Total plans investment to grow gas output by 300mscf
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Total plans investment to grow gas output by 300mscf

  Total Exploration and Production Nigeria, yesterday, disclosed that it has significantly invested in the development of infrastructure in the petroleum industry to enable it boost domestic gas supply by 300 million standard cubic feet. Speaking during a visit to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of…

Noble Energy Makes New Equatorial Guinea Petroleum Discovery
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Noble Energy Makes New Equatorial Guinea Petroleum Discovery

  Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) is pleased to announce that U.S. oil and gas company Noble Energy has made a discovery in offshore Block I MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, August 27, 2019/ — Noble Energy makes oil discovery in Block I, located in Equatorial Guinea’s offshore sector; The well was drilled to…

GE completes gas turbine upgrade ahead of schedule at Tanzania’s Songas Ubungo Power Plant

GE completes gas turbine upgrade ahead of schedule at Tanzania’s Songas Ubungo Power Plant

  Upgrade of three GE’s LM6000PA and one LM6000PC Aero derivative gas turbines Improved Plant Efficiency and Reliability DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 27, 2019/ — Songas Ubungo Power Plant provides more than 20 percent of the grid connected power in Tanzania; upgrade of three GE’s LM6000PA and one LM6000PC Aero derivative gas turbines Improved Plant…

Power Supply: Provide your 40% funding stake to DISCOS, stakeholders urge FG

Power Supply: Provide your 40% funding stake to DISCOS, stakeholders urge FG

Some stakeholders in the power sector have called on the Federal Government to fulfill its 40 per cent funding to electricity distribution companies (DISCOS) to enable them function effectively. The stakeholders made the call in interviews with the following reports that government was considering repossession of the 10 DISCOS as one of the options to…

Nigeria needs globally competitive fiscal policy, legal framework to drive investment- ExxonMobil MD

Nigeria needs globally competitive fiscal policy, legal framework to drive investment- ExxonMobil MD

Globally competitive fiscal policy, a robust legal framework and a healthy contract integrity culture has been identified as panacea and key drivers to profitability and attracting huge Investments in the oil and gas sector. This as ExxonMobil attributed its landmark achievements in the Nigerian oil and gas sector to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),…

FG should invest more in gas to power projects

FG should invest more in gas to power projects

Stakeholders have decried recalcitrant challenges undermining Nigeria’s efforts to boost electricity supply through gas. The nation’s enormous gas reserves, estimated at 187 trillion standard cubic feet, are grossly under-utilized in the gas to power value chain. Operators in the electricity sub-sector stated this,  at a conference in Lagos. The event tagged “Harnessing oil and Gas…

Buratai assures oil companies of secure environment in Niger Delta
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Buratai assures oil companies of secure environment in Niger Delta

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burarai, has assured that the Nigerian Army is  committed to ensuring safe and secure environment for all oil companies to operate in the country. Buratai gave the assurance when the Managing Director of Total Nigeria Plc, Mr Mike Sangster led the management team to visit him on Monday…

Shell, SAP offer free ICT training to graduates
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Shell, SAP offer free ICT training to graduates

A cross section of participants in the one-year specialised digital training and certification in financial accounting and project management sponsored by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company and SAP Africa, at their graduation ceremony in Lagos …last week   Ten Nigerian graduates of business and information technology disciplines have completed a one-year specialised digital training…

NNPC supplied 1.76b litres of PMS in June

NNPC supplied 1.76b litres of PMS in June

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said that 1.76bn litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol was supplied in June. The corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and Operation Report (MFOR) for the month of June released in Abuja, on Sunday. It said that the quantity translated to 58.65million liters/day were…

Equatorial Guinea Petroleum Minister Champions Natural Gas in Africa at Africa Oil & Power 2019
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Equatorial Guinea Petroleum Minister Champions Natural Gas in Africa at Africa Oil & Power 2019

  Africa Oil & Power is hosted under the theme #MakeEnergyWork and will take place at the CTICC 1 in Cape Town, South Africa on October 9-11 CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 26, 2019/ — H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, will deliver a keynote address at the Africa…