ERHC Energy Incorporated, a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in Sub-Sahara Africa, on Friday, announced that the Company has commenced its previously announced rights offering.

THE Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR,) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), have uncovered six dark spots between Lagos and Abuja, where petroleum products are adulterated.

The Joint Task Force code- named, Operation Pulo Shield, has said that foreign nationals working in the Niger Delta region and their vessels have been placed on the security watch list of security agencies over their alleged involvement in crude oil theft in the region.

Dr. Mayowa Afe, is the Immediate President, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) & Managing Director, Danvic Concepts International Nigeria Limited. He obtained his Ph.D degree in Petroleum Geology from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).

A face off between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, one of the International Oil Companies, IOCs operating in Nigeria, almost ensued over a list of some classification societies published by the NIMASA, a move that was opposed by Chevron. One of the affected societies, International Naval Surveys Bureau, headed by Mr. Akin Olaniyan, told Godwin Oritse that the law is superior to any individual. Excerpts: