Category: West Africa

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has announced the release of Invitation to Tender (ITT) to contractors for the development of the Bonga South West Aparo (BSWA) oil field. Continue Reading

Nigeria’s state-owned refinery in Kaduna, a rusted hulk set on about three square kilometres on the parched outskirts of the northern city, has the capacity to process 110,000 barrels of Continue Reading

Global discoveries of conventional oil and gas could jump to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent this year as an industry-wide recovery in exploration activity continues to ramp up, research Continue Reading

Federal Government has been accused of failing to show the necessary commitment needed to end gas flaring in the Nigerian petroleum industry. This was the view of former Chairman of Continue Reading

The loss from oil thefts imperils the country’s economy A new report on the protracted practice of crude oil theft in Nigeria has disclosed that amongst those involved in the Continue Reading

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) cumbersome documentation process may have delayed about 25 vessels currently stuck on the Lagos high sea, laden with petroleum products, and other goods waiting to Continue Reading

Dangote Petroleum Refinery will create $11billion per annum market for Nigerian crude because it is designed for 100 per cent Nigerian crude with flexibility to process others and it will Continue Reading

France’s Total will officially endorse a decision to proceed with the development of a new project offshore Nigeria, the Ikike project, Patrick Pouyanné, the chief executive of the oil and Continue Reading

Country loses estimated N995.2bn annually A new report on the age-long crude oil theft in Nigeria has revealed how International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta region steal and Continue Reading