Oil exports resume on Nembe Creek oil pipeline following repairs

Oil exports resume on Nembe Creek oil pipeline following repairs

Normal crude oil export operations were restored, March 7, on the 150,000 barrels per day Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) following the plugging of a leak which resulted in the shutdown of the facility on February 28. A spokesperson for Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production, the operator of the 97 kilometres crude oil pipeline, Masade…

Lekoil says it has completed redenomination of its Naira debt facilities

Lekoil says it has completed redenomination of its Naira debt facilities

LEKOIL (AIM: LEK), the oil and gas exploration, development and production company with a focus on Africa, is pleased to announce the following debt facilities update. In 2018, as announced, the Company agreed in principle to refinance a portion of and redenominate its outstanding Naira debt facilities, totaling approximately 3.08 billion Naira, into United States…

United Oil & Gas signs option agreement with Elephant Oil to farm in to Block B onshore Benin

United Oil & Gas signs option agreement with Elephant Oil to farm in to Block B onshore Benin

United Oil & Gas has signed an option agreement with Elephant Oil to farm in to the Block B onshore acreage in Bénin, potentially taking a 20% interest in the production sharing agreement (‘PSC’). The Bénin Onshore Block B is located in the Dahomey Embayment (Coastal Basin) and covers an area of 4,590 sq km…

South Sudan gets first off-grid solar battery hybrid power system
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South Sudan gets first off-grid solar battery hybrid power system

Aptech Africa recently successfully designed, built and installed the first off-grid solar battery hybrid power system in South Sudan. This USAID-funded project, developed by AECOM International, incorporated a one-of-a-kind containerized PV storage solution by SustainSolar. In record time, Aptech Africa planned, installed and commissioned the 79kWp ground mounted solar power system which feeds the 125-kWh…

OPIC commits $10m to fund off-grid solar kits in Chad
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OPIC commits $10m to fund off-grid solar kits in Chad

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, has committed $10 million to support the introduction of off-grid solar kits and appliances in Chad. OPIC’s loan will help FinLux Ellen Sarl distribute solar kits and appliances to individuals, schools, health clinics and small businesses in Chad, providing them with an affordable…

Planes operating from Nairobi’s JKIA seek fuel in neighbour airports

Planes operating from Nairobi’s JKIA seek fuel in neighbour airports

Airlines operating from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi were Thursday forced to divert to regional airports for fuelling as stocks of the commodity neared depletion. The fuel shortage, which is expected to persist till Sunday, has been blamed on inadequate orders by oil marketing companies that sell directly to airlines. In an…

OTC 2019 Announces Spotlight on New Technology® Award Recipients
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OTC 2019 Announces Spotlight on New Technology® Award Recipients

Winners Recognized for Innovative Products for Offshore Exploration and Production Houston, Texas, USA (6 March 2019) –The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) announces that 18 technologies will receive the 2019 Spotlight on New Technology® Award. The awards will be presented at 1600 hours, 6 May, in the NRG Center Rotunda Lobby. The Spotlight on New Technology Awards—a…

Oil drops 3 percent as economic outlook weakens, U.S. supply surges

Oil drops 3 percent as economic outlook weakens, U.S. supply surges

Oil prices fell about 3 percent on Friday and were set for a second straight week of declines after disappointing U.S. job growth revived concerns about a slowing global economy and weaker demand for oil. With surging U.S. oil supply also unsettling markets, Brent crude futures fell $1.85, or 2.8 percent, to $64.45 a barrel…

CSR: NLNG signs up 89 for human capacity development

CSR: NLNG signs up 89 for human capacity development

 As part of its corporate social responsibility as well as enhancing human capacity development, theNigerian Liquified Natural Gas Company Limited, NLNG on Thursday inducted 89 youths for its 2019 Youths Empowerment Scheme, YES. NLNG’s Acting Manager, Community Relations and Sustainable Development, Mr. Godson Dienye, said YES was launched in 2004 as one of the company’s…

NPA seek review of tariff at Eastern ports to attract cargoes
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NPA seek review of tariff at Eastern ports to attract cargoes

 IN a bid to increase effective utilisation and patronage of the Eastern port, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has canvassed downward review of government agencies charges by 30 percent to improve traffic to the eastern ports. This plea was made by the managing director of the authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman at a one-day strategy group meeting organised…