President Bola Tinubu has re-appointed Mallam Mele Kyari as Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited (NNPCL), while Chief Pius Akinyelure as Chairman of the Board. In a statement on Monday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale also named seven other members of the NNPCL Board. The statement read: In compliance with Section 59 …

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have called for stronger penalties for oil companies promoting gas flaring in the area. This was contained in a communiqué on Friday at the end of a one-day stakeholders’ meeting organised by ActionAid Nigeria in Asaba, Delta State. The communiqué endorsed by the County Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, presented a visual compilation …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers has called on its members not to embark on strike, following the recent leadership tussle rocking the PTD. PTD’s factional National Chairman, Lucky Osesua, made the call in Abuja while speaking with officials of the association, adding that tanker drivers would not want to …

NNPC Limited (NNPCL) has said it would end the importation of refined petroleum products by December next year as all the country’s refineries would be operational by then. Against the background of the House of Representatives’ call for the privatisation of Nigeria’s refineries, NNPCL’s Group Chief Officer, Malam Mele Kyari said on Thursday when he led senior officials of the …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has insisted that the establishment of modular refineries is the shortest way to address the energy problems bedevilling the country. Lokpobiri stated this while speaking to newsmen shortly after a tour of WalterSmith Modular Refinery in Ibigwe, Imo State. He said that to this end, the Federal Government will …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has restated the association’s resolve to negotiate with the Federal Government on issues instead of embarking on strike. The National Chairman of PTD, Mr Lucky Osesua  gave the assurance at a news briefing yesterday on the crisis rocking the association through its parent-union, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). “Remember that …

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Tuesday in Abuja read the riot act to producers in the oil and gas industry that it would not hesitate to apply measures on erring/deviant producers/operators whose activities constitute a hindrance to the effective implementation of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP), the country’s climate action plan. NUPRC’s Chief Executive, Engr …

Nigerian company, Azikel Petroleum Refinery, a subsidiary of the Azikel Group, has received $259 million in debt funding from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to build a refinery in the country. The deal was achieved at the Intra-African Trade Fair 2023, held between 9th and 15th 9 in Cairo, Egypt. It will expectedly create energy sufficiency for the development of …

A Joint Task Force comprising men of the Anti Crude Oil Theft (COT) and the Nigeria Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) Igbokoda, Ondo State, has arrested and destroyed approximately 16,000 litres of stolen crude oil and illegally refined automotive gas oil, estimated to be worth over N13 million. Commanding Officer, Captain Wasuku Alushi, revealed that the operation was initiated based …

Accugas Limited, the midstream subsidiary of Savannah Energy PLC, has said that it has granted full university education scholarships to 50 students from Akwa Ibom State through the Savannah Energy Education and Internship Training (SEE-IT) programme. Savannah Energy PLC is a British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter. The 50 students, who were selected through a …