Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, an indigenous oil and gas firm listed on the Lagos and London stock exchanges, remains committed to more asset acquisitions in the exploration and production space, and to organic growth, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Austin Avuru has said. Avuru, who said this at the Nigerian Association…
Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), is partnering with Mammoet, a global leader in engineered heavy lifting and transport, to expand its capacity for project cargo handling and logistics for industrial sectors in West Africa. Mr Olakunle Kalejaye, Senior Public Relations Officer of LADOL made this known in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Kalejaiye said…
An FCT High Court on Thursday the former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Mohammed Adoke and three defendants in EFCC custody until Jan. 27, pending bail applications. The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned Adoke on 42 counts of fraud and money laundering. Adoke was arraigned at Gwagwalada Division of the High Court of the Federal…
The National Economic Council(NEC)’s committee on review of the status and ownership of Electricity Distribution Companies(DisCos), says it will seek contributions from the general public on how to solve the challenge of electricity in Nigeria. Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, who chairs the committee, briefed State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over…
The arraignment of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) the prosecuting agency. The EFCC counsel Bala Sanga told the court that he did not know why he was in court. “My Lord, we…
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas has signed a deal with French energy group Total for 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year, the African producer said on Wednesday. The agreement is for 10 years, with volumes to be supplied to Total from trains 1, 2 and 3 of the Nigeria LNG plant at Bonny. The deal…
Petrohub, a stakeholder in the Nigeria’s oil and gas downstream sector is set to officially launch its innovation master plan that will help to boost sales, process of supply of petroleum products and other related activities in the petroleum value chain through the internet. According to one of the brains behind the automated initiative, Mr…
The Republic of South Sudan has invited companies to bid for a tender to conduct a full environmental audit of the country’s oilfields the government stated: “On the 9th of January, 2020, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan announced a tender for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s producing oilfields. The…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby inform the public that Maiduguri and its environs have been cut off from the National Grid since January 17, 2020, due to damages to TCN’s equipment by insurgents. TCN, stated: “The incident affected the 330kV transmission line between Maiduguri and Damaturu. Also, the Damboa – Maiduguri 132kV transmission line…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday lauded the donation of Medical Emergency Response Equipment to the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos by two oil companies. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Wednesday in Lagos at the inauguration of medical equipment donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (SNEPCo)…