Egypt announces winners in oil and gas exploration bid round

Egypt announces winners in oil and gas exploration bid round

Egypt announced the winners of an international bid round for oil and gas exploration on Tuesday, with a total of 12 concessions awarded. The companies awarded oil exploration concessions included Royal Dutch Shell, Eni, Merlon, Neptune Energy, and Egypt’s General Petroleum Company (EGPC), EGPC’s head told a news conference. Five concessions for gas exploration were…

N904bn funding gap threatens vessels acquisition by Nigerian shipowners
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N904bn funding gap threatens vessels acquisition by Nigerian shipowners

The Nigerian shipowners will need an additional N904 billion to the N36 billion accrued in the Cabotage Vessels Financing Fund (CVFF) to acquire vessels needed for the maritime industry in the next four years, a report has shown. This was even as the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr….

OPEC daily basket oil price close at $61.40 per barrel

OPEC daily basket oil price close at $61.40 per barrel

The price of OPEC basket of fourteen crudes stood at $61.40 a barrel on Monday, compared with $61.37 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno (Congo), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Islamic…

Indian investors may join Brookfield’s investment trust for East West Pipeline buy: report

Indian investors may join Brookfield’s investment trust for East West Pipeline buy: report

A set of Indian investors are keen to join the infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) led by Brookfield Asset Management Inc to buy East West Pipeline Ltd (EWPL) for an enterprise value of 130 billion rupees ($1.83 billion), the Economic Times reported on Monday, quoting people aware of the development. EWPL, earlier known as Reliance Gas…

Total CEO committed to Cyprus exploration and considering petrochemicals in Egypt

Total CEO committed to Cyprus exploration and considering petrochemicals in Egypt

Total is committed to continuing its exploration work in Cyprus, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne told Reuters on Monday, part of a major exploration campaign for 2019 focused on areas known to contain commercial levels of oil and gas. Speaking on the sidelines of an energy forum in Cairo, Pouyanne said he was discussing “the extension…

Agency lays emphasis on water safety in Sokoto
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Agency lays emphasis on water safety in Sokoto

The Sokoto Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) has begun training of communities on water safety plans to protect water contamination from point of production to consumption. Mr Tijani Aliyu, the Head of Sanitation, Sokoto RUWASSA, said this on sidelines of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Emergency Working Group visit on Cholera…

16 contractors mobilised to remediate Ogoniland, ambassadors told

16 contractors mobilised to remediate Ogoniland, ambassadors told

The Federal Government on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 said it has mobilised 16 contractors to carry out environmental remediation and cleanup of oil spill in Ogoniland. Minister of Environment, Alhaji Suleiman Zarma, said this when a group of ambassadors interested in the remediation of the oil spill in the Niger Delta visited him in Abuja….