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NAPIMS rates Shell’s Bonga best in class
National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) has described the deep-water operations of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) as best in class. Group General Manager of NAPIMS, the investment arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited,…
Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu dominate Africa’s billionaire index
Sopuruchi Onwuka Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, is in comfortable position as Africa’s richest man, West Africa’s leading billionaire and Nigeria’s wealth symbol. Besides just being a dollar billionaire, Aliko owns and runs Africa’s biggest manufacturing industries, being the…
More orbital debris may rain on earth
As the sun swings into more active cycle and greater number of rockets shoot into the outer space, there is increased tendency for people in our world to add falling space junk into the list of outdoor hazards. The Oracle…
APPO visits NCDMB, NOGaPs, seeks collaboration in capacity building
A delegation from the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) has paid a two-day study visit to the headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Part of the facilities inspected during the visit includedthe 17-storey Nigerian Content Tower…
NCD: Wabote commissions Coleman’s fibre optic cable plant
An oil and gas service company, Coleman Technical Industries Limited (CTIL) on Friday opened its multi-billion-dollar fibre optic cable manufacturing factory, hoping to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to play big in the African market….
Europe successfully launches Vega-C rocket
Europe on Wednesday successful launched its new Vega-C rocket, shooting up the medium-lift vehicle from French Guiana to deliver seven satellites to orbit. The largest of the satellites will test Einstein’s general theory of relativity, according to reports collated from…
OPEC Secretary General, Barkindo, is dead
Sopuruchi Onwuka Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), His Excellency, Dr Mohammed Barkindo is dead! Dr Barkindo who delivered a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) conference and exhibition…
Methanol-laden petrol: Buhari directs Sylva to query NMDPRA boss, as agency identifies source supplier
Sopuruchi Onwuka President Muhammadu Buhari has waded into the bad petrol controversy, directing the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, to query the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk…
(video): 10 crewmen missing in FPSO Trinity Spirit explosion
Sopuruchi Onwuka Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) has declared intense efforts at accounting for 10 crewmen who were aboard operated production vessel which exploded in fire and burnt down Wednesday morning. Chief Executive Officer, Ikemefuna Okafor, stated that…
NNPC not conducting survey, not recruiting
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), has declared a competition trending online which claims to celebrate a so called “Anniversary Event” as fake. In the purported contest, unsuspecting participants are encouraged to carry out a survey by filling out…
