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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Anxiety As Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos, Abuja, Others

Fuel pump. Many filling stations in Abuja, Lagos, and other cities did not open for business. Nigerians were at the weekend thrown into confusion as fuel scarcity hit Lagos, Abuja, Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria Needs Private Security On Vessels to Tackle Piracy

Oil theft Nigeria has been advised to review its maritime security rules and enlist the support of private security companies to tackle rampant piracy on its waters. A report published Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria losing 200,000 b/d to crude oil theft as sabotage grows: NNPC

Nigeria is losing an average of 200,000 b/d of its crude oil production to theft, state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said Feb. 25, indicating a surge in pipeline sabotage in Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Ending Gas Flaring in Nigerian Communities

Some communities in the Niger Delta region and others have been forced to live with the tumultuous effects of gas flaring on their health and environment. Recently, hope beckoned with Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: 63 Years After, Gas Flares Still Killing, Polluting Niger Delta Region

Despite longstanding laws against gas flaring, the burning of natural gas during oil extraction has remained the major cause of mortality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. ANAYO ONUKWUGHA writes Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Finally, Shell Can No Longer Shirk Responsibility for Niger Delta Oil Spills

Two landmark rulings are a testament to decades of tireless campaigning by people in the Niger Delta and environmental activists. Like many who have witnessed the environmental impact of multinational Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Africa: A Visit to Dangote Refinery, Africa’s Largest

With an estimated investment of $15billion, the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical complex under construction in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos, is expected to be Africa’s biggest oil refinery upon Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerians Can Now Sue Shell In The UK For Oil Pollution

Nigerians can sue Shell in English courts for damage to communities caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta, the UK’s Supreme Court said on Friday, allowing the communities to Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: IMF Foresees Dangote Refinery’s Potential of Bailing Nigeria From Economic Downturn

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global financial watchdog is projecting that Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery would provide an elixir for the country’s economy when it is completed and start production Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Shell May Re-evaluate Oil Operations Onshore Nigeria

Persistent issues with theft and sabotage in the Niger Delta could prompt Shell to take a hard look at its operations onshore Nigeria, the supermajor’s chief executive Ben van Beurden Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Chief of Exxon Unit

A Nigerian judge issued an arrest warrant for the managing director of Exxon Mobil Corp’s local unit for failing to appear before the nation’s anti-graft agency investigating what it says is Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Sylva – Why Oil Firms Cannot Relocate Offices to Niger Delta Now

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said asking the oil companies operating in the country to relocate to the Niger Delta without first addressing the Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Shell Ordered to Pay Compensation Over Nigerian Oil Spills

Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A -3.53% PLC’s Nigerian subsidiary has been ordered by a Dutch court to pay compensation for oil spills in two villages, a ruling that some lawyers say could encourage further Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Dutch Court Holds Shell Liable For Oil Spill In Nigeria

The Hague Court of Appeal ordered Shell on Friday to compensate Nigerian farmers for two oil spills in the country 13 years ago, in the first lawsuit in which a Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

ExxonMobil lifts force majeure on Nigerian Qua Iboe crude exports as production returns

Crude exports of Nigeria’s key crude Qua Iboe are set to resume for the first time in almost six weeks after a fire at the terminal halted production and loadings, Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

First cargo of new Nigerian crude Anyala destined for Europe: sources

The first export cargo of Nigeria’s newest crude grade Anyala is on its way to Northwest Europe, trading and shipping sources said on Jan. 18. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s Forcados crude exports on force majeure due to pipeline closure: Shell

Loadings of Nigeria’s key export grade Forcados are on force majeure due to the shutdown of the Trans Forcados pipeline, terminal operator Shell said late Jan. 14. The force majeure Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian Oil Major Focuses On Condensates To Offset OPEC Cuts

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has decided to focus its attention on condensates production to compensate for lost revenue from oil exports due to the country’s commitment to the OPEC+ Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

NIGERIA DATA: Dec oil output down to 1.52 mil b/d on Qua Iboe issues: DPR

Nigeria’s crude and condensate output in December fell 9% month on month to 1.52 million b/d, data from the Department of Petroleum Resources — the oil industry regulator — showed, Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Militants Pull Out of Peace Talks With Govt, Threaten to Kick-Start Bombing of Oil Facilities Today

Plumes of smoke in the Niger delta. A coalition of nine militant groups under the aegis of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, yesterday, backed out of peace talks with the Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s oil revival unlikely in 2021 without major reforms

Nigeria’s oil industry looks set for a difficult 2021 as a delay in implementing key legislative reforms compounds problems for a sector still reeling under the weight of OPEC+ output Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

New Regulations Could Kill Nigeria’s Promising Deepwater Oil Industry

Nigeria may lose up to 38 percent of its deepwater oil production under the terms of the proposed new Petroleum Industry Bill, Nigerian daily Punch reports, adding that this could Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were reunited with their families last weekend, days after they had been abducted by kidnappers from their dormitory in the country’s north-west. The kidnapping revived Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s Reserves Will Dry Up in 30 Years Without New Oil Finds – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that without the discovery of fresh hydrocarbons in some parts of the country, the current 37 billion barrels in reserves will dry Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, shuts schools amid COVID-19 spike

Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, ordered schools to shut indefinitely, banned concerts, carnivals and street parties and ordered certain civil servants to work from home amid a spike in new cases Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Fire halts crude exports from Nigeria’s Qua Iboe terminal

