The Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, has defended that the controversy over who becomes the operator of some of its divested oil blocks in Nigeria’s onshore Niger Delta is unnecessary as the management of the assets should be more important.

As the Minister of State for Power, Mr. Darius Ishaku, takes over the mantle of leadership from his former boss Prof. Barth Nnaji, workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have urged the new minister to resolve all labour issues before privatisation is completed.

In line with the realisation of the local content objectives, BRORON Oil and Gas Limited has acquired a support but specialsed vessel ‘BSV Aviana’ to service the upstream sector of the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry.

The ongoing multi-billion dollar Federal Government emergency power intervention project for the additional supply of 4,774 megawatts is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2014,the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, Mr James Abiodun Omo Olotu, has said.

In a bid to drum up support for the NAPE Annual International Conference and Exhibition and to introduce NAPE as an organization and its activities, the leadership of the association led by its president, Dr. Mayowa Afe, recently visited the Executive Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.