The new Senate Committee on Local Content has pledged to support and collaborate with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to strengthen the implementation of Nigerian Content in the oil and gas industry and other key sectors of the economy. Chairman of the Senate committee in the 9th Assembly, Senator Teslim Folarin made the…
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations on Tuesday released an average of 3,436 MegaWatts/Hour of electricity into the national grid. This is according to a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President, a copy of which was obtained in Abuja on Wednesday. The report said that…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa says it has sealed ten petrol stations and an illegal liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station in Yenagoa for expired licences and lack of basic operational equipment. The DPR on Wednesday, with a team of its officials, led by Mr Ibinabo Jack, Head of Operations in the state…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it is transmitting bulk electricity due to damage on its 132 Kilo Volt (KV) underground transmission lines in Abuja. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday Mbah said that the damage was caused by an excavation machine working…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will continue to adopt global approach in its bid to reposition the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria. The NNPC Group Managing Director,(GMD), Mala Kyari, said this in a statement by the Acting Spokesman for the Corporation, Mr Samson Makoji in Abuja on Wednesday. Makoji quoted Kyari…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised an alarm on the increasing menace of oil pipeline vandalism, which hit a record high of 228 pulverized points in July. The corporation disclosed to this on its July, Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), released in Abuja on Wednesday. It noted that the breached lines represented…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) have donated relief materials worth millions of naira to over 8,000 IDPs in Borno. The Head of NNPC delegation, Mr Ibrahim Abdulkadir, disclosed this on Wednesday during a courtesy call on the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Usman Kadafur. Abdulkadir said the items…
The Taiwo, Wahabi, Larinde Community Development Association (CDA) in Oshodi area of Lagos State has decried the overestimated bills that Ikeja Electric (IE) has been serving them. They tasked the distribution company to supply the community with prepaid meters to avoid the consistent overestimated bills being charged the area. The Vice-Chairman of the association, Chief…
Exxon Mobil will invest more than 500 million dollars in the initial construction phase of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique, the U.S. energy company said on Tuesday. Exxon head of power and gas marketing Peter Clarke made this known at the signing ceremony for the project in Maputo. Clarke said the construction…
GE executes Performance Improvement Package (PIP) upgrade on two out of six 6B gas turbines PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, October 7, 2019/ — GE executes Performance Improvement Package (PIP) upgrade on two out of six 6B gas turbines; PIP increases plant output by 15% per gas turbine; exceeding expected increase of 6%; Executed PIP will…
