Patricia Simon-Hart is the founder and Managing Director of Aftrac Limited, an oil and gas service company that has been in operation for over 20 years. She is the current Secretary to the Executive Board of PETAN (Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria) and a co-founder/ Vice President of Women in Energy Network.The former Commissioner for…
By JEROME ONOJA & JOSEPH CHANG With the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, the province of Hubei, China’s demand for crude oil was stifled causing a drop of about 3million b/d as at early February because many of its factories closed. Not a lot of experts predicted the scale to which the disease would escalate….
Dr Ibilola Amao is a leading advocate of Local Content Laws and its outright implementation in the oil and gas sector. She was very involved in the various activities that greeted the actualization of the Nigerian oil and gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) guidelines before it was eventually passed into law on the 22nd of…
Gas is increasingly becoming a major driver of global industrialisation and Africa, despite her numerous challenges, has come to terms with this fact. The continent is today dotted with a number of gas projects, ranging from pipeline networks transversing countries, gas-to-power projects and liquefied natural gas projects among others. This article highlights Africa’s quest to effectively…
….Digital system to clear gridlock in coming weeksBala-Usman, NPA Boss By JEROME ONOJA Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, was appointed the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2016. Before her appointment as the first female Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in its 63 years of existence, Hadiza worked…
Lydia is a British – Nigerian with roots from Ayere, Kogi State, Nigeria. She is a graduate of Chemical Engineering with a master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. Her 18-year experience in the oil and gas industry has seen her work in Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Foster Wheeler (now part…
By JEROME ONOJA & AMOS IKE T he Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had set a target of 2023 for the revamp of the country’s refineries and to end the importation of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. The commitment of the…
By Ikenna Omeje The Federal Executive council has approved the payment of €15.21 million and N1.708 billion as counterpart funding for the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), a power upgrade and modernization programme between the Nigerian government and Siemens with the support of the German government. This was disclosed on the official Twitter handle of the…
By Ikenna Omeje Italian energy giant, Eni, has taken step to cut its operation costs by 1.4 billion euros this year, because of the economic challenges occasioned by Covid-19 global pandemic. This was part of the consolidated results for the second quarter and first half of 2020 (not subject to audit), approved by the company’s…
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), said it is set to drill two gas wells this year, as it announced a new cash reserves of to $343million despite lower revenues, for the six months ended 30…