A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has rejected an argument by oil firm, Agip, questioning the court’s powers to hear a gas plant maintenance contracts suit, brought by a local company, Arco. Read more
Nigeria has lost a minimum of N8.04 billion since January, to the incessant vandalism of the country’s gas pipelines, according to the Nigerian Gas Company, NGC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. – See more
An oil leak from Seibou Deep facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company has been discharging crude into Ogboinbiri River in Bayelsa. Residents of the coastal settlements in Ogboinbiri and neigbouring communities say the oil leak has damaged the fishing activities of the people. Read more
The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, has called for stricter sanctions on oil vandals, if the target in production of crude in the country has to be met. President of NAPE, Mrs. Adedoja Ojelabi, said the challenges in the industry would be worse if sanctions are not put in place to discourage theft and […]
Nigerians may soon experience nationwide blackout following the ongoing strike embarked upon by workers in the oil sector which has led to the disruption of gas supply to five power generating plants across the country. The power generation affected by this cut off are the 1,320mega watts (mw) Egbin power plant, 750mw Olorunsogo, 868mw Geregu […]
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Thursday shunned a meeting called by the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream/Downstream) and Gas. The meeting was scheduled to discuss and find solutions to the ongoing strike by members of staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Read more
Nigeria is facing its worst oil crisis in years, as the country is losing billions of dollars due to theft. In Southern Ijaw in Bayelsa State, Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh follows an oil theft arrest and the destruction of multiple illegal refineries for stolen crude. Read more
The Management of Norwegian oil firm , Statoil has resumed work on Amenas gas plant in Algeria which was attacked by Islamic militants, leading to the death of over 40 oil workers in 2013. The company has agreed that resumption on the plant would be on rotational basis. Statoil says that its management had approved […]
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Lancelot Anyanya has said Niger Delta communities are paying huge price to sustain Nigeria’s oil and gas production in the area. Anyanya, a retired major in the Nigerian Army, stated this when he led a delegation from NOSDRA to […]
Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have been cautioned not to allow themselves to be lured into pursuing extra-judicial advantage in contempt of court in the case involving Brittania-U on the one hand and Chevron Nigeria Ltd as well as Seplat Petroleum Development Company Ltd, on the other. Continue […]