THE nation’s power supply has worsened as consumers await the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to fix damaged facilities.

By Sebastine OBASI NIGERIA’S rig count for the month of November, 2017, increased by one, as the country recorded 29 as against 28 recorded in the month of October of the same year. This was contained in the latest data of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. This is a bit cheery compared to OPEC […]

AN average of 8, 020 Million Standard Cubic Feet Per Day (MMSCFD) of gas was delivered to power plants by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, between October, 2016 and October, 2017. Sweetcrude gathered that, the highest quantity of gas delivered to the thermal plants during the period under review, was recorded in June 2017, […]

Time and again, it has been said that one of the best ways to achieve an accident-free workplace, where everyone goes to work and returns home to family in one piece, is to have a professional safety manager conduct the Occupational Health and Safety affairs of the organization and report directly to Top Management. 

THE Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, OAuGF, has accused the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, of illegally spending N21.715 billion on projects outside its core mandate and the non-remittance of N4.047 billion realised from investments in local and foreign banks.

There are indications that Nigeria’s downstream sector and others in Africa are threatened by many challenges at this time. In this interview with Udeme Akpan and Joseph Oso, Mr. Emeka Akabogu, Chairman, OTL Africa Downstream Week, comments on a wide range of issues and points to participation in the event as key to success.

FOLLOWING controversy over control of solid minerals in some states, the Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, has called on state governors to respect and abide by the provisions of the constitution.

With four refineries and its status as a leading oil and gas producer, Nigeria was expected process refine commercial crude oil for domestic consumption and export. But that has not been the case for many years as a result of the poor state of its refineries.

THE nation’s poor economic situation may worsen as it losses over N534 billion yearly to inefficiency of the power sector, Managing Director, Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Dr. Austin Avuru, has said.

NTEGRATED energy group Aiteo, has proven itself as a significant player in the petroleum industry, taking bold steps in terms of investment and contributing meaningfully to the economy of the nation.