ENI and UNDP join forces on sustainable energy in Africa

ENI and UNDP join forces on sustainable energy in Africa

Energy major Eni SpA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are joining forces to improve access to sustainable energy and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa. The partnership is the first of its kind between UNDP and a global energy company. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Eni Chief…

FG committed to demolition of structures under power lines – NEMSA

FG committed to demolition of structures under power lines – NEMSA

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, NEMSA, Engr. Peter Ewesor has, once again, announced the Federal Government’s commitment towards demolishing all structures built around the Right of Way (RoW) of high tension electricity cables throughout the country. While inaugurating 70 NEMSA engineers at a capacity building event in Abuja recently, Ewesor…

Current power infrastructure can’t transmit above 4,000mw – Ex-minister

Current power infrastructure can’t transmit above 4,000mw – Ex-minister

The former minister of aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, has revealed that the current infrastructure in the power sector was incapable of transmitting more than 4000 megawatts adding that Nigeria cannot generate 7000 megawatts. He stated this in Abuja yesterday at the 2018 engineering conference organised by the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) Abuja chapter with…

NNPC Cautions Petroleum Products Consumers Against Panic Buying

NNPC Cautions Petroleum Products Consumers Against Panic Buying

… Says FG is Addressing the NLC Planned Industrial Action The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has appealed to motorists and other consumers of petroleum products across the country not to engage in panic buying of products over the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned industrial action. Dr….

Data Analytics in Oil and Gas Took Center Stage at ATCE 2018

Data Analytics in Oil and Gas Took Center Stage at ATCE 2018

The brightest minds in E&P focused on digital transformation at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Dallas   Big data transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other digital technologies were the key topics at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), which took place 24–26 September at…

Accra opens 3rd Regional Energy Cooperation Summit

Accra opens 3rd Regional Energy Cooperation Summit

Participants at the summit   The third edition of the Regional Energy Cooperation Summit opened at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra on Wednesday, September 26. The annual investors’ summit will continue on September 27 and closes on September 28. Like previous successful events, the Accra event will focus on cross-border energy infrastructure and the financing…

Sahara Group staff target gold medals at 3rd edition of Saharalympics

Sahara Group staff target gold medals at 3rd edition of Saharalympics

Leading International Energy and Infrastructure Conglomerate, Sahara Group has raised the performance bar a notch higher as staff from its various locations across the globe gather in Lagos, Nigeria to trade tackles and light up the tracks at the third edition of the Saharalympics. At the stroke of 8 a.m on Saturday September 29, 2018,…

Experts say mini-grids, powered by renewable, can move Nigerians from poverty

The conversation around mini-grids powered by renewable energy has been unceasing in Nigeria as the industry stakeholders continue to express optimism about the scalability of this alternative energy system, and as a result, this relentless push for mini grids is gaining traction as the sector continues to grow and expand. In Nigeria, energy access and…

What Threatens Projected Investment In Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Sector – NGA

What Threatens Projected Investment In Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Sector – NGA

  Removal of obstacles through legal framework is key to the realisation of the projected investment in the Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, the Nigerian Gas Association said. Dada Thomas, the NGA President, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos. Thomas urged the Federal Government to facilitate the passage of Petroleum Industry…

Tullow Drills Dud Namibia Well in `Bold’ Effort to Open New Play

Tullow Drills Dud Namibia Well in `Bold’ Effort to Open New Play

Tullow Oil Plc said an exploration well off Namibia was a dud, damping enthusiasm over a frontier area that’s attracted renewed interest amid oil’s recovery. The Cormorant-1 well in the PEL-37 license found only “non-commercial hydrocarbons,” London-based Tullow said Monday. While disappointing, the announcement was shrugged off by investors who hadn’t pinned hopes on a discovery. Tullow rose…