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NEWS | OIL AND GAS

“In the face of a plethora of challenges the country is battling, there are huge opportunities to deploy blockchain technology for lasting solutions” -Mike-Eze, Viviane
Bymajorwavesen February 26, 2021

Viviane Mike-Eze is the Head of Marketing Communications for Schneider Electric, covering Anglophone West Africa. A French and Nigerian national, she has built an international career over the past 10 years across France, Nigeria, the UK and Mexico in the fields of HR, training and marketing.She joined Schneider Electric in 2012 and was moved to…

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MAGAZINES | NEWS | OIL AND GAS

FGN Mulls Low-Cost Price Environment
Bymajorwavesen February 26, 2021

By Ikenna Omeje, Emeka Eboagwu and Jerome Onoja In 2020, the global economy was brought to its knees as a result of lockdowns and restriction of movement put in place by various countries being part of measures to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). The oil and gas industry, which thrives on economic…

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NEWS

NCDMB Inaugurates 2nd batch of Project 100 Companies
Bymajorwavesen February 25, 2021

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday inaugurated 40 companies as part of its Project 100 Supplier Development Programme. The Board started Project 100 in January 2019 with 60 companies with the goal of nurturing 100 wholly owned oil and gas service providers, in a competitive and sustainable way through targeted interventions,…

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OIL AND GAS

Nigeria is Moving from an Oil Driven Market to a Gas-Enabled Market – Seplat CEO
Bymajorwavesen February 25, 2021

By Ikenna Omeje Nigeria is fast moving from an oil driven market to a gas-enabled market, with an emerging renewable sector, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Mr. Roger Brown, has said. Brown who said this at the 4th Nigeria Entrepreneurship Summit and Honours (NESH) Oil and Gas Roundtable, noted that oil…

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OIL AND GAS

Gas burning: ERA/FoEN urges FG to initiate environmental audit of Bayelsa community
Bymajorwavesen February 24, 2021

Mordi chukwunonso Esther The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has expressed concern over the safety of Ogboinbiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State where the natives are daily exposed to gas flaring from a flow station in the area operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC). Therefore, it…

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OIL AND GAS

Turnaround Maintenance: Kaduna Refinery to Resume Operations Q1 2023
Bymajorwavesen February 24, 2021

By Ikenna Omeje Following a major plant failure that occurred in 2017, leading to suspension of operations, the Kaduna Refinery & Petrochemical Company (KRPC) is expected to resume operations by the first quarter of 2023. The Managing Director of KRPC, Engr. Ezekiel Osarolube who disclosed this on Monday when the National Assembly Joint Committee on…

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NEWS

Fisker Inc partners with Apple supplier Foxconn to produce electric vehicles
Bymajorwavesen February 24, 2021

Mordi chukwunonso Esther Electric-car maker Fisker Inc has said it will work with Apple supplier Foxconn to produce more than 250,000 vehicles a year from late 2023, jumpstarting its shares. Fisker’s shares jumped 23.4% to $20.10 in premarket trading. In a report by Reuters on Wednesday, Fisher said, The deal, codenamed “Project PEAR” (Personal Electric…

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SOLID MINERALS

Nigeria’s Gold Export Royalty among World’s Lowest – Adegbite
Bymajorwavesen February 24, 2021

Daniel Terungwa The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, has stated that Nigeria has one of the lowest gold export royalty in the world. Adegbite noted that the royalty fee accruable to the government from gold export was merely three per cent of the value of the export, adding that the low…

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MARITIME

FG blames insecurity as major disincentive for use of other ports
Bymajorwavesen February 24, 2021

Daniel Terungwa The Federal Government has blamed insecurity as the major reason for the abandonment of Port Harcourt, Warri and Calabar Seaports by importers and exporters. The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, said this recently during a programme on Channels Television, where he noted that another challenge is that the Calabar and Warri…

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MARITIME

NIMASA, MWUN, NJIC begin negotiations of dockworkers pay increase
Bymajorwavesen February 24, 2021

Daniel Terungwa The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, National Joint Industrial Council, NJIC, alongside other stakeholders in the maritime labour industry have commenced negotiations for the increment of wages and entitlements of dockworkers. Confirming the development, Comrade Abdullahi Eroje, said most of the stakeholders that were supposed to meet travelled abroad and that as…

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