Oil & Gas Archives — Page 17 of 19

February 12, 2017 No Responses

Intels highlights benefits of Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone

The Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Intels Nigeria Limited, Mr. Patrick Bird says the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone offers enormous advantages and incentives to foreign companies to invest in Nigeria. Speaking on Wednesday in Onne on the sidelines...

January 24, 2017 No Responses

Total Photo News

R-L: Managing Director, Total Nigeria Plc, Philippe Torres , Otunba S. A. Oladite, National President, Petroleum Tanker Driver’s Union and Chairman of S. A. Oliditi and Sons Ltd.

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Fashola implores power sector stakeholders on adequate gas supply

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has asked stakeholders in the Power Sector to look forward to the implementation of policies that would improve gas supply and liquidity as well as the completion of several...

January 17, 2017 No Responses

NLNG’s vessel discharges 13,000 tonnes of LPG at Lagos Jetty

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) at the weekend successfully discharged 13,000 tonnes of LPG to Lagos Jetty as part of measures to curtail reported scarcity across the country. A statement issued by NLNG’s General Manager (External Relations), Kud...

January 15, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo to visit oil-producing communities

In further demonstration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s readiness and determination to comprehensively address the Niger Delta situation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be visiting a number of oil communities across some Niger Delta States star...

January 12, 2017 No Responses

NNPC Refineries resume production of Kerosene, Diesel

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri have resumed production of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), otherwise known as diesel and kerosene respectively. NNPC in a statement is...

January 12, 2017 No Responses

NLNG refutes LPG price increase, blames jetty unavailability, market price distortions

The Nigeria LNG on Wednesday disclosed that its dedicated LPG vessel has been unable to discharge LPG at the Apapa port since 29th December 2016 “due to jetty unavailability, resulting in temporary product shortages in the market”. However, the company.....

January 6, 2017 No Responses

NUPENG shuts down Total Plc

Citing termination of employment, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has ordered stoppage of loading activities at all Total Nigeria depots nationwide. In a statement on Thursday, the South-West Chairman of the union, Tokunbo Korod...

January 5, 2017 No Responses

Sahara Energy, 38 others get NNPC crude lifting contract

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday named Sahara Energy, Oando, MRS and 36 others as successful bidders of its 2007/2018 crude oil term contract, effective January 1, 2017. According to NNPC, the 39 successful bidders comprised 1...

December 24, 2016 No Responses

Again, Total Nigeria is recipient of Solar Grant

In 2015, Total Nigeria Plc was the recipient of a solar grant awarded by the Solar Nigeria Programme, an initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development. Total Nigeria has been able to deliver exceptionally on Awango by Total’s...

December 19, 2016 No Responses

NUPENG begins warning strike January 9

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) is to embark on three-day warning strike onJanuary 9, 2017 over alleged maltreatment of members. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the South-West chairman of the...

December 15, 2016 No Responses

Chevron cancels $1.9B FPSO order

Chevron North Sea Limited has canceled its order for a Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries. The shipbuilding contract, signed in April 2013, was valued at KRW 2.157 trillion (around USD 1.85 billion)...

December 14, 2016 No Responses

NLNG completes $12m USP scheme, commissions UNIMAID engineering laboratory

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has completed one of its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, the University Support Programme (USP), with the commissioning of the sixth $2 million engineering laboratory at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID...

December 6, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, others ban ‘dirty fuels’ from Europe

(BBC) Five countries in West Africa have decided to stop importing “dirty fuels” from Europe, the UN Environment Programme says. A recent report revealed that European companies were exploiting weak regulations in West Africa to export fuels with h...