NNPC
14 Mar
The Port Harcourt refinery is set to begin producing refined petroleum products within two weeks, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, made the announcement during a meeting with a Senate committee. Kyari said the refinery repairs were on schedule. He also confirmed that the rehabilitation…
14 Mar
In the ongoing battle against the scourge of crude oil theft in Nigeria's Niger Delta region, civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on civil rights organizations and non-governmental entities to join forces in combating crude oil theft in Nigeria and throwing their weight behind Mele Kyari, the…
14 Mar
The House of Representatives on Wednesday questioned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Mele Kyari over the failure to remit an unpaid amount of $278,184,937.72 from the transaction involving OML 24 in 2019.
8 Mar
The continued dollarisation of operations in the downstream segment of the nation’s petroleum industry is compounding existing hardship in Nigeria and adding extra N55.8 billion on the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), diesel and aviation fuel monthly.
4 Mar
To enhance Nigeria’s oil production capabilities, the country has been urged to adopt Brazil’s model of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and policy reforms that triggered investments in deep water oil reserves.
3 Mar
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mele Kyari, has assured that with the increasing spate of investment in the oil and gas sector, issues of energy scarcity in the country..
1 Mar
The House of Representatives has summoned the Chief Executive Officers of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) over the management of Public Private Partnerships, PPPs and Concessions since 1999.
29 Feb
Three hundred and fifty public and private school teachers in Edo and Delta states trained in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) under the Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) weekend graduated from the Seplat JV Energy education empowerment programme for host communities. The training in collaboration with NNPC Limited, was geared towards equipping the…
28 Feb
The Federal Government yesterday said international oil companies (IOCs) will not be blocked from divesting their assets in the country even as the government warned that short-changing Nigeria in the process will not be tolerated.
27 Feb
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has indicted a former staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a $ 2.1 million bribery scandal. US Department of Justice said Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo allegedly received a $2.1 million bribe while serving as an NNPC official in connection with negotiating favourable drilling rights for a subsidiary…
27 Feb
Defending champions, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), began their campaign in the 19th edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG), yesterday, with a 1-0 defeat of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI).
25 Feb
Nigeria may be inching closer to increasing domestic refining as the Federal Government declared that the Port Harcourt Refinery is 80 per cent completed.
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