Efforts by Shell to promote Nigerian content have led to more indigenous companies executing key contracts in oil and gas operations on land and in deep water.
Indigenous contractors deployed a technology for automated tank cleaning at Bonny Terminal for The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), while locally manufactured stud bolts, nuts and flanges as well as sand screens are being used for well operations.… Read the rest
The 7th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024) has begun in Abuja, with at least 6,000 foreign and local delegates, exhibitors and visitors participating.
The summit aims to chart a sustainable way forward to accelerate energy security, transition and finance.
President Bola Tinubu will officially open the summit at the State House Banquet Hall, Aso Villa, on Tuesday.
The global summit is being convened by the federal government as its official energy, oil and gas event, with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) as the national host.… Read the rest
Benedict Oramah, president of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has addressed the oil-for-cash loan agreement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.
In an interview with Arise News posted on Sunday on X, Oramah said the $3.3 billion crude oil pre-payment loan obtained by NNPC will not be repaid with $12 billion.
Oramah, who doubles as Afreximbank board chairman, also said the loan has a 6 percent margin, which makes it one of the best-priced loans.… Read the rest
Modular refineries in Nigeria are currently facing the threat of shutting down operations following their inability to access foreign exchange for the purchase of crude oil, a commodity priced in United States dollars.
Nigeria has 25 licenced modular refineries with a combined capacity of producing 200,000 barrels of crude oil daily.
Although not all of the plants are currently operational, it was gathered that the functional ones were increasingly finding it difficult to purchase crude due to the worsening foreign exchange crisis in the country.… Read the rest
The Federal Government has banned the exportation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, in a bid to increase its volume domestically to warrant a crash in price.
It stated on Thursday that LPG producers in Nigeria and key stakeholders in the industry had been told to stop exporting the commodity out of Nigeria, following the recent jump in the cost of cooking gas.… Read the rest
The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) on Tuesday decried the continued “dollarisation” of the Nigerian economy, including the collection of charges from operators by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Briefing the press on the harsh economic conditions that marketers have recently been subjected to, the National President of NOGASA, Benneth Korie, stated that aside rising diesel prices and bad roads, there was no sense in carrying out transactions in dollars within Nigeria.… Read the rest
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe, has disclosed that the country’s oil rigs have increased to 30 from 11 in 2011.
He linked the increase to NUPRC and other government stakeholders’ efforts to attract confidence and certainty into the oil and gas industry.
According to Komolafe, Nigeria recorded capital expenditure worth billions of dollars within the last two and a half years due to the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Oil and Gas Suppliers Association (NOGASA) warned on Tuesday that its members may be forced to withdraw their services following the unbearable high operating costs.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) commenced a strike action on similar issues.
NOGASA National President Bennett Korie, who made the call at a briefing in Abuja, particularly identified the unstable dollar rate as a major challenge for marketers.… Read the rest
The Federal Government has assured that it will address the concerns of oil transporters and distributors of petroleum products to ensure smooth distribution, following the high cost of operations and maintenance of trucks used in the distribution of the products.
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), made this known Monday in Abuja, when he met with some of the oil stakeholders in the downstream sector.… Read the rest
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the troops of Operation Delta Sanity have intercepted 4,036.7 barrels of crude oil and 270,600 litres of illegally refined AGO, valued N1.05 billion from oil thieves in one week.
The Director of Naval Information, Rear Adm. Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement on the operations conducted by the navy between Jan. 29 and Feb.… Read the rest