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March 15, 2023 No Responses

OPEC Raises Chinese Oil Demand Growth Forecast

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday further raised its forecast for Chinese oil demand growth in 2023 due to the relaxation of the country’s COVID-19 curbs, although it left the global total steady, citing potential downside risks...

March 13, 2023 No Responses

Aramco Declares $161b Profit For 2022

Saudi oil giant Aramco has announced a record profit of $161.1bn (£134bn) for 2022, helped by soaring energy prices and bigger volumes. It represents a 46.5% rise for the state-owned company, compared with last year. It is the latest energy...

February 6, 2023 No Responses

Shell, NDDC To Reconcile Accounts

The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has pledged to work with officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to reconcile the statu...

December 10, 2022 No Responses

Oil Bounces On Pipeline Shutdown

Oil prices bounced on Friday as closure of a major Canada-to-U.S. crude pipeline disrupted supplies, but both benchmarks were headed for a weekly loss on worries over slowing global demand growth. Brent crude futures were at $76.70 a barrel, up...

July 15, 2022 No Responses

Oil Theft: NIMASA To Deploy Special Mission Aircraft

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has given assurances that two special mission aircrafts in the deep blue project fleet of the agency will be deployed to fight oil theft and protect...

July 13, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production Averaged 1.238m bpd In June

Nigeria’s crude oil production increased to an average of 1.238 million barrels per day (bpd) in June 2022, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for July 2022...

June 17, 2022 No Responses

Saro Oil Palm Embarks On Pre-Planting Activities In Edo

An integrated agricultural company, Saro Oil Palm Limited has embarked on pre-planting activities in preparation for the development of a 10,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. Managing Director of Saro Oil P...

June 1, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria’s Crude Oil Production Increases By 70,000bpd

Nigeria’s crude oil production increased by 70,000 barrels per day in May according to a Reuters Survey released on Tuesday. The document, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, showed that the country’s crude oil...

May 15, 2022 No Responses

Oilserv Targets Takeover Of Moribund NNPC Pipelines

An indigenous Engineering Procurement and Contract (EPC) company, Oilserv Limited has concluded plans to bid for all moribund Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) pipeline distribution systems. Group Chairman, Oilserv, Mr Emeka Okwuosa in an interv...

May 2, 2022 No Responses

Chevron Nigeria Remains Committed In Fight Against Malaria, Says MD

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it remains committed in the fight against malaria scourge and other communicable diseases in Nigeria. CNL’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Rick Kennedy made the disclosure in a statement on Monda...

March 21, 2022 No Responses

Japan Presses UAE To Pump More Oil

Japan on Sunday urged the United Arab Emirates to pump more oil to calm markets rocked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the latest major consumer to lobby Gulf producers.The plea by Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi came during m...

March 10, 2022 No Responses

Why Nigeria Is Unable To Meet OPEC Quota, By Sylva

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has attributed the inability of Nigeria to meet the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota to lack of investments in oil and gas sector. Nigeria’s OPEC quota is pegged ...

March 7, 2022 No Responses

Shell Defends Decision To Buy Russian Crude Oil

Shell has defended its decision to purchase Russian crude oil despite the invasion and bombardment of Ukraine. The oil giant said in a statement that the decision to purchase the fuel at a discounted price was “difficult”. It confirmed ...

February 5, 2022 No Responses

Oil Hits Seven-Year High

Oil prices surged to seven-year highs on Friday, extending their rally into a seventh week on ongoing worries about supply disruptions fueled by frigid U.S. weather and ongoing political turmoil among major world producers.Reuters reports that Brent ...