Chief Samuel Aweda, the National Treasurer of the Nigeria Union of Tailors (NUT), says power outages in the country is hindering use of new technologies by tailors. Aweda decried the poor power supply on Monday in Ilorin. He noted that some of the technologies, like industrial machines that could hasten their job, use electricity. “All…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OVH Energy Marketing, a licensee of the Oando retail brand, Mr. Huub Stokman has called on players in the downstream sector to make improvements in customer experience, safety and operational standards if the full benefits of the downstream value chain are to be maximized. Stokman made this call during a…
The Federal Government has shortlisted 200 investors to bid for gas flare sites after the evaluation of statements of qualification submitted by interested companies. The Department of Petroleum Resources disclosed this on Monday, saying that 45 gas flare sites would be put up for auction in the first phase of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation…
The Abia State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence in Umuahia paraded a suspected crude oil vandal identified as Philip Iroha, aged 42years. The suspect, The Nation gathered, was the conductor to an unmarked MAN Diesel truck that was used for crude oil theft. Iroha was said to have been arrested after the driver…
The Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 came into effect 10 years ago. Indigenous EPC giant, Oilserv Ltd, has played a dominant role in the development of the Local Content Act in Nigeria. Oilserv ventured into the Pipeline EPC business in Nigeria at a time when it was an exclusive reserve of…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has officially handed over the Oil Mining Licence (OML) 98 to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Speaking at the hand-over on Friday in Abuja, Mr Sarki Auwalu, DRP Director and Chief Executive Officer, said that the licence was revoked from…
Kano State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on viable transmission projects to improve power supply in the state. Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Kano. Anwar disclosed that MoU was signed at…
The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has emerged the best Exploration and Production (E&P) Company in 2019. The award was given at the 2020 Nigerian Petroleum Summit Awards night held in Abuja. The theme of the third edition was: “Widening the Integration Circle, Emerging Technologies…
Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat; Executive Director and Head, North-East Division of Guaranty Trust Bank, Haruna Musa; and Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, at the finals of the Lagos International Polo Tournament held…
… As corporation commits to sustainable funding of project Representative of NNPC GMD and NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Mr. Roland Ewubare (right), exchanging pleasantries with the Chairman of the house of Representatives Committee on Environment and Habitat, Hon. Johnson Oghuma (left) at an investigative hearing by the committee on the Ogoniland Clean-up Project…