Lagos — Following claims by the Master Mariners Association of Nigeria, MMAN, that the recruitment policy of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG, is skewed against female sailors, the company has denied the allegation saying that it has the most gender-friendly recruitment policy. Recall that during the World Seafarers’ Day celebration in Lagos last month, the…
A day after the American Petroleum Institute reported a stunning crude oil inventory draw of over 10 million barrels continuing a string of weekly declines, the Energy Information Administration released its own weekly estimate, which confirmed the size of the draw, strengthening oil prices further. According to the EIA, U.S. crude oil inventories shed 10.8 million barrels in the…
In efforts to boost gas supply to some northern states of the country, Greenville LNG, said they have entered an agreement with the federal government on supply of liquified Natural Gas (LNG) to power the Kaduna plant in Kaduna state.According to them, a Memorandum of understanding (MOU), was signed to this effect four years ago,…
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), have called for improved efforts in finding solutions to the power challenges as well as in exploring other energy sources by cashing in on new ideas that will help the country become energy efficient. Speaking at an interactive session on, Innovation in…
The Managing Director of indigenous oil company, Eroton Exploration and Production (E&P) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ebiaho Emafo, has disclosed that investors were looking forward to a transparent and honest process in Nigeria’s long-awaited marginal oil fields bid rounds. Emafo, in a recent interview stated that although the processes for the bid rounds have been slow…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has signed a 3.15 billion dollars Financing and Technical Services Agreement between Sterling Oil Exploration and other partners for the development of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division,…
[New York, July 23, 2019] — Today, Global Compact Network USA recognized the first ever USA SDG Pioneer — a young business leader who is championing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their company, as well as inspiring others to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Chosen from a number of highly impressive…
TREXM Oil & Gas Services Nigeria Limited, an oil and gas services project delivery company, has unveiled its Flare Care Programme, an initiative launched in partnership with Baker Hughes General Electric (BHGE), to help customers control flare efficiency using an advanced process control algorithm. According to the firm, the move is In line with its commitment to…
The Federal Government has assured that the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme, NGFCP, would reverse the current lull in the Nigerian petroleum industry, and would attract investment valued at about $3.5 billion to the industry. In an interview with Vanguard in Abuja, Programme Manager of the NGFCP in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Justice…
The Senate, yesterday, urged its Petroleum Committee on downstream and upstream sectors of the oil industry, when constituted, to invite the Minister of Petroleum and the Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kolo Kyari, to brief it on the status of existing refineries, including the status of newly licensed modular refineries in the country. The decision…