Solomon Ewanehi is the Group CEO of Solewant Group, a pipe/metals fabrication and coating company that provides Pipe, Metal and Field joints Coating services in support of Oil, Gas, Water, Chemical processing, Mining, refining, electric utility, transportation and marine industries. As a beneficiary of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, Mr….
Engr. Obidike Nelkon Uzu is the CEO, Global Process & Pipeline Services Limited (GPPS), a leading process and pipeline service company in Nigeria, Incorporated in the year 2000 under the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of Nigeria and began full operations in 2010. Engr. Uzu has more than 26year’s oil field experience in drilling operation…
The government of Djibouti and French energy group Engie have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a PV power station with a capacity of 30 MW in Grand Bara, Djibouti. State-owned utility Électricité de Djibouti (EDD) is actively involved in the project and has signed a memorandum of understanding with Engie. The project, which…
New global index from EM2030 launched alongside Plan International results from survey of 10,000 girls on leadership (Vancouver, Canada) – Results for 129 countries measured by a new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Gender Index released by Equal Measures 2030 show that the world is far from achieving gender equality, with 1.4 billion girls and women…
By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu His Excellency President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço inaugurated the Angola Oil & Gas conference and exhibition in Luanda on Tuesday. Petroleum and energy Ministers from Angola, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Principe and Lesotho – and the General Secretary of the International Energy Fund – attended and spoke at the event. Sonangol…
By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu Angola’s national oil company, Sonangol, has awarded the Construction Contract of the Gasoline Production Unit of the Luanda Refinery to United Shine. Making the announcement during the first day of the inaugural Angola Oil & Gas conference and exhibition hosted by Africa Oil & Power on Tuesday, Sonangol CEO, Engr. Sebastião Pal Querido…
…Directs NNPC to Recover Outstanding Obligations The Federal Government is looking to rake in N1.03tn this year from the sale of some of its stakes in joint venture oil assets and the review of Production Sharing Contracts with private firms, mostly international oil companies operating in the country. The 2019 approved budget public presentation obtained…
The Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank, Laura Tuck, has warned Nigeria and other countries paying subsidies on fossil fuels to desist from it as such practice was not in favour of the poor. Tuck made this known at the ongoing World Circular Economic Forum in Helsinki, Finland while addressing the theme ‘Scale…
By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu The Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Securities and Exchange Commission from giving effect to its decision contained in a May 31, 2019 letter in respect of Oando Plc. SEC in the said decision, had imposed a fine N91, 125,000 on Oando’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Adewale Tinubu. It also barred…
As the executive management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) meets today to decide the way forward on Oando Plc after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos suspended the sanctions the capital market regulators imposed on the company for alleged infractions, stakeholders have raised concerns over the failure of the commission to release…