much more efficient with its energy resources, the Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown has said. He urged African countries to accept the fact that energy...
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NCDMB Partners SLB, Varsities, Unveil Software Solutions For Oil, Gas Industry

NCDMB Partners SLB, Varsities, Unveil Software Solutions For Oil, Gas Industry

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and SLB, a global technology company on Tuesday in Lagos unveiled the first three products of their joint program, the NCDMB-SLB Technology Enhancement Program (N-STEP), a platform whereby students ...
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NNPC Settles PENGASSAN-Total Energies Rift, Restores Production of 275,000bopd

NNPC Settles PENGASSAN-Total Energies Rift, Restores Production of 275,000bopd

Following a peace deal brokered on Sunday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, between the Management of Total Energies, operator of the NNPC/Total JV, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, (PENGASSAN) and the Niger...
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NCDMB Boss Warns Against Tinkering With Petroleum Industry Act

NCDMB Boss Warns Against Tinkering With Petroleum Industry Act

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has advised that making unending changes to the structures set up by Petroleum Industry Act 2021 could kill the confidence of investors and stal...
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NLNG Advocates For Urgent Action To Secure Gains From Gas

NLNG Advocates For Urgent Action To Secure Gains From Gas

Nigeria must be deliberate in its desire to take opportunities offered by the energy transition, the recognition of gas as a transition fuel and the quest for clean energy to increase its gas investment and harvest the gains from gas,...
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Oil Prices Rise On Supply Deficit Concerns

Oil Prices Rise On Supply Deficit Concerns

Oil prices rose on Tuesday for the fourth consecutive session, as weak shale output in the U.S. spurred further concerns about a supply deficit stemming from extended production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Reuters report that U.S. West Texas...
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LNG: Shell, Morocco Seal 12-Year Deal

LNG: Shell, Morocco Seal 12-Year Deal

The management of Shell has signed a 12-year arrangement to supply Morocco with 0.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. A statement from the Energy Ministry explained that the agreement was signed by the National...
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Shell Still Trading Russian Gas

Shell Still Trading Russian Gas

Shell is still trading Russian gas more than a year after pledging to withdraw from the Russian energy market. BBC report that the company was involved in nearly an eighth of Russia’s shipborne gas exports in 2022, according to analysis...
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