Daniel Terungwa The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has outlined action plans to deal with the recent oil spill in Santa Barbara, Nembe, Bayelsa state. It stated that when followed, the plan will help curb the leak at the Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO) facility, as investigations into the cause of…
By Ikenna Omeje Nigerian energy giant, Seplat Energy, will soon begin drilling of Sibiri prospect on Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Roger Brown, has said. Brown disclosed this while commenting on the company’s third quarter 2021 unaudited financial results, in which the company reported revenue of N182.7bn, representing…
As the world pushes forward to find ways to reduce carbon emissions and transition to net-zero, hundreds of millions of people still lack access to reliable energy sources like electricity and the basics in life it affords. To bolster its work around this and help ensure the energy transition is just, the Center on Global…
By Ikenna Omeje As the world pushes towards clean and greener energy sources, part of measures to reduce global temperature to 1.5 degree Celsius, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that energy transition can no longer be limited to incremental steps. Osinbajo sated this while declaring open Seplat Energy Summit 2021, which held…
Four major projects being developed by investors in partnership with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) would be completed before the end of 2021, the Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has disclosed. The projects include the Rungas facility in Polaku, Bayelsa State that would manufacture 400,000 units of Composite LPG Cylinders…
Daniel Terungwa President of the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria, OGTAN Mazi Sam Azoka Onyechi has predicted that the outcome of the country’s renewable energy transition will be a mix of several energy types across worlds. He made this assertion in his welcome address at the OGTAN Lectures Series, titled “Nigeria’s Energy Sector,…
In just a little over a week, Africa’s elite interests in downstream oil and gas will converge for the 15th Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Africa Downstream Week at Oriental Hotel in Lagos Nigeria. This edition takes place from 26 to 27 October 2021 (continues till 29th virtually) with the theme “Downstream in Transition – Getting Set”,…
Daniel Terungwa Angolan President, João Lourenço, has said that there is room for investors in the country, mainly in free areas and in new exploration zones in sedimentary basins, where it is necessary to quantify the potential of hydrocarbon resources. Speaking in the videoconference on the first day of the plenary session of the IV…
