TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has declared that there is no guarantee that the deregulation of the downstream sector of the nation’s petroleum industry will bring the much talk about investment in the sector.

Bayelsa State Government has called for the co-operation of major stakeholders in the oil and gas sector to check the problems of pipeline vandalism, oil theft and the rising incidence of illegal refineries.

Soaring like an eagle in the Nigerian oil and gas sector is Vandrezzer Energy Services Limited. A first encounter with the name seems to speak of a German root but, VANDREZZER is a Nigerian company which has passionately embraced the local content initiative which has imbued it with the vision to excel.

THE Lagos State Government has concluded plans to partner with Senator Gbenga Ashafa, and other stakeholders on a career development programme for unemployed Nigerian graduates.

NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has faulted government continuous investment in Power sector while on the other hand telling the whole that it is privatizing Power Holding Company of Nigeria.

Nigeria Civil Society Groups, CSOs, have warned the Federal Government against politicizing the appointment of membership into the National Stakeholder Working Group, NSWG, of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI.

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has renewed its call for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, stressing that the issue of transparency and development of the oil and gas industry and the national economy hinges on the passage of a robust and pragmatic PIB.

Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection. How many Nigerians have submitted abstracts, papers and are scheduled to make a presentation at the Offshore Technology Conference 2012? I ask and wonder.

The Nigerian Insurers Association, NIA, said it is working closely with the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, to fine tune the guidelines for the underwriting of oil & gas insurance in year 2012.

The Federal Government appear to be tackling the issue of foreign direct investment from all fronts, but Clara Nwachukwu, writes that it will take more than mere expressions of intent to achieve results.

AFTER nine years since its enactment and eight years of unsuccessful attempts to put it into force, stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector have finally come to terms with the reasons why the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act, popularly known as Cabotage law in Nigeria has failed.

The Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Brass LNG’s train would be ready by the 4thquarter of year 2012 the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr Austen Oniwon has said.

Following an alert from fisher folks in Odioma community on the discovery of oil slick suspected to be from Shell’s Bonga Field, ERA/FoEN monitors visited the Atlantic shoreline in the company of some of the fishermen where spreading spill was sighted.