State-run oil firm, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its partners has launched 97mmscf/d capacity five mini Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Ajaokuta, Kogi State. It was in furtherance of its efforts to deepen domestic gas utilization in line with the Federal Government’s Gas Revolution Agenda. This was contained in a press…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has presented Gas Distribution Licenses to 10 companies. Speaking at the Gas Distribution Licence (GDL) Award ceremony in Abuja, the Authority Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed recalled that the organization received 30 application for licenses from which it approved 10. He said the licences cover about 1.5billion…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged the Federal Government to consider the privatisation of the nation’s refineries so that private sectors investors would be able to manage it profitably. Its National President, Mr Abubakar Shettima, gave the advice while speaking at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Western Zone of…
Alhaji Abubakar Shettima, National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has commended President Bola Tinubu’s efforts at ensuring energy security. Shettima gave the commendation in Ibadan at Tuesday’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of new executives of IPMAN Western Zone. According to the IPMAN president, Tinubu did the right thing immediately when…
Portugal plans to increase purchases of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Nigeria and the United States as it aims to end already dwindling supplies from Russia, Environment Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho has said. Portugal imported 49,141 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of natural gas in 2024, of which around 96per cent was LNG, data from electricity and…
Chairman, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Engr. Wole Ogunsanya has called on the government to uphold Section 3.3 of the Local Content Act 2010 to give first consideration to local contractors in divested assets. Ogunsanya, made this call during the Industry Stakeholders for the Petroleum Industry Stakeholders forum (PISF) organised by the Ministry of…
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has assured oil and gas players that pump prices of fuel shall continue to be determined by the forces of demand and supply as is the practice is a deregulated market environment. The minister spoke at the Petroleum Industry Stakeholders Forum Meeting in Abuja, which brought…
Eni’s subsidiary, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE), on behalf of NNPC Limited and NAE Production Sharing Contract (PSC), has awarded scholarships to 30 Nigerian graduates for Post Graduate studies in Nigerian and overseas universities under its 2024/2025 Scholarship Awards Scheme. Under the scheme, 10 beneficiaries will undertake postgraduate studies in various universities in the United…
In December 2024, Nigeria met the crude oil production quota of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by 98.97 per. The cartel’s average daily quota for the month under review was 1.5million barrels per (mb/d) of crude oil. However, the country’s output was 1.48mb/d of crude oil, 49,276bpd of blended condensed, and 133,699 unblended…
