Barely two months after a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter operated by East Aviation crashed in Port Harcourt, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has disclosed that its handlers violated several of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (NCAR) directives. Although the bureau was silent on whether or not the vices led to the unfortunate incident, the act shows gaps in the regulatory …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said it secured a $1bn loan backed by crude oil to support the coming on stream of the 650,000 barrels per day capacity Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It also stated that the firm facilitated the $3bn Gazelle loan as a critical intervention to help stabilise the federation’s foreign exchange crisis. The Chief Corporate Communications …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has sought a reduction in the price of petrol across the country. The group urged the Dangote refinery to consider reducing its ex-depot price from N970 per litre since the estimated cost of landing petrol on Nigeria’s shores has dropped to N900.28 per litre. President Bola Tinubu had during a Federal Executive …

NNPC Limited (NNPCL) has said that the new Port Harcourt refinery is over 90 per cent completed. The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), operates two refineries; the old plant with a capacity of 60,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) and a new facility with 150,000 bpsd, bringing the refinery’s combined crude processing capacity to 210,000 bpsd. Receiving leaders of the …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has begun lifting Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, according to The PUNCH. This follows an agreement reached with the refinery last month by IPMAN. It was learned that IPMAN members have so far lifted millions of litres of petrol from the Dangote refinery located in the Lekki free …

No fewer than 45,689 applicants are on Saturday, (today) taking part in a Computer-Based Aptitude Test as part of the recruitment process to secure employment at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The aptitude test, currently being administered at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society Centenary Resource Centre in Maitama, Abuja, as well as at various other testing centres across Nigeria, marks the …

The Port Harcourt Refining Company has clarified that its operations were not completely halted but scaled down to facilitate improvements at the facility. It disclosed this on Sunday as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) insisted that it would not buy from the Port Harcourt refinery if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) sells fuel from the …

The fanfare that greeted the resumption of activities at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on Tuesday may have melted away leaving the hope and expectations of many Nigerians hanging. A visit by Saturday PUNCH to the refinery on Friday revealed that there was no activity on site, as some workers met by newsmen claimed that the refinery was undergoing calibration …

The Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) express heartfelt appreciation to Nigerians for their support and excitement over the safe and successful restart of the 60,000 barrels-per-day Old Port Harcourt Refinery. According to a statement by NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, the company said that “This achievement marks a significant step forward after years …

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery says the Federal Government has not met its target to supply crude oil to the refinery under the naira-for-crude initiative. It said the amount of crude received from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is “peanuts” compared to the volume needed to ramp the production of refined products. A report by Reuters quoting an interview …