Vurin Redefines Progress in Local Content Terms

Vurin Redefines Progress in Local Content Terms

“Success is better depicted when solutions are innovatively created and subsequently curated around perennial challenges; thereby enabling collective capturing of value within an ecosystem, that ultimately results in forward momentum for the industry.”_Ude Victor Ude, the Group Chief Executive Officer of VURIN, a leading Nigerian oil and gas services company in this interview with Jerome Onoja,…

“At Eroton, we believe strongly in new ways of doing things, thinking out of the box and being creative”

“At Eroton, we believe strongly in new ways of doing things, thinking out of the box and being creative”

  Dr Theo Okeke, Executive Director and Chief Technical Officer, Eroton Exploration & Production Company speaks to Orient Energy Review  In line with Dr Ibe Kachikwu’s (Minister of State for Petroleum Resources) ambition to up Nigeria’s daily crude oil production by a million barrels, Eroton, through innovative technologies has been able to ramp up its…

Turkey against severing ties with Iran despite US sanctions

Turkey against severing ties with Iran despite US sanctions

Turkey’s president has argued against severing economic ties with Iran as the United States readies for sanctions. Speaking in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it goes against the independence of states to cut ties with its “neighbor and strategic partner” because the US demands it. President Donald Trump announced in May that he would…

Local and international financial markets, products & services updates

Local and international financial markets, products & services updates

The local and international financial markets, products and services update. NIGERIA: The Debt Management Office has set the maximum limit of $6.25bn (N1.906tn) for the Federal Government’s borrowing in the 2018 fiscal year. The DMO, in the 2017 Report of the Annual National Debt Sustainability Analysis released on Wednesday, said the $6.25bn was proposed to be…

India’s carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 – Study

India’s carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 – Study

New Delhi: India’s carbon-dioxide emission will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 not 3.8-4.9 gigatonnes as was projected earlier, which is consistent with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) pledge made at the 2015 Paris summit, according to a study by an Indian think-tank. According to the study by the Centre for Policy Research, even if emissions…

China’s CNPC to invest more than $22bn to boost Xinjiang oil, gas output by 2020

China’s CNPC to invest more than $22bn to boost Xinjiang oil, gas output by 2020

 China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) says it will spend more than 150 billion yuan ($22 billion) by 2020 to boost oil and gas output in the western region of Xinjiang, to offset falling output from ageing fields in northeast China. The increased spending will push output in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region to more than 50…

Kuwait sells 100,000 bpd of new light crude oil in September, say sources

Kuwait sells 100,000 bpd of new light crude oil in September, say sources

Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has sold 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of its new light crude oil for loading in September as the fifth-largest OPEC producer increased exports after the group’s June meeting, trade sources said on Wednesday. KPC sold six 500,000-barrel cargoes of Kuwait Super Light Crude (KSLC) for loading in September via a tender…

Saudi Arabia receives four bids for $500 mn wind farm

Saudi Arabia receives four bids for $500 mn wind farm

Saudi Arabia has received bids from four consortiums competing to build a $500 million Saudi wind farm project, officials said, as the world’s top oil exporter pushes to diversify its energy sector. France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles placed the lowest bid for the 400-megawatt Dumat al-Jandal wind project in the northern Al Jouf province, while the…

Oil rises after Saudi Arabia suspends shipments through Red Sea lane following attack

Brent crude led oil prices higher, extending gains into a third day after Saudi Arabia suspended crude shipments through a strategic Red Sea shipping lane and as data showed U.S. inventories fell to a 3-1/2 year low. Brent crude futures had risen 66 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $74.59 a barrel by 0019 GMT, after…

Japaul drops, Oando, CapOil gain in Thursday’s trading

Japaul drops, Oando, CapOil gain in Thursday’s trading

Thursday’s trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange for energy companies witnessed a marginal increase in the prices of Oando and Capital Oil’s shares. They recorded 0.05k and 0.02k gains, respectively. Japaul dropped by 0.02k. Eterna and Mobil Oil were unchanged. Gainers Oando: 0.05k CapOil: 0.02k Top Loser Japaul: -0.02k