Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has announced that Seplat Energy Plc, its joint venture partner and a major gas supplier, will carry out routine maintenance on its gas production facilities from February 12 to 15, 2026. The disclosure was contained in a press statement issued by the Chief...
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Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has been recognised for its pioneering role in oilfield development projects at the 9th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) which held in Abuja last week. The award for “Best Oilfield Development Projects” applauds SNEPCo’s leadership in Nigeria’s deep-water sector, having commenced...
As a part of ongoing efforts to reposition Nigeria’s gas sector as the engine room of national industrialisation, energy security, and sustainable economic growth, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has officially unveiled its Gas Master Plan (GMP) 2026, tagged NGMP 2026. This was disclosed in a...
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has confirmed investigations of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, John Crane Middle East FZE. This followed an appeal for intervention from an indigenous company, Cona Engineering and Technical Services. The investigation is to ascertain claims of Nigeria’s Cona Engineering that...
To ensure the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA), achieve its desired impact of improved welfare of workers and safety at the workplace, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), has advocated for movement of institutional accountability from persuasion to enforcement. In the same vein, the fund called for stronger legal...
House of Representatives has called out oil and gas companies operating in Imo State for allegedly breaching provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021, urging immediate compliance with all relevant laws, particularly those relating to host communities. During Wednesday’s plenary, lawmakers unanimously adopted a motion of urgent national...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell plc, together with Sunlink Energies and Resources Limited, have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the HI gas project offshore Nigeria. A statement issued by the company in London on Tuesday hinted that when completed, the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the news of Shell’s $2 billion Final Investment Decision (FID) on a new gas project in the shallow offshore HI Field, in OML 144. A statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the new Non-Associated Gas (NAG) development project will deliver...
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has ordered an immediate halt to crude oil and gas supplies to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, escalating a labour dispute that has been brewing between the union and the refinery’s management. In a directive issued on Friday, PENGASSAN’s General...
Nigeria is intensifying efforts to achieve a daily gas production of 10 billion Standard Cubic Feet (SCF) by 2030, according to Mr. Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. In a statement issued by Mr. Mohammed Manga, Director of Information and Public Relations at the...
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah, has stated that Nigerian stakeholders in the oil and gas industry are now better positioned, than in the last five years, to optimise Nigeria’s vast hydrocarbon natural resources, due to changes that have been...
Managing Director and CEO of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah, has identified extensive and deliberate collaboration with government and other stakeholders in the Nigeria oil and gas industry, to create an investment- attracting environment. According to Attah, this strategy would enable Nigeria to better utilise its vast...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening, hosted billionaire industrialist Alhaji Aliko Dangote at the State House in Abuja for a private discussion. Though details remain under wraps, the meeting underscores the Nigerian government’s commitment to fostering private-sector-driven progress in the oil and gas industry. The talks come on the...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- ExxonMobil has named Jagir Baxi as the new Chairman, Managing Director, and Lead Country Manager for its Nigerian affiliates, including Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Offshore East) Limited, succeeding Shane Harris. With extensive experience in global energy operations,...
Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced that the nation’s oil production rig count has risen significantly from 8 in 2021 to 46 in July 2025. This growth is attributed to the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in 2021 and the commission’s commitment to increasing oil...
Federal Government has taken a significant step towards tackling oil theft and boosting crude oil production by creating 37 new evacuation routes for crude oil. According to the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, the new routes will help curb theft and...
Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) Ronald Adams, announced on Wednesday the company would continue to explore opportunities to invest in Nigeria as the country aims to achieve energy abundance. Speaking at a panel session at the 2025 Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja,...
Nigeria’s current oil production stands at 1.745 million barrels per day (bpd), with a target to hit 2 million bpd by the end of 2025, Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has said. Lokpobiri made this known while declaring the 2025 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG)...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor who retires at the end of this month, has been commended for his role and record in the development of the oil and gas industry, especially the growth of Nigerian content and impactful social investments in communities...
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has rallied the support of nearly 500 chief executive officers and business leaders, all of whom are registered vendors with the company, in a bold push to accelerate oil and gas production in Nigeria. This commitment was sealed at the 2025 “Leaders and Contractors...