The President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Festus Osifo has said that the recurring shutdowns of Nigeria’s state-owned refineries are driven more by political motives than operational challenges. PENGASSAN also accused petroleum marketers of exploiting Nigerians through inflated petrol prices, insisting that the current pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) should …

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has queried high influx of Indians in the oil and gas industry in the country. PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, said Indians are taking over low-level jobs in the sector in flagrant abuse of the expatriate quota system. Osifo raised the concern at the closing of the 3rd edition of …

President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo, on Thursday attributed the persistent fuel queues across the country to a weak distribution chain within the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. Speaking on the second day at the 3rd edition of the PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit in Abuja, Osifo …

Rapid population growth and industrialisation are projected to strongly drive energy demands —including for fossil fuels — across Nigeria and Africa, according to the Chief Executive of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe. In his keynote address at the maiden annual conference of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, Komolafe …