Petroleum Archives — Page 2 of 5

April 22, 2022 No Responses

NNPC, SNEPCo Donates ICT Centre To Petroleum Varsity

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), on Thursday, inaugurated a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, in Delta State. A statement sent to...

April 18, 2022 No Responses

Brass LNG: FG Pledges To Complete Project

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has pledged commitment to the completion of the stalled Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (BLNG) as the Federal Government seeks new investors to revive the project. Sylva, in a statement ...

April 5, 2022 No Responses

NLNG Plants: FG Charges Shell, Chevron, NNPC, Others On Gas Supply

The Federal Government has appealed to partners in Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) project to allow transportation of third-party gas through joint pipelines as part of measres to increase gas supply to the plant. Minister of State, Petroleum Resour...

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 ...

February 21, 2022 No Responses

Ministry Of Petroleum Resources Photo News

L-R: Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva and Minister of Mine, Industry and Energy of Equatorial Guinea Mr. Obiang Lima, after a bilateral meeting, on the sideline of the ongoing 6th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit, in...

February 3, 2022 No Responses

FG Pays N22.7b Petroleum Bridging Claims To Transporters

The Federal Government has paid bridging claims amounting to N22.7 billion to transporters of petroleum products, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), disclosed on Wednesday. The Chief Executive Officer, NMDPRA, ...

January 20, 2022 No Responses

Dangote Refinery To Reduce Africa’s Petroleum Importation by 36%, Says APPO

African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) has said that the establishment of Dangote Oil Refinery will bring about a 36 per cent reduction in the importation of petroleum productions into the continent. Besides, the organisation expressed a belief that t...

January 4, 2022 No Responses

Barkindo Hails New OPEC Sec. Gen

Secretary General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mr Mohammad Barkindo, says the organisation will be in capable hands with his successor, Mr Haitham Al Ghais. Barkindo made this known in a congratulatory messa...

September 22, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria In Talks With OPEC+, To Raise Quota

Nigeria is in talks with OPEC+ to raise its oil production quota to about 2.2 million barrels per day, the OPEC member’s petroleum minister told reporters on Tuesday in Dubai.“What we’re getting right now is 1.74 million barrel...

September 14, 2021 No Responses

Shell Begins One-Year Vocational Training For 40 Imo youths

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has commenced a one-year professional and vocational training for 40 youths from the SPDC Joint Venture host communities of the Assa North and Ohaji South gas project in Imo State. “The....

July 7, 2021 No Responses

Opinion: Sylva: The Man With The Midas Touch Turns 57

By Ojie Ejemhen — It is William James, a philosopher, who says, “It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” For those who know the Minister of State...

May 7, 2021 No Responses

Photo News

Chief Timipre Sylva Minister of state Petroleum Resources Receiving a plaque from Dr Billy Gillis-Harry National President Petroleum Product Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Towers, Ab...

March 19, 2021 No Responses

Shell MD Seeks Multilateral Approach In Oil, Gas Sector

Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria, Mr Osagie Okunbor, has called for a multilateral approach towards efficient oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Okunbor made the call on Thursday in Abuja, at the “Soc...

March 4, 2021 No Responses

NPA Receives 18 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Expects 13 Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said 18 ships were discharging bulk wheat, fertiliser, bulk gypsum, general cargo, frozen fish, bulk clinker, container, petrol and automobile gasoline. The NPA also said it was expecting 13 others laden wi...