The Nigerian Ports Authority would between September 17 and 19 host the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) Africa Regional Conference in Abuja with a theme, “African Ports and Hinterland Connectivity.” According to the Local Organising Committee, the conference which will hold at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja will draw key stakeholders in port and harbours from across the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has embarked on Time Release Study (TRS) to measure the efficiency of its trade facilitation scheme and reduce the time of cargo clearance. Mr Wale Adeniyi, Deputy Commandant, Customs Training College, Gwagwalada, Abuja, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at a workshop…
Lagos State Police Command and other relevant agencies will today at midnight commence an action it tagged ‘Operation Restore Sanity’ to free Apapa of gridlock. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who disclosed this on Thursday after meeting with representatives of some relevant stakeholders in Lagos, briefed newsmen on the planned operation. The CP who…
As a country, Senegal had largely been overlooked by the oil and gas industry In 2014, Cairn and its joint venture partners made one of the world’s biggest oil discoveries and this was followed by Kosmos with significant gas discoveries. “The region has now evolved from a frontier to an emerging hydrocarbon opportunity attracting…
BMI Research announced Thursday that it has revised up its oil price outlook for the next two years. In a report sent to Rigzone, the research firm revealed that it now forecasts an annual average for Brent crude oil of $75 per barrel for 2018 and $80 per barrel for next year. “This compares to…
Nigeria and other oil producing countries across the world will expend about $105b on decommissioning in the next 10 years. According to a recent report release by Wood Mackenzie otherwise called WoodMac, between 2018 and 2022, nothing less than $32 billion would be spent on decommissioning around the world. While UK, the US and Norway,…
Three months of loading programmes for Nigeria’s key grade Bonny Light emerged on Friday. Exports of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude oil are set to fall in September to five cargoes from seven in August, a loading programme from a trade source showed. September cargoes will load at a rate of 152,000 barrels per day (bpd),…
As part of its commitment to impacting communities, Lumos, a solar power and off-grid solar home systems provider has donated 100 units of customized Solar Powered Systems to the Nigerian Army. The presentation which took place at the Monguno Army Barracks, Borno State, was part of activities to mark the 2018 Nigerian Army day celebrations….
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced comprehensive community integration and stakeholders’ engagement to sensitize dwellers of Iwure, Ojor and Osomba/Akin communities of Cross River State ahead of planned oil palm-based biodiesel project in that part of the state. A release by Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, said the…
The Federal Government said that electricity generation from hydro sources could reach 19,000 megawatts if fully harnessed. The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Ogbonnaya Onu said this at the 2018 Seminar on “Construction and Management of Water Conservancy and Hydro-power Projects’’ organized by the Chinese Government in Abuja on Tuesday. Onu, who was represented…
