Daniel Terungwa No fewer than 339 companies are bidding for the 2020/21 sales and purchase of the Nigerian crude oil grades.The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari made this known recently in Abuja at the 2020/2021 Crude oil tender prequalification bid opening ceremony.He said that the event marked another transparent…
By Ikenna Omeje Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company. Ltd., Neconde Energy Limited, and Network Exploration and Production Limited, recorded the biggest jump in the 2019 Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) oil and gas compliance assessment report.The report, ranks companies in terms of data compliance with the data submission requirements of the 2019 oil and…
Pledges timely completion of facility upgrade at Technical School, Abak By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu As part of the initiatives by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to bridge the shortage of vocational skills and competency gaps in the country, the Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has pledged the timely completion of the first…
….Project Creates 300 Jobs By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has commended Total Exploration and Production Nigeria (TEPNG) and Pipe Coaters Nigeria (PCN) Limited for the local content strides being recorded on the Total Ikike Line Pipe Coating Project, which is ongoing at PCN facility in Onne Free Trade Zone,…
By NJ Ayuk On Oct. 1, 1960, everything seemed possible for Nigeria: After nearly 80 years of colonialism under Great Britain, it was finally an independent nation.During the newly independent nation’s earliest days, there was every reason for Nigerians to envision a bright future for themselves and their country, one in which Nigeria’s vast oil…
Young, smart, energetic, hardworking, tenacious and resourceful are words that best describe Mervin Ekpen Azeta, an award-winning Nigerian energy professional, intersectional advocate, and presidential scholar. Mervin who is a Product and Service Delivery Manager with one of the world’s largest energy service and technology providers, Schlumberger. Currently based in the Republic of the Congo, she…
Global focus is tilting towards cleaner energy, especially with the impact of fossil fuel on the environment. However, despite the positive global outlook and growth in domestic production, Nigeria’s gas utilization remains low. This article highlights the various initiatives put in place by the government in recent times to deepen gas utilization in the country…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that it is witnessing a spike in requests for the offtake of crude oil and gas liquids from people likely to be fraudsters. The corporation cautioned unsuspecting persons and organisations to keep an eye out for the activities of local and international fraudsters in the sector. Group…
By Ikenna Omeje The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that Nigeria has attained another all-time national power transmission peak of 5,459.50 Megawatts (MW). This was contained in a statement issued by the TCN’s General Manager (Public Affairs), Ndidi Mbah, in Abuja on Thursday. According to the statement, the national peak was efficiently transmitted through…
By Ikenna Omeje Shell to focus its upstream operations on Nigeria, Brazil, Brunei, Gulf of Mexico (US/Mexico GoM), Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Oman, Permian and UK North Sea, which account for more than 80 percent of its upstream cash flow from operations. The company, which disclosed this in its Q3 results and strategic plan released on Thursday, noted…
