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Clean cooking: Smart Energies shops gas subsidy partners
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous gas company driving penetration of clean cooking fuel in the country, Smart Energies, is calling for enhanced collaboration with advocates, agencies and corporate institutions in making liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) affordable to poor homes in the country….
Kachikwu canvasses $1bn pan-industry NCI Fund
Recommends timeline for field development projects Sopuruchi Onwuka Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Prof. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has canvassed that the $450 million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCI Fund) be increased to $1.0 billion, to cover the funding…
African local content policies must complement, not negate ACFTA vision
Nigerian oil independents are technically capable, but poorly funded Dr. Emmanuel Okoroafor, erudite and practiced, sits on the board of one of Nigeria’s fasted growing integrated energy companies, Hobark International Limited, as Executive Director. With over 30 years of vast…
Rising LNG demand forecast comes with oversupply risks _Woodmac
Sopuruchi Onwuka Global demand for cleaner energy and the recognition of natural gas as clean fossil fuel continue to present strong commercial incentives for greater investments in gas liquefaction; but experts point at looming danger of oversupply and consequent pull…
Heirs Energies, WLF battle illiteracy in Rivers State
Sopuruchi Onwuka Leading indigenous integrated energy company, Heirs Energies Limited, has struck collaboration with the World Literacy Foundation (WLF) to launch the Sun Books Literacy Initiative in Rivers State, Nigeria. The initiative aims to directly benefit more than 500 pupils…
Ministers, regulators to lead talks at NAEC Energy Conference 2025
NAEC launches Annual Industry Awards On Thursday October 9, 2025, high profile stakeholders in the Nigerian oil & gas, power, mines, steel and solid minerals sectors including ministers, regulators, and operators will converge at Eko Hotel Lagos for the ANNUAL…
Now is best time to operate in Nigeria’s energy sector __Igiehon
Sopuruchi Onwuka Managing Director of Heirs Energies Limited, Mr Osa Igiehon, has declared that the operating environment for Nigerian petroleum industry has been enhanced with policy, fiscal and regulatory instruments that support efficient processes and optimum output. Mr Igiehon who…
WIEN advances panelists, speakers to GasTech 2025
Sopuruchi Onwuka Africa’s leading gender equity advocate and female capacity builder in the energy industry, Women In Energy Network (WIEN), will this month join global industry captains and innovators in shaping the future of play in the global gas industry….
CORAN set to shape Africa’s refining agenda at 2025 Summit
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria (CORAN) has announced the schedule to engage top leaders from government, industry, finance, and civil society to chart a new course for Africa’s refining future. The group which holds the CORAN…
Dangote Refinery: One Year, One Refinery, A Nation Transformed
[By Abiodun Alade] In just 12 months, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has shifted Nigeria from fuel importer to regional energy supplier, stabilised its currency, slashed fuel costs, and sparked an industrial revival. As Africa’s largest refinery marks its first year…
