The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has commended the House of Representatives for initiating a bill to criminalise casualisation of workers in Nigeria. NUPENG’S National President, Mr Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Mr Afolabi Olawale, in a joint statement on Monday, described the initiative as a new dawn in the annals…
The Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they could not generate 4,208 megawatts of electricity on Sunday due to unavailability of gas. This information is contained in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, Office of the Vice President, a copy of which was obtained in Abuja on Monday….
A group, Women In Energy Network (WIEN), has urged government at all levels to promote women leadership in the energy sector by appointing more of them to head agencies and institutions at sectional, regional and international levels. WIEN also called on the federal and state governments, specifically, to strengthen existing policies that would attract more…
The Oil marketers under the umbrella of Major Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has reiterated that the global reduction in crude oil prices has presented Nigeria with the opportunity to reform and restructure its petroleum downstream industry. Mr Tunji Oyebanji, MOMAN chairman disclosed this in an interaction with the media in Lagos on the opportunities…
A group of oil producing communities and host to Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, SPDC, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has written to the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, National Environment Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency, NESREA, to come to their aid by compelling SPDC to discontinue the deliberate releasing of toxic…
The Rivers government has commended Niger Delta Refineries Limited, an indigenous petroleum refining company based in the state, for its friendly policies on environment and community relations. The commendation was made by the state’s Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Banigo. Banigo had led members of the House of Assembly Committee on Environment and officials of the…
The expected management shake-up at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is due to happen Thursday, according to an internal memo sighted by THE WHISTLER. The memo confirms THE WHISTLER’s exclusive report titled “Major Shake-up in NNPC, Women Get More Top Posts” published on Monday. The report had hinted that many top management officers of the corporation were going…
Oil prices have plummeted by more than 30 percent since the start of the year but for producers the worst may be yet to come, warn experts, as the coronavirus epidemic weighs heavily on demand. The OPEC cartel of oil-producing countries and its allies failed to reach a deal on production cuts Friday, after Moscow…
One of the big promises made by President Muhammadu in his campaign for Nigeria’s presidency is the Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project. The project entails the “engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning” of 614-kilometers gas pipeline and stations, traversing the states of Kogi, Niger, FCT, Kaduna and Kano. It is to transport dry gas from the…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has advised Nigerians against using 12.5 cylinder as camp gas, describing the practice as highly dangerous. The Coordinator of the organisation in Plateau, Mr Musa George, gave the advice during in Jos on Sunday. George said the act of mounting burners on cylinders as big as 12.5 kg was…