Nigeria: Ondo Oil Well Fire Continues, Threaten Environment - HOMEF

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An environment group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has alerted the nation that the fire which broke out at an oil well in Ondo State in May last year is still raging… Read more »

Nigeria: Barkindo - Divestments From Oil Sector Will Not End Carbon Emissions

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Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammed Barkindo, yesterday said the current moves by countries and big investors to divest from… Read more »

Nigeria: Major Oil Players Raise Concerns Over Petroleum Industry Bill

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The oil majors and other players in the industry expressed disatisfaction with some provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill, 2020. Read more »

Tanzania: Gas Installations Set to Ease Fuel Costs

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Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) will this financial year construct five natural gas stations in Dar es Salaam to serve the Dar Rapid Transit (DART) buses, a plan… Read more »

Nigeria: Appeal Court Unseals Seplat Petroleum's Offices

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Tanzania: Rural Mini-Fuel Stations Coming, Assures Minister

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THE government is revisiting guidelines for setting up mini-fuel stations in rural areas and small towns to increase the number of refilling stations. Read more »

Nigeria: Military Recovers Stolen Crude Oil in Niger Delta

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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that its troops deployed against oil bunkering operators in the Niger Delta creeks recovered 1,339,000 litres of illegally refined AGO,… Read more »

Nigeria: Giving Nigerian Firms Voices in the Oil Sector

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The participation of local players in the oil and gas sector, especially strong operators with the capacity to develop technically-challenging oil fields, is mounting and this is… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria Will Maintain Position As Regional Leader in Oil, Gas Industry - President

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigeria will strengthen its position as regional leader in the oil and gas industry, even as he said that his administration will spare… Read more »

Mozambique: Nyusi and Total CEO Discuss Security Questions

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Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday granted an audience in Maputo to the chairperson and Chief Executive Office of the French oil and gas company, Total, Patrick Pouyanne,… Read more »

Nigeria: Heirs Holdings' Audacious Acquisition of OML 17

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The bold move by Heirs Holdings which manifested in the successful acquisition of a 45 per cent participating interest in Oil Mining Licence17, underscored the winning spirit of… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Newest Crude Grade, Anyala, to Arrive Europe

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Anyala is Nigeria's newest oil development since the start-up of the giant Egina field in late 2018. Read more »

Nigeria: Three Dead, Four Injured As Fuel Tanker Explodes in Abeokuta

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Three persons have been confirmed dead, while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion that occurred along the Presidential Boulevard, Kuto… Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari to Inaugurate Oil & Gas Centre Jan 21

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on January 21 inaugurate the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) Lagos to boost operations in the nation's petroleum sector. Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari to Inaugurate National Oil, Gas Centre Thursday

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday virtually inaugurate the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) Lagos, as part of effort to boost the operations of the Nigeria… Read more »

Nigeria: All Eyes On PIB

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Players in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and economic policy analysts are fixated on the passage, signing and implementation of the protracted Petroleum Industry Bill this… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt to Launch Centre to Drive Cost Efficiency, Others in Oil Sector

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The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Monday, disclosed that the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre, NOGEC, designed to drive the three-pronged objectives of safety,… Read more »

Nigeria: NNPC Records $120.49m Crude Oil Receipt in September

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on yesterday announced that the nation's total export receipt for crude oil and gas value stood at $120.49 million for the month… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Heirs Holdings' $1.1bn OML 17 Deal Demonstrates Renewed Confidence in Nigeria's Economy'

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Nigeria: NNPC Reports U.S.$120.49 Million Crude Oil, Gas Revenue in September

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As learning institutions reopen today, concerns continue to rise following an insistence by teachers that necessary measures have not been put in place in compliance with the… Read more »

Nigeria: Cheering News From Tony Elumelu [opinion]

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I was very elated when the news broke recently of the acquisition of OML 17 by Heirs Holding and Transcorp through their sister company TNOG Oil and Gas Limited. The 45% stake in… Read more »

Angola: China Sonangol International Privatisation May Begin This Year

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The selling process of the oil company (Sonangol)'s stake in China International Holding (CSIH) may begin this year, according to the Privatisation Programme (Propriv) underway in… Read more »

Kenya: MPs to Engage Uganda on Idle Sh2 Billion Kisumu Oil Jetty

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A parliamentary team is set to engage the Ugandan government on whether it had any intention of building an oil jetty on its side of Lake Victoria to complement Kenya's Sh2.1… Read more »

Nigeria: Navy Arrests 24 Suspected Oil Thieves in Ondo

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The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, on Sunday, said no fewer than 24 suspected illegal oil thieves were arrested on the coastal waters in Ilaje Local… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Seize First Bank's Assets Over Shell's N183bn Debt

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The knotty legal wrangle is a product of an oil spill incident, half a century old, reaching back to 1970. Read more »