NCDMB Hosts R&D Roundtable, Gets Huge Backing from Industry Operators Research and development efforts in the Nigerian oil and gas industry have been given a huge boost as key operators under the aegis of Petroleum Contractors Trade Section (PCTS) have offered to provide an array of support that would facilitate demand-driven and sustainable R&D…
Energy Worth Online’s Oke Peter wins Pascal Decroos Fellowship Award By Henry Phillips Nigerian environment journalist, Oke Peter has won the prestigious 2022 Pascal Decroos Fellowship Award for outstanding investigative reporting. His research work on “Nigeria: How faulty waste processing and polluted water endanger 200 million inhabitants” is among the winning entries selected by the…
Buhari Honours Wabote with National Excellence Award in Public Service The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote was conferred with the “Distinguished Capacity Development Award” at the Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS), by President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR). The award was bestowed on Engr. Wabote…
Kyari Receives NEAPS Award from President Buhari President Mohammadu Buhari conferred on the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari, National Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS) for his outstanding reforms initiative in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry. The GCEO was among 44 Distinguished Nigerians honoured at…
TotalEnergies/NNPCL JV Donates Relief Materials to OML58 Communities Raved by Flood TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited, together with her JV partners NNPC Limited donated relief materials to ameliorate the plight of flood victims within OML58 communities in Rivers State. Some of the relief materials and household items provided by the company include 340 bags of Rice…
UK’s Lloyds Ditches Project Finance for New Oil and Gas Fields Britain’s biggest domestic bank Lloyds said on Thursday it would not support direct financing to develop new oil and gas fields, joining a small number of lenders to push back on funding expansion of the industry. Others that have tightened lending policies recently are…
Somalia Signs Oil Exploration Agreement for Seven Blocks Somalia has signed a petroleum exploration agreement for seven offshore blocks with United States-based Coastline Exploration, the company said in a statement on Friday. Hydrocarbon discoveries in Uganda and Kenya and huge gas finds in Mozambique and Tanzania have stoked investor interest in other parts of East…
NDDC: Ijaw Youths Hail Buhari over Akwa’s Sacking The Ijaw Youths Council, IYC Worldwide has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking the Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr. Effiong Akwa. This is as the Federal Government on Thursday, announced the sacking of the NDDC boss, Effiong Akwa, although without stating reasons for the…
Shell Resumes Crude Oil Export Operations at Forcados Oil Terminal The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has resumed export operations at the Forcados Oil Export Terminal, where repair works on the pipeline has been going for some days. The SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Mrs. Abimbola Essien-Nelson confirmed the resumption at Forcados Terminal. Earlier SPDC had…
Uganda Expects to Secure $5 Bln Oil Pipeline Funding Early 2023 Uganda’s national oil company (UNOC) expects to secure the funding for a $5 billion crude pipeline that the European Union is opposed to, by early next year, UNOC’s chief executive told Reuters on Thursday. In February, TotalEnergies and its partner China National Offshore Oil…
