Oil rigs Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, has come under fire from the International Monetary Fund as well as World Bank for the heavy financial burden it carries in providing Continue Reading
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, predicted that the nation needed about $2.7 billion worth of investment to enable it meet the rising demand for petroleum products. In his Continue Reading
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has assured that Nigeria would meet the three million barrels per day quota allocated to the country by the Organisation of Continue Reading
Oil prices are expected to reach $100 a barrel, yet, as the rates go up, Nigeria will spend more on fuel importation, frittering its market advantage. Despite oil price rally, Continue Reading
Nigeria’s dependence on crude oil makes its economy vulnerable. But the transition to an economy not based on oil won’t be easy. The oil sector has an outsize influence on Continue Reading
Despite lack of activities at the nation’s four refineries, pipeline vandalism continued across the country with over 151 pipeline points in the first quarter of 2021. This upward trend reflects Continue Reading
Moody’s, a renowned rating agency has said that global annual upstream spending needs to increase by as much as 54 per cent to $542 billion if the oil market is Continue Reading
Petroleum Minister Sylva says the Act will also boost oil reserves from 37 billion barrels to 40 billion barrels. The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) will assist Nigeria in increasing its Continue Reading
The seeming wastage of Nigeria’s most priced natural resource, crude oil, continued in July, with the country losing a humongous 7.193 million barrels of the commodity to mainly deteriorating facilities Continue Reading
Emmanuel Addeh writes that Nigeria’s inability to meet its allocated oil production quota by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for months, not only poses a clear challenge to Continue Reading
