Oil & Gas Archives — Page 5 of 19

August 17, 2018 No Responses

NNPC Seeks Clarification On Proposed Petroleum Asset Management Company

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday sought clarification on the funding structure of the proposed Nigerian Petroleum Asset Management Company (NPAMC) in the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director (GMD), sought...

August 15, 2018 No Responses

SNEPCo Seeks Diversification Roadmap

The Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Bayo Ojulari, has harped on economic diversification as a panacea for job creation and rapid economic growth of Nigeria. He spoke at the just-concluded annual conference and ex...

August 15, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Unveils Agenda For Two Additional Refineries

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has plans to establish 100,000-barrels-per-day brownfield refineries in Port-Harcourt and Warri to boost local refining of crude oil in the country. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Di...

August 11, 2018 No Responses

Firms To Accelerate Adoption Of LNG As Marine Fuel

Mexico-based LNG company ÉNESTAS has joined SEA\LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition aiming at accelerating the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel. With the addition of ÉNESTAS, the SEA\LNG coalition bolsters its efforts to drive forward LNG as a marine fue...

August 8, 2018 No Responses

Empowerment Scheme: NLNG Graduates 84 Youths

Eighty-four (84) youths have become the latest batch of trainees to emerge from Nigeria LNG (NLNG)’s skill acquisition and capacity building programme,Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES). YES is one of NLNG’snumerous initiativesdesigned to make youths y in it...

July 28, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria To Review Revenue Template

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for the review of the revenue reporting template between the NNPC and the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun conveyed the President’s directive on Friday whil...

July 28, 2018 No Responses

EU, US To Boost LNG Trade, Hold Further Tariffs

The trade relations between the United States and Europe, which were on roller coaster ride over the past few months amid trade tariff threats and retaliation measures being thrown from each side, seem to be on the path of...

July 21, 2018 No Responses

Shell To Sell $2B Nigeria Oil Assets

The Anglo-Dutch oil major is discussing selling oil mining licenses 11 and 17 to Heirs Holdings Ltd., a company run by Nigerian tycoon Tony Elumelu, the people said. Included in the sale are infrastructure assets such as a natural gas-fired...

July 20, 2018 No Responses

Total MD Faces Arrest Over $1B Pipeline Contract

The Senate Committee on Gas, investigating $1billion pipeline contract, has threatened to issue warrant of arrest on Managing Directors, Total and Saipem, if they fail to appear in person on Tuesday. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Basset Akpan, gav...

July 20, 2018 No Responses

Firm Ships 1st LNG Cargo To China

Russian gas company PAO Novatek has shipped its first cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Yamal LNG project to China via the Northern Sea Route. To commemorate the occasion, the arrival of LNG carriers Vladimir Rusanov and Eduard...

July 16, 2018 No Responses

Oando: Court Orders Wale Tinubu’s Firms to Pay Volpi $680 Million

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has issued an award against two companies owned by the Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc, Mr. Wale Tinubu and his deputy, Mr. Mofe Boyo to pay a total debt of US$680 million...

July 15, 2018 No Responses

LNG Business: Total Seals $1.5B Takeover of Engie’s Portfolio

French energy giant Total has closed the acquisition of Engie’s portfolio of upstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets for an overall enterprise value of USD 1.5 billion. Should the oil market mark a major improvement in the coming years, Total’s...

July 12, 2018 No Responses

NLNG Seeks $7B For Expansion, Targets 30 Million Tonnes Per Annum

In the build-up towards Final Investment Decision (FID) later in 2018, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG)is seeking $7 billion from the global financial markets for the sustainability of its operations and expansion project which will increase its production capacity ...

July 11, 2018 No Responses

NNPC Comes Under Scrutiny Over Alleged N100b Under-Remittance

Citing alleged under-remittance of funds, the House of Representatives has commenced an investigation into the earnings of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) since the begining of this year. According to the lawmakers, the investigation wil...