The oil market gave the clearest sign yet that Nigeria’s Forcados crude is about to flow again for the first time in eight months, after Royal Dutch Shell Plc was among companies said to have purchased the grade halted by militant attacks in February.

Six months after the federal government resolved the rift between Interstate Electric, owners of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC and Geometric Power Limited over the ownership of Aba Power Project, in favour of the latter, fluctuating foreign exchange may have stalled the expected take off of the project.

Baru stated that the issues surrounding the scarcity of kerosene had been addressed, while he disclosed that presently, all NNPC retail and mega stations had been supplied with kerosene and are selling at N150 per litre.

Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has passed through some tough operating environment so far this year but the downstream sector appeared to have better chance of reporting good results at year end.

asil Ogbuanu is the President of Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, NALPGM, and also the Managing Director of Second Coming Gas Limited, a liquedfied petroleum gas LPG, company with offices in Lagos and diffrent part of Nigeria. In this interview with Sebastine Obasi he talks about the challenges in the gas subsecor and the need d=for governmnet not to sell its shares in the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas NNLG.