Oil & Gas Archives — Page 15 of 21

August 17, 2017 No Responses

NNPC explains $3b yearly drop in production cost

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has saved the nation a minimum of $3billion yearly from the reduction in the cost of crude oil production. NNPC in a statement explained that the development has driven down the cost of...

August 5, 2017 No Responses

Forte Oil Photo News

L–R:Tony Ibeziako, Head, Domestic Primary Market, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, NSE; Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Akin Akinfemiwa, Group Chief Executive Officer, Fo...

August 2, 2017 No Responses

NLNG seeks human capital development in oil, gas industry

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has urged engineers in the country’s oil and gas sector to continuously strive to acquire and demonstrate cutting-edge competence which would enable Nigeria fully harness the vast natural resources and grow the nation’s economy. ...

July 27, 2017 No Responses

EFCC recovers N328.9b from NNPC retails, Oando, Total, Mobil, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered a total sum of N328, 988,296,990.62 from NNPC retails, Oando Plc, Mobil Plc, Conoil Plc, Total Plc, OVH Energy Plc, Forte Oil and Gas Plc, MRS Oil Plc and NIPCO Oil...

July 21, 2017 No Responses

U.S sanctions ExxonMobil over violations

The United States authorities have fined Exxon Mobil $2m for violating sanctions against Russia while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was its chief executive. Exxon dealt with Igor Sechin, the president of Russian oil giant Rosneft, who was blacklisted, the.....

July 17, 2017 No Responses

NNPC attains five million litres of kerosene output daily

The three refineries of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna now produce five million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), also identified as kerosene daily. According to NNPC, this represents more than 60 perce...

July 16, 2017 No Responses

U.S to emerge top LNG exporter by 2022

By 2022, the United States will be on course to challenge Australia and Qatar for global leadership among LNG exporters, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates. Despite the fact that the demand for gas in the United States – the...

July 13, 2017 No Responses

Shell aquires Turritella FPSO

Shell Offshore has revealed that its affiliate, Shell E and P Offshore Services, will exercise a contractual right to buy the Turritella floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel from SBM Offshore. The 159,100 dwt vessel is contracted for the....

July 7, 2017 No Responses

NLNG inspects LPG facilities in Lagos, restates commitment to cleaner environment

Nigeria LNG’s commitment to the sustained supply of cooking gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, into the local market is premised on the need to ensure the use of cleaner energy for the health benefit of Nigerians and cleaner environment in line...

July 7, 2017 No Responses

Qatar to boost LNG exports

Qatar is eager to retain its position as the world’s key exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), especially in light of the ongoing dispute with its neighbors which could result in more economic sanctions against the country. On Tuesday, Qatar Petrol...

July 3, 2017 No Responses

Total secures 50.1 % stake in $5b gas deal with Iran

Total is to sign $5billion gas deal with Iran on Monday to develop an offshore gas field in the Gulf. According to the BBC, It is the biggest foreign deal since most economic sanctions against the country were lifted in...

June 30, 2017 No Responses

ESL names First LNG-Fueled Bulker

Helsinki-based shipping company ESL Shipping, a member of the Aspo Group, has christened its new LNG-powered dry cargo vessel at the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China. As informed, the first of the two ordered vessels was christened Viikki in line with...

June 29, 2017 No Responses

ExxonMobil, others to develop LNG as marine fuel

ExxonMobil, Eagle LNG Partners and Crowley have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of LNG as a marine fuel. The companies said that the goal of the collaboration is to establish the storage and technical support necessary to...

June 20, 2017 No Responses

INTELS: De-categorization of port terminals will lead to loss of Govt revenue

De-categorization of port terminals by Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will result in huge revenue loss to the Federal Government, INTELS Nigeria Limited has said. In his witness statement on oath filed at the Federal High Court Abuja in a case...