Delta State Governor Commends Heritage Energy Operational Services for Exemplary Local Content Practices

Delta State Governor Commends Heritage Energy Operational Services for Exemplary Local Content Practices

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Delta State Governor Commends Heritage Energy Operational Services for Exemplary Local Content Practices Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of OML 30 Joint Venture between the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Shoreline Natural Resources Limited (SNRL) has been commended by the Delta State Government for exemplary compliance with the local content policy of…

Bravo! Petroleum Technology Association Of Nigeria Appointed Onto The Board Of The Welding Federation As Representatives Of Industries-West Africa.

Bravo! Petroleum Technology Association Of Nigeria Appointed Onto The Board Of The Welding Federation As Representatives Of Industries-West Africa.

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Petroleum Technology Association Of Nigeria Appointed Onto The Board Of The Welding Federation As Representatives Of Industries-West Africa. Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) steps onto the Board of The Welding Federation (TWF) representing industries across West Africa. PETAN is an association of leading Nigerian Indigenous Technical Oilfield service companies in the upstream, midstream and…

NCC Puts Losses to Call Masking, SIM Boxing @ $3Bn

NCC Puts Losses to Call Masking, SIM Boxing @ $3Bn

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the sector loses about $3billion in revenue occasioned by call masking/refiling and SIM boxing.   Prof. Garba Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Commission, said that “SIM boxing or Interconnect By-pass Fraud (IBF) is one of the most prevalent frauds in the telecom industry today and it…

Major Earthquake May Hit Abuja, Ogun, Others– NASRDA

Major Earthquake May Hit Abuja, Ogun, Others– NASRDA

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has identified communities in four states and Abuja as locations where major earthquake may likely occur in the country. Prof. Seidu Mohammed, director general of NASRDA, who disclosed this Abuja, also said Mpape in Abuja, Kwoi in Kaduna, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun, Shaki in Oyo and Igbogene in Bayelsa may…

Nigerian crude exports set to hit 6 month high in Nov

Nigerian crude exports set to hit 6 month high in Nov

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Nigeria’s oil exports will reach their highest in six months in November, led in part by an increase in supply of the country’s four largest crude grades, according to loading programmes. Total loadings of Nigerian crude will rise to 1.876 million barrels per day in November, from October’s 1.652 million bpd. November’s will be the…

Samsung allowed to return to LADOL dockyard

Samsung allowed to return to LADOL dockyard

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

There are indications that the rift between Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, LADOL and Samsung Heavy Industries, SHI, may be resolved in future as LADOL, the operator of the Lagos free trade zone, yesterday allowed SHI to return to its dockyard. Recall that Samsung was banished from the Lagos-based dockyard since September 2, 2018 by…

19 firms indicate interest in acquiring Afam power, Yola DISCo

19 firms indicate interest in acquiring Afam power, Yola DISCo

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

About 19 companies have indicated interest to acquire Afam Power Company and Yola Power Distribution Company (YPDC) recently put up for sale by the federal government. The Bureau of Pubic Enterprises (BPE) spokesperson, Amina Tukur, said at the close of the submission of bids for the Expression of Interest (EOIs) for the two power companies,…

FG to launch NDPR modular refinery in November

FG to launch NDPR modular refinery in November

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

The Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed plans to unveil the first modular refinery in the country in the first week of November. The refinery, owned by Niger Delta Petroleum Resources, in Ogbele, Rivers State, is expected to refine 10,000 barrels of crude oil daily. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta, Mr…

Diesel tracker software to help businesses save costs

Diesel tracker software to help businesses save costs

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Among the major challenges of any manufacturer is keeping costs to the barest minimum and especially ranging from cost of diesel and unnecessary expenses through sharp practices. IT solution and software development company, Concept Nova, says its IT solutions can help eliminate such losses. Speaking in Lagos during the launching of some its products and…

Shell, USAID launch off-grid energy market acceleration programme for Nigeria

Shell, USAID launch off-grid energy market acceleration programme for Nigeria

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

The Nigeria Off-grid Market Acceleration Programme (NoMAP), a market building programme jointly supported by the Shell Foundation and USAID was unveiled to off-grid energy stakeholders in Lagos. The public presentation of the programme took place as part of the quarterly Off-Grid Stakeholders Coordination Meeting and it held at the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) of the…