WHO’S WHO IN THE NIGERIAN OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

WHO’S WHO IN THE NIGERIAN OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

Who’s Who in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry makes available within one source, comprehensive information on Nigerian professionals and entrepreneurs who have and are making significant contribution to the growth and development of the industry.
Nigerian professionals have been contributing significantly to the development of the Nigerian industry since its modest beginnings to its present [...]

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UN Scribe Commends EU On Energy Initiative

UN Scribe Commends EU On Energy Initiative

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, has welcomed a new European Union initiative aimed at assisting developing countries to gain better access to sustainable energy. The European Commission, the EU executive body, aims to support the provision of sustainable energy services to 500million people in poorer countries by 2030.
President of EU, Jose Manuel [...]

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PHCN Accused of Sabotage

PHCN Accused of Sabotage

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has alleged that successor distribution companies of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) are deliberately sabotaging the process of meter distribution to customers for their self aggrandizement and exploitation of customers. The National Electricity Regulatory Commission boss, Sam Amadi, disclosed that the Commission has strong evidence that indicted PHCN [...]

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Fuel Subsidy Probe Report: Behind the Masks

Fuel Subsidy Probe Report: Behind the Masks

By – Taoreed Alaba
Those who describe Nigeria as a corrupt endemic nation may not be wrong, going by the rate at which corruption has permeated every sector of national life. The global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International, in a recent Corruption Index Report rated Nigeria as one of the countries that are most vulnerable to corruption [...]

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WHO’S WHO IN THE NIGERIAN OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

WHO’S WHO IN THE NIGERIAN OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

Who’s Who in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry makes available within one source, comprehensive information on Nigerian professionals and entrepreneurs who have and are making significant contribution to the growth and development of the industry.
Nigerian professionals have been contributing significantly to the development of the Nigerian industry since its modest beginnings to its present [...]

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The Oil Thieves

The Oil Thieves

By Chidi Orazulike
With an official production figure of 2.4 million barrels per day, Nigeria ranks as Africa’s biggest Petro-state, raking in billions of dollars in petroleum revenue. However, there are indications that the nation maybe producing more than the official figure while the rest is lost through the unscrupulous activities and manipulations of criminal cartels [...]

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Aviation Fuel Scarcity: It’s Time to Find a Common Ground

Aviation Fuel Scarcity: It’s Time to Find a Common Ground

By Anthony Uche
These are indeed hard times for airline operators in the country as they continue to grapple with the scarcity of aviation fuel, otherwise known as JET A1. Until recently, Nigeria was one of the preferred destinations for refueling because of the nation’s favourably competitive price of aviation fuel. Today the product is more [...]

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Can IPP Save Nigeria?

Can IPP Save Nigeria?

By Monday Osaneku
The Nigeria’s power situation can best be described as a national disaster. The nation’s power generating capacity is put at approximately 40watts per capita, one of the lowest in the world. It is sad that many businesses have been frustrated by the astronomically high cost of doing business and lower capacity utilization occasioned [...]

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Nigeria Losses Over $ 1b Every Year To Gas Flaring

Nigeria Losses Over $ 1b Every Year To Gas Flaring

Nigeria losses over $1b (N157bn) to gas flaring every year. The Group Executive, Gas and Power, NNPC said this while speaking on the theme, Gas Flare Out: Challenges and the Way Forward. He said that only 12 per cent of the country’s Liquefied Natural Gas was consumed for power and industrial uses. To improve gas [...]

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Kaduna Refinery’s Output Hits 2.5 Million Per Day

Kaduna Refinery’s Output Hits 2.5 Million Per Day

The days of massive importation of fuel which has bedeviled the oil & gas sector may soon be over as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced that production of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) has hit a 10-year high of over 2.5 million litres per [...]

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Ogoni Communities Demand N121billion From Shell Over Oil Spills

Ogoni Communities Demand N121billion From Shell Over Oil Spills

Four communities and six families in Ogoni, River State, sued Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), claiming N121billion damages over oil spills that destroyed their farm land in 2009. The Communities are , Kegbera Dere,Kpor, Keregbor, Biradee and Nkoo/Gbienga Nbe of Gokana local Goververnment of River State.
In the ten separate suits, FHC/PH/CS/133/2012 to FHC/PH/CS/142/2012, before [...]

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Seplat Provides Free Eye Care For Host Communities

Seplat Provides Free Eye Care For Host Communities

Seplat, a foremost indigenous oil producing company has concluded the four week long free eye care services for inhabitants of her host communities. The programme tagged “Eye Can See” was flagged off last month by the company’s Managing Director, Austin Avuru in the company of the General Manager, Corporate Affairs and New Business Development, Dr [...]

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