Residents of the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa, and its environs have been lamenting the high cost of the pump price of petrol in the state. Although some major marketers charge N250 for a litre of fuel, others charge N350 and N380 as customers arrive at the filling stations with various-sized jerrycans. Only the filling station of the NNPC Limited along …

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) will host a stakeholder conference in Lagos on Monday, as part of measures to bring interested companies up to speed with the requirements of the 2022 Nigeria Mini Bid round process. In a statement on Wednesday, NUPRC’s Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe said the conference would provide potential applicants with the opportunity to …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva declared on Monday that he would be okay as a private citizen to buy a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, at N300 per litre. made the comment While presenting President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in the petroleum sector under the media series organised by the Federal Ministry …

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Thursday, issued a seven-day ultimatum for all lease and licence holders operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, to disclose the real owners of their companies. In the directive signed by its Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, the commission demanded that the information to be disclosed must include the identity (ies) of …