Sirius Petroleum secures new rig for Ororo field drilling, cancels old deal

Sirius Petroleum secures new rig for Ororo field drilling, cancels old deal

AIM-listed Sirius Petroleum, the Nigeria-focused oil and gas development and production company, has decided, by mutual agreement with COSL, to abrogate its agreement with COSL for the supply of a jack-up rig for the drilling programme on the Ororo field, OML 95. Sirius has sourced and signed an agreement with Shelf Drilling to supply its Adriatic I jack-up rig which is scheduled…

B7JV signs $10m contract for Bonny LNG design services with NDIC

B7JV signs $10m contract for Bonny LNG design services with NDIC

Bonny7JV (B7JV), a UK-based joint venture led by KBR, JGC and TechnipFMC have awarded a $10 million contract to NDIC, a Nigerian-based consortium lead by Netco, DeltaAfrik, IESL and Crestech for design services. The signing took place recently in Lagos at the FMDQ OTC securities exchange. It would be recalled that B7JV was awarded an LNG FEED contract by…

NEMSA MD gives reason why meters in Nigeria reject low voltage

NEMSA MD gives reason why meters in Nigeria reject low voltage

The Managing Director, Nigeria Electricity Management Service (NEMSA), Engr. Peter Ewesor Thursday explained why some electricity meters were rejecting low voltage. Ewesor, who is the Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation, said that the meters were programmed to reject low current in order to avoid damage to the appliances the current was supposed to power….

Made-in-Nigeria gas cylinders debut at World LPG Forum

Made-in-Nigeria gas cylinders debut at World LPG Forum

Nigeria’s oil and gas major, Techno Oil Ltd. has unveiled its TechnoGas LPG cylinders at the 31st World LPG Forum rounding off at Houston, Texas in the U.S. The unveiling of the cylinders formally makes Nigeria to join the big league of nations manufacturing LPG cylinders for export. No fewer than 1,500 participants drawn from…

Oil prices mark weekly gain ahead of Iran sanctions

Oil prices mark weekly gain ahead of Iran sanctions

Crude futures steadied on Friday after climbing to four-year highs earlier this week, and both Brent and U.S. crude marked weekly gains ahead of U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Futures rose 1 cent to settle at $74.34 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent crude futures for December delivery fell…

LADOL accuses Samsung of scuttling technology transfer
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LADOL accuses Samsung of scuttling technology transfer

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics, LADOL, has accused its technical partner, Samsung Heavy Industries, SHI, of failure to transfer technology to Nigeria in the execution of the $3.1 billion Engina Total Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading, FPSO, vessel. The Egina FPSO project is managed by Total Upstream Nigeria Limited. Other contractual crime said to have been committed…

Group drags HYPREP to court over $10 million cleanup fund

Group drags HYPREP to court over $10 million cleanup fund

 Port Harcourt — The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted ex parte motion to the Ogoni Youth Federation, to summon the Coordinator of HYPREP, Dr. Marvin Dekil, before it over the management and administration of $10million initial grant released to the agency for Ogoni cleanup. The OYF had gone to court requesting an order…

Asia leads oil & gas pipeline length additions with 71,000km
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Asia leads oil & gas pipeline length additions with 71,000km

A total growth of 12.2% in length is expected in the global oil and gas trunk pipelines industry by 2022, according to GlobalData, a leading data, and analytics company. The company’s latest report, ‘H2 2018 Global Length and Capital Expenditure Outlook for Oil and Gas Pipelines – US Leads with Highest New-Build Pipeline Length Additions’, reveals…

NNPC crude oil and gas export rise to $416 million

NNPC crude oil and gas export rise to $416 million

 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Thursday, said its crude oil and gas sales rose by 35.78 percent to $416.07 million in the month of June 2018. The NNPC, in a statement on its Monthly Financial and Operations Report for June 2018, added that crude oil export sales contributed $274.95 million which translated to 66.08 percent of…

India cuts fuel tax, refinery prices to ease pain of rising crude, weak rupee

India cuts fuel tax, refinery prices to ease pain of rising crude, weak rupee

India is cutting prices of gasoline and diesel by 2.50 rupees ($0.03) a litre, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday, the government’s latest step to tackle the impact of a sharp rise in crude oil prices and a weak local currency. The cut includes a reduction in excise duty of 1.50 rupees per litre,…