Heirs Energies, Renaissance Africa collaborate to drive Nigeria’s oil and gas devt
Heirs Energies Limited and Renaissance Africa Energy Company have expressed mutual commitment to strategic collaboration following a high-level courtesy visit by Osa Igiehon, CEO of Heirs Energies, to Renaissance's leadership team, led by the Managing Director, Tony Attah.
Power generation: Nestoil completes Alaoji gas pipeline
THE Federal Government’s efforts to boost power supply in the country have been given a lift with the completion of the gas pipelines that will supply gas to the Alaoji power plant.
Shell decries misrepresentation of divestment in Nigeria
The Shell Group has decried what it described as a “misrepresentation of intentions” with regard to its portfolio restructuring and assets divestment in Nigeria.
Schneider Electric commences A&C systems integrator program
SCHNEIDER Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has signed a partnership agreement with GIL Automation Nigeria Limited, giving them the status of an Elite System Integrator (ESI). This was contained in a statement issued by the company and made available to Vanguard in Lagos.
Power privatisation: Sumonu meets with PHCN workers
The first round of meetings to kick-start negotiations between the Federal Government and the trade unions in Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, will commence on May 16, in Abuja.
Oil & Gas Industry future in Nigeria very bright – Chief Obi
THE role being played by Nigerians involved in the downstream sector of the country’s economy towards national growth is unquantifiable.
Gas flaring: SPDC awards $101m pipeline contract
IN an effort to bring about a drastic reduction of gas flare in the country, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, of Nigeria Limited has signed a contract with Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited for a pipeline system that will gather associated gas currently being flared for use in the domestic gas market.
Grid fortification: 200MW kept under strategic reserves
ABOUT 200 mega watts, MW, of power is now being kept under strategic reserves as stabilizer for the National Grid to prevent power collapse during frequency fluctuations.
Power reforms: Engineers demand professionalism
For successful sail through of the current power sector reforms, the Nigerian Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NIEEE, demands that professionals be involved in every unit of the sector.
NETCO turnover hits N5 billion in 2010
NIGERIA’S premier indigenous engineering company with the strategic vision of providing basic/detailed engineering services, National Engineering and Technical Company, NETCO has announced a record turnover of N5 billion for the year-ended 2010, just as deepwater production in West Africa is said to have risen to as high as 2.5 million barrels of oil per day away from 85,000 barrels of daily oil production in year 2000.
Unions defend DPR expenditure
OIL workers’ unions have defended the management of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, against allegations of recklessness in expenditures, saying that it has been very prudent.
