According to Diamond Offshores’ fleet status report published today, both 2014 built drillships are contracted by Woodside. Ocean Blackhawk will be working in Senegal from 1Q 2022 till 1Q 2023 on a well based contract + options. Day rate is not disclosed by the offshore drilling contractor. At the moment Rig is contracted with Anadarko…
Firm Reiterates Commitment to Protecting People and Environment By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu Chevron Nigeria Limited has reiterated its commitment to protecting people and environment just as well as confirming there was fire incident at Ojumole Well No 1 on April 18 Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the joint venture, JV, between the Nigerian National…
…. Okoronkwo leads, as Onyejekwe retires By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu Following a review of its operational and investment objectives and in reaction to prevailing business environment, Aiteo has restructured its executive management, naming a number of critical appointments and reassignments. In a statement released by the companys spokesperson, Mr Ndiana Matthew on Friday and made…
Port Harcourt — Six vandals suspected to be responsible for last Sunday’s fire outbreak on the Nembe Creek Trunkline, operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company, were burnt to death on the spot, the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, OPDS, has said. Recall that on Sunday, April 21, 2019, Aiteo reported a fresh fire…
Lagos — Nigeria’s Minister of States for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has discussed investment in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector in talks with Saudi officials. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources said in a tweet on Wednesday that Kachikwu, who is currently on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, is there to discuss “areas of shared…
Abuja — Integrated Data Services Limited, IDSL, the geological and geophysical subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it is aggressively boosting its seismic data acquisition technologies and capacities to handle 90 percent of all seismic exploration projects in the country. In a statement by the NNPC in Abuja, the IDSL said the decision…
London — Nigerian oil company Seplat said on Wednesday it had taken a final investment decision to develop gas fields in the country’s Imo state and would raise $700 million for the venture in partnership with state-owned NNPC. Seplat Chairman and co-founder A.B.C. Orjiako told Reuters during a visit to London a decision had been taken…
Abuja — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Tuesday, entered into an agreement to inaugurate a Joint Committee to tackle the growing incidents of petroleum products smuggling across the nation’s border towns. In a statement in Abuja, the NNPC said the strategic move to tame the malaise was…
Lagos — Wednesday’s trading at the Nigerian Stock Exchange for energy companies saw Seplat Petroleum leading the losers category with -25k in 19 trade deals. Other losers of the day are Double One with 4.9k loss, Conoil (2.2k)and Oando (0.3k). Top Gainers Eterna: 0.35k Japaul: 0.02k Top Losers Seplat: -25k Double One: -4.9k Conoil: -2.2k
Lagos — Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, has written to a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi to drop the warrant of arrest against him. The court had ordered Adoke’s arrest following his failure, alongside four others, to appear in court for their arraignment in the fraudulent…