The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has denied allegations that it was marginalising a segment of marketers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also called cooking gas. Mrs Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, Head, Media Relations of Nigeria LNG Ltd., said the company had been supporting the domestic LPG (DLPG) market since 2007. Palmer-Ikuku’s reaction is coming on the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it will maintain current efforts to revamp Nigeria’s downstream oil and gas infrastructure and ensure there is at least 90 per cent pipeline availability. It also said it would keep up its automation of processes in product distribution system, and growth in retail market share to 30…
Thailand’s state oil company PTT has bought one cargo of Nigerian Agbami crude on behalf of Thai refiner IRPC via a tender awarded last week, two trade sources said on Wednesday The cargo was bought at a premium of around $3 a barrel to dated Brent on a delivered-ex-ship (DES) basis, said one of the…
The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says erratic power supply is killing Nigeria’s industries and the economy, adding that the availability of consumer credit facility is an important option in fighting corruption in the country. Mr. Dangote said this in Lagos at a consultative roundtable titled, “Going for Growth” with some economic stakeholders….
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State signed eight contracts for the development of ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGAPS) projects in Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. The beneficiary companies include O.K. Isokariari & Sons, Megastar, EST Masters, Altex, Faithplant, Erdis, and Linzo. Two…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday lifted the sanctions melted on a downstream marketing company, Petrocam Trading Nig. Ltd., for violating the agency’s rules and regulations. Mr Ahmed Shakur, the acting Director of DPR told newsmen in Lagos that the company committed an infraction against the agency in one of its gas plants…
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc (“Seplat” or the “Company”), a leading Nigerian indigenous oil and gas company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE), has recorded a rise of 15 per cent in its half-year profit before deferred tax. In its unaudited consolidated half-yearly financial results for the period…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says that meters installation now depends on customers payment. Meters would be installed for any customers as soon as they make payment for them, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, AEDC’s General Manager, Corporate Communications said. In an interview in Abuja on Sunday, he said that it is only customers who paid…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised the red flag on the violation of its pipeline right-of-way by some individuals and communities along the corridor of the system 2E pipeline network. The Corporation gave the warning in a statement by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs division, in Abuja on Sunday….
Chinese oil firm, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), aims to take a stake in an oil pipeline being developed to export Ugandan crude, the firm said on Friday. AminahBukenya, the spokeswoman for the firm’s Ugandan unit, told Reuters that CNOOC would participate in the EACOP project. Bukenya said the level of firm’s equity stake…