Crude loadings of Nigeria’s key crude Qua Iboe have been temporarily halted due to a fire at the terminal, traders and Nigeria-based sources said Dec. 14. Not registered? Receive daily Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s Oil Output Drops By 14 Percent to an Average of 1.5mb/D

Nigeria might be under pressure to fund its N13.8 trillion 2021 budget following a significant drop of its oil output by 14.08 percent in the first 10 months of 2020, Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Report Accuses Shell Employees of Sponsoring Oil Pipelines Vandalism

Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, Nigeria. Shell Nigeria says it has not received a formal report on the matter. A damning investigative report by a Dutch television station Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s Oil Rig Count Dips By 30% in One Month

Nigeria’s active rig count has dropped significantly by 30 per cent to seven in October 2020 as against 10 recorded in the previous month. The rig count is a reflection Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: NNPC Targets 3 Million Bpd Oil Production

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said it targets to achieve 3million barrels per day, bpd, oil production in no distant time. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari stated Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Explosions Rock Shell, AGIP Facilities in Bayelsa

Explosions have damaged oil and gas facilities belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company around Ikarama in the Yenagoa Local Government Area Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria Weaning Itself Off Oil in Five-Year Plan to Rescue Economy

Nigeria has this past week indicated its gradual departure from over-dependence on oil sales in a new plan that banks on five major sectors of the economy. According to the Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria Needs N3tn to Tackle Infrastructure Deficit, Says Moody’s

One of the leading global rating agencies, Moody’s Investors Service, has stated that the infrastructure in Nigeria is behind other emerging market peers, with about $3 trillion needed over 30 Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria Goes on Offensive Against Youth Protesting Police Brutality

Nigeria’s leaders have made a show of responding to the demands of a massive youth-led uprising over police brutality that recently brought the country to a standstill and captured global Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Fuel Crisis Looms As Oil Workers Begin Strike

Oil worker. Nigeria may be heading towards another economic crisis with crude oil production threatened as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Oil Firms to Lose Licences Over Neglect of Host Communities

The new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the National Assembly is proposing the revocation of licenses for oil and gas companies who neglect their obligations to the host communities. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria to get output boost from start-up of Anyala-Madu fields

Oil production from Nigeria’s Anyala West field, located in the shallow offshore blocks of OML 83 and 85, has commenced, indigenous producer FIRST E&P and state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian police mobilize to quell worst unrest in two decades

Nigeria’s police chief ordered the immediate mobilization of all force resources on Saturday to try to control the worst street violence in Africa’s most populous country in two decades stemming Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Young Nigerians Came to Protest Police Brutality. Then the Shooting Started.

The first sign that something was wrong at Lekki Toll Gate came when the lights went out. David Emmanuel, Feyishara Temitope and hundreds of other Nigerian protesters had gathered on Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian Protests Haven’t Disrupted Oil Industry Yet

Nigeria’s oil production and exports have not been disrupted by the escalating protests against police brutality in the biggest oil producer and exporter in Africa, according to shipping data and Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian Sars protests on brink of hitting oil output, demand

Nigeria is bracing for fresh disruption to its oil production and demand after violence sparked by weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality began spreading into the country’s key oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian military offered Wednesday to deploy in Lagos if needed: governor

The Nigerian military offered on Wednesday to deploy in Lagos state if needed amid protests, the governor said on Thursday. Unrest has broken out across the state, which is under Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian protesters say security forces fired on them, fueling global outrage

Global outrage mounted Wednesday after security forces in Africa’s largest city opened fire into a crowd of protesters, deepening unrest spurred by anger at Nigerian police. Ten people died and Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s Lagos under 24-hour lockdown after protesters fired on

 Lagos was under lockdown on Wednesday as a heavy police presence enforced a round-the-clock curfew, hours after soldiers opened fire on protesters in Nigeria’s biggest city, witnesses said. Slideshow ( Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Lagos imposes indefinite curfew to curb Nigeria protests, police deploy anti-riot squad

Authorities on Tuesday imposed a round-the-clock curfew on the Nigerian state of Lagos – including Africa’s biggest city – in response to protests against alleged police brutality which they said Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria’s Army Says It Is Prepared to Step In to Quell Protests

A demonstration in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday continued more than a week of protests against police brutality. Nigeria’s army signaled it was prepared to intervene in a standoff between a Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigerian State Oil Firm Says It Slashed Losses In Rare Financial Release

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said in a very rare financials release on Thursday—the second in over four decades—that its losses shrank by 99.7 percent in 2019, while “the Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria sets new target to raise oil reserves to 40 billion barrels

Nigeria’s oil industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources, said Oct. 13 that the country is now aiming to increase its oil reserves, including condensates, substantially to 40 billion barrels Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria cuts oil output, price assumptions for 2021 as president warns of revenue hit

Highlights President Buhari urges quick passage of oil reform bill Says amnesty program for militants to stay in place No U-turn on recently announced end to fuel subsidies Lagos, Nigeria Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Nigeria

Nigeria Looks To Ramp Up Its Oil Refining Capacity

Nigeria, Africa’s largest crude oil producer and exporter, expects to end its crude-for-fuel swap deals by 2023 when its refining capacity is set to increase with state refineries revamped and Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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