Daniel Terungwa The Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Philip Mpango has instructed local authorities to produce a better energy transition strategy that targets to reduce use of charcoal and firewood as an alternative to protecting and preserving the environment. Gracing the United Nations’ World Environment Day in Dodoma on Saturday, the…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Timipre Sylva has called on oil producing African countries to come up with policies that will deepen local participation and domiciliation in the Content. The Honourable Minister made this call recently while declaring open the maiden edition of the African Local Content Roundtable, at the Nigerian Content…
As part of the sessions lined up for the 4th edition of Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) taking place at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) will use the opportunity and the platform to give status update of their organization’s activities to…
By Ikenna Omeje Africa will continue to be an integral and important player in the oil and gas industry’s efforts to meet the global rising energy needs, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo, has said. OPEC in a statement on Wednesday stated that Barkindo who was speaking at the…
Daniel Terungwa The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) recently donated educational materials to Premier Academy School, Lugbe, Abuja, to mark this year’s Children’s Day celebration. This is part of the agency’s numerous corporate social responsibility projects. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, speaking during the event, emphasized NIMASA’s commitment to capacity…
…. Ministerial session to feature African Energy Ministers The Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), the African Petroleum Technology & Business Conference, scheduled for June 6 – 10, 2021, is primed to come up with an action plan for Africa’s oil and gas industry in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era. The theme of the summit is “From crisis…
Daniel Terungwa Prime Minister Hichem Mehichi, has met a high-level delegation of Italian oil and gas company ENI to discuss working conditions of the group in Tunisia in various fields, particularly renewable energy and hydrocarbons. Mechichi stated in Kasbah, that the purpose of the meeting was to ease the work of the company as well…
By Ikenna Omeje The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over its plans to acquire 20 percent stake in the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery, currently under construction in Lekki, Lagos State. The NNPC’s Chief Operating Officer, Refining and Petrochemicals, Mustapha Yakubu, had made the disclosure while speaking…
Africa Oil Week (AOW), part of Hyve Group PLC, announces that the 2021 edition of the event will be held in Dubai, 8-11 November at the Madinat Jumeirah. After careful evaluation of government guidelines and consultation with customers, the organisers have made the decision to move dates and location of Africa Oil Week 2021, originally…
Indigenous oil firms, A.A. Rano, Shafa Exploration, Matrix Energy, and Vhelblerg Exploration were among oil companies awarded marginal oil field licence by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Monday. The award came a year after 2020 marginal field bid round began with 591 companies applying to win 57 oil fields on offer. The oil…
