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NNPC calls for tougher penal deterrents to oil theft
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has called on the government to deploy stronger penal measures against crude oil theft in the country. Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, declared that the country has lost over $5 billion…
Seplat says it buys Mobil in Nigeria, not just assets
Seplat Energy Plc has clarified that media reports pointing at exercise of right of pre-emption by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited under the NNPC/Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (“MPNU”) Joint Operating Agreement (“JOA”) has nothing to do with its acquisition…
NCDMB, NGC comission NEDOGAS’ 300 MMscfd KGG Facility
Nedogas Development Company Limited (NDCL) has declared completion and commissioning of the Kwale Gas Gathering and Injection facility in Delta State. The project located in Umusam, near Kwale, holds capacity for handling significant 300 million standards cubic feet of gas…
Bad fuel sailed from same port
Seven firms await “remedial action” Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has stated that seven companies in four consortia for its Direct Supply and Direct Purchase (DSDP) contracts were unable to diversify their imports, leading to syndication…
NNPC posts N100.931 bn export revenue for August ‘21
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared $224.29 million or N100.931 billion receipt from its upstream operations in August 2021, mainly accounting to crude oil and gas export within the period. Group General Manager in charge…
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…
Updated: FPSO goes boom, burns down at Escravos
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria may relapse into petroleum production downturn once more with today’s incident in which a floating production, storage and offtake (FPSO) vessel suffered a blowout and sank into shallow water, offshore Western Niger Delta. The 50 year old…
Reasons why oil majors are leaving Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Key issues bordering mainly on the congeniality of business environment form the major reasons why Nigeria’s traditional petroleum industry partners are scaling down their businesses in the country in a move that have clearly indicates eventual exit from…
‘Lagos pipeline blast will not affect fuel supply’
Sopuruchi Onwuka A pipeline explosion at Iyana Odo area of Lagos State which has led to the shutdown of the critical System 2B fuel supply trunk line of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited will not lead to shortage…
NNPC earns N203bn fuel income in July
Gas production rises by 4% A total sum of ₦203.73billion was made on the sale of white products in the month of July 2021 by the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a downstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company…
