Tag: Oil and Gas

Cooking gas price hits N1,500 per kg
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NMDPRA announces new gas prices

The  Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority has announced that a new gas pricing pattern will be made public today following a review with President Bola Tinubu’s Energy adviser, Olu Verheijen. The Nation reported that the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Farouk Ahmed announced the information at the Abuja headquarters’ official opening. He stated that the necessary […]

Crude hits $83 as Nigeria's export passes 1.4mbpd
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Oil and Gas will guarantee Nigeria’s energy security – FG

The Federal Government has noted that oil and gas would continue to guarantee energy security for Nigeria’s massive population estimated to be about 200 million. This information was revealed by the Chief Executive Officer, of NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, in Abuja at the 16th Annual International Conference of the Nigerian Association for Energy Economics, which had […]

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Brent declines amid slow economy

US crude oil rose around 3% on Wednesday, closing the price gap with global benchmark Brent in a post-holiday reaction to production restrictions imposed by Saudi Arabia and Russia on Monday. According to Reuters, after increasing by $1.60 on Tuesday, Brent crude was down 64 cents, or 0.8%, at $75.61 a barrel by 0913 GMT. […]

OPEC+ weighs 2027 production baselines, potential hike
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Nigeria ousts Angola as Africa’s top oil-producing country – OPEC

Nigeria is now Africa’s top oil producer, surpassing Angola, whose output was at 1.1 mb/d, while Equatorial Guinea is now the continent’s lowest producer with 56,000 bpd. According to Vanguard, Nigeria’s oil production, excluding condensate, climbed by 15.6% to 1.3 million barrels per day, in May 2023 from 1.1 mb/d reported in the previous month of […]

Nigeria has best return on investments, Tinubu tells Indian investors
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Tinubu meets oil marketers over subsidy removal

Juliet Buna President Bola Tinubu is meeting with major oil marketers at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. According to Channels, the oil marketers were led by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. The President’s meeting with the oil marketers comes amid the controversy and protests trailing the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit […]

Court upholds NMDPRA's authority to impose statutory taxes
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NMDPRA urges companies to drop diesel for gas

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has urged the country’s companies, particularly those that utilize a lot of petroleum products, to switch from diesel to gas. The Punch reported that the Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, made the call at a one-day stakeholder engagement on gas utilization in Nigeria which was held in Kano […]

NCDMB kickstart house wiring program for youths
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Bayelsa court permits NCDMB to collect 1% NCDF levy

The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, delivered an important ruling on Tuesday confirming the authority of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board to collect the one percent Nigerian Content Development Fund levy from every contract awarded in the Nigerian oil and gas upstream transaction. According to The News Agency of Nigeria, this […]

Nigeria to end gas flaring by 2030 - NUPRC
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NUPRC confirms take over of oil export terminals

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has announced that they have taken over the regulation and monitoring of activities of the nation’s crude oil export terminals. AmBusiness reported that the Chief Executive Officer of NUPRC, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe said this in an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. Komolafe claimed that […]

NACCIMA, EU partner on business innovation
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FG needs to fix Nigeria’s refineries – NACCIMA

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, has called on the Federal Government to urgently fix the four refineries which have been in comatose for the past 16 years. The President of the association, John Udeagbala, said this should be done so as to end petroleum products importation into the country. […]

Crude hits $83 as Nigeria's export passes 1.4mbpd
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FG to introduce 13 more oil sector regulations 

The upstream sector of the oil and gas industry can expect 13 new regulations from the Federal Government in the next few weeks. According to The Punch, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe, made this announcement on Tuesday during the Nigerian International Energy Summit in Abuja. In addition […]

The Nigerian Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu via the Chief of Staff's office to request that the
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Petrol will cost below N500 after subsidy removal – PENGASSAN

The president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Festus Osifo, has predicted that if the fuel subsidy is removed, petrol will be sold for less than N500 per liter. This is in accordance with a statement published following the National Executive Council meeting of his association, which took place on March […]