The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have pledged to work together to checkmate the activities of pipeline vandals and oil thieves in the country. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, gave the assurance when he received the Commandant-General of NSCDC, Abdullahi Muhammadu, at…
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr Simbi Wabote, says that the number of expatriates working in the Nigerian oil and gas sector has been reduced by 80 per cent. Wabote disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the NCDMB’s third quarter engagement with the media, which focused on the major…
The Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC)/ND Western OML 34 Asset Management Team (AMT) says it has commenced the use of modern technology for effective monitoring of its facilities. Mr Sheidu Aiguedo, the company’s Manager in charge of Government, Community Relations and Security, made the assertion at a media briefing in Warri. Aiguedo decried the persistent…
The Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) has commended the efforts of Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) at deepening usage of gas as preferred cooking fuel amongst the populace. The NIPCO Managing Director, Mr Sanjay Teotia, said on Monday in Lagos that the sensitisation programme was very apt. Teotia, who spoke at the…
Russia may transfer the running of oil intake terminals to state-owned pipeline company Transneft, according to a government website, after a privately-owned terminal was blamed earlier this year for contaminating oil supplies. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will ask the government to consider the move, the website said, after Medvedev met Transneft Chief Executive Nikolai Tokarev…
Europe’s two biggest suppliers of pipeline gas, Norway’s Equinor and Russia’s Gazprom, have lost market share for the first time in at least four years amid a tripling in liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports into the region over the past 10 months. LNG imports into Europe have jumped amid lower than expected spot demand from…
Crude oil prices rose on Monday following a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemen’s Houthi forces and as traders looked for signs of progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Price gains were, however, capped to some degree by an unusually downbeat OPEC report that stoked concerns about growth in oil demand. Brent crude,…
Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric, has signed an agreement with Magodo Resident Association to invest in electricity infrastructure in the Estate as well as provide reliable and quality electricity supply to the residents. The contract, which is in line with the company’s Premium Power Purchase Agreement was signed at the association’s community hall in Lagos…
The entire Akwa Ibom State, including Uyo its capital city, has been thrown into darkness following the action of a youth group, West Itam Youth Forum, to picket the transmission station in Itu and, causing the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to shut down supply. Speaking on the development, the management of Port Harcourt Electricity…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has paraded 21 suspected oil thieves and two Dangote trucks caught with illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers State. Rivers State Commandant, NSCDC, Muktar Lawal, said the arrest was made at the weekend by operatives of its special anti-vandal team while on patrol in Eleme, Abonnema Wharf…