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NUPRC Kicks Off 2026 Licencing Round in Q3 After Tinubu’s Approval
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) yesterday said the 2026 Oil Licencing Round will commence by the third quarter (Q3) 2026, having received the approval of President Bola Tinubu,…
Meren Energy Targets New Investments As NUPRC Unveils 2026 Licensing Round
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Group Chief Executive Officer of Meren Energy, Dr. Oliver Quinn has assured that the ongoing reforms in Nigeria’s energy sector had encouraged Meren Energy to deepen…
Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borikiri Emerges Winner of 2026 NLNG Science Contest
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The 2026 NLNG Science Contest came to a remarkable close on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borikiri, emerged winner after a…
Oil rises, stocks waver as new US strikes dampen peace deal hopes
Oil prices rose on Tuesday and stocks dithered as investor optimism over an imminent peace deal was tempered by new strikes in the Middle East. forces conducted strikes in southern…
Supply shortage, high depot prices shoot up gas price
Supply shortages have led to another increase in price of Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG), as the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) raised an alarm over the soaring…
NMDPRA insists on regulatory compliance in free trade zones
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has declared that petroleum companies operating in free zones, export processing zones and other designated areas in Nigeria remain fully subject to…
$5bn NLNG Train 7 Hits 92% Completion, Nears Pre-commissioning as Local Capacity Grows
The $5 billion Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 project has reached 92 per cent completion and is now advancing into systems completion and pre-commissioning, marking a major milestone…
Nigeria oil firms surge under local content policy
Oil operating firms in Nigeria have increased from fewer than 10 before the implementation of local content policies to about 117 currently, as local content performance rose from less than…
NCDMB seeks stronger indigenous control of Nigeria’s oil, gas value chain
Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at NCDMB, Mr. Esueme Dan Kikile, stated this at the opening of the 2026 Nigerian Oil & Gas Midstream & Downstream Summit in Lagos, yesterday…
UNIPORT, UNIBEN Emerge Regional Winners of NCDMB-sponsored Engineering Olympiad
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The competition is a nationwide engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship competition launched in 2025 by a non-profit organization, Enactus Nigeria, in partnership with the…
