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Nigeria targets 1bcf daily gas production by 2030
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has urged major gas-producing companies operating in the country to take concrete steps to increase daily gas production by one billion standard…
NLNG urges supportive policies to drive decarbonisation in LNG shipping
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI NLNG has called for policies and regulations to be tailored to the uniquiness, dynmaics and challenges of the LNG shipping industry to drive decarbonisation and…
2025 Nigeria Prize For Science Gets 112 entries
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Nigeria Prize for Science, arguably Africa’s richest and most prestigious science award, is worth $100,000. The 2025 edition features the theme “Innovations in ICT, Artificial Intelligence…
Oil production shortfall stifling Nigeria’s refining capacity – PETAN
Drums of oil The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has lamented the country’s dwindling crude oil output, describing it as a major obstacle to unlocking Nigeria’s full refining capacity…
NNPC, Dangote Strengthen Strategic Partnership
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Group CEO of NNPC Ltd., Mr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari receives the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote during a visit by the latter to the…
FG sets new 2.5m bpd oil production target for NNPC Ltd
The federal government has set an ambitious target of million barrels per day (bpd) oil production for the new management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited by year-end.…
Marketers Kick Against Proposed Petroleum Import Ban
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI In a bid to avoid supply chain disruptions, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROA) has warned the Federal Government against implementing a blanket…
NCDMB unveils selection criteria for inaugural Nigerian Content Awards
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with Sweetcrude Limited, has announced the detailed selection criteria for the inaugural Champions of Nigerian Content Awards,…
Price war: Consumers exploited as fuel marketers alter dispensing machines to curb losses
The fierce price war between the two dominant players in the downstream sector– Dangote Petroleum Refinery and NNPC Retail Limited, has driven petrol prices down, but the situation may have…
FG bans waivers for threaded pipes, as Monarch Alloys opens factory
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on Thursday announced a ban on the issuance of waivers for the importation of threaded pipes…
