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IN what should be considered the worst news for the oil industry the International Energy Agency, IEA, has announced that there are approximately 230 million more barrels of oil in storage than previously believed.
Read More Despite claims of neglect and abandonment, investigation has revealed that governments of oil-producing states in Nigeria had over the years, failed to utilize the resources provided them to develop their states and the region.
Read MoreTHE illegal occupation of Belema flow station and gas plant in Rivers State has safety implications both for the people at the facilities and nearby communities, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has warned. Since August 11, 2017 some persons have camped out day and night at the two facilities.
Read More In a bid to meet customers’ demand in power supply, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, yesterday, said it had completed the renovation of Sawmill 3x15MVA, 33/11KV and Agba Dam 2x15MVA,33/11KV Injection Substations in Kwara State. This was even as the company reached out to its franchise area, engaging several community leaders and members in the process to resolve electricity challenges as well as provide necessary facilities.
Read More THE Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru has appealed to oil pipeline hackers to desist from such nefarious act which according to him is not only harmful to the environment but equally hazardous to the pipeline vandals and the economy.
Read More THE Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, has hailed the Federal Government’s arrest of 16 Chinese and eight Nigerians over illegal mining activities in Plateau State.
Read More FOREIGN investors appear to be finding Nigeria’s oil industry unattractive due to the high cost of production, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, stated.
Read More HOPE for long awaited improvement in Nigeria’s power generation is in the offing as the Obiafu/Obrikon – Oben, popularly known as OB3 gas transmission pipeline is nearing completion.
Read More FORMER minister of power, Prof. Barth Nnaji is considering various options against the Senior Special Assistant to his former boss, Goodluck Jonathan, over what he described as unguarded statement linking his exit from the administration of president Jonathan on account of corruption.
Read More A STUDY by Behre Dolbear & Company (USA), Inc. subdivided the areas of coal deposits in the country, which include the Anambra Coal Basin; this basin was into seven coal mining districts, out of which three of the basins have been explored to an appreciable level, and they are the Kogi, Benue and Enugu Coal Districts and they further have two or more coal resource centres.
Read More THE Federal Government has commenced moves to restructure National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, a Corporate Services Unit, CSU, in the Exploration and Production (E&P) Directorate of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
Read More NIGERIA is one of the countries blessed by God with huge mineral deposits including coal. History holds it that coal was first discovered in Nigeria in 1909 at the Udi Ridge in Enugu by a British mines engineer, Albert Kitson.
Read More Oil producing communities in Nigeria, under the auspices of Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas in Nigeria, HOSCON, have accused the governments of oil producing states of mismanaging the 13 per cent Derivation allocation over the last 16 states.
Read More MINISTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and his counterpart in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, are expected to make policy statements on government’s plans for the economy, especially in the oil, gas and power sectors respectively at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria’s (NAEC) Annual Conference 2017.
Read More MANAGING Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Marketing Company, (NPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Umar Ajiya, has outlined reasons that have contributed to NIPCO’s pivotal role in petroleum products storage and distribution across the country.
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