Oil, Gas and Energy

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), on Tuesday, met with key major oil marketers to address the issues of incessant scarcity of petroleum products in the country. ADVERTISEMENT NMDPRA Chief Executive Officer, Farouk Ahmed, who briefed newsmen on the outcome of…

In a bid to attract fresh investments and ramp up oil output, the Federal Government yesterday, announced the removal of the signature bonus requirement in bidding for oil blocks. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and Oil, Mr Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this on the…

In an unprecedented move, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from N1,200 to N1,000 per litre. In a Tuesday release, the company said “While rolling out the products, the refinery supplied at a substantially reduced price…

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote says Nigerians should expect a drop in inflation given the reduction of diesel pump prices. He stated this on Wednesday during a chat with journalists after he paid Eid-el-Fitr homage to President Bola Tinubu at his Lagos residence. “I…

AS the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, moves to end petrol scarcity in Lagos and its environs, Dangote Refinery and oil marketers have intensified efforts at taking final decisions on pricing and delivery of petrol to filling stations nationwide. Dangote Refinery, which can refine…

The $20bn worth Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced the sale of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, to oil marketers nationwide. Dealers and officials of the plant confirmed this on Tuesday, as it was gathered that the refinery commenced diesel sales last week. “They…

The Federal Government, on Monday, announced a new price of natural gas for power generation companies. An agency of the Federal Government, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), unveiled the new domestic base price and wholesale prices of natural gas…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described rumours of petrol price adjustment as false. Dispelling the rumours in a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians to disregard them entirely. He reaffirmed the NNPCL commitment to sustaining…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has unveiled plans to raise crude oil production from the current 1.6 million barrels per day to three million barrels per day. This is just as it revealed plans to increase the nation’s crude oil refining…

The group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has said that the Port Harcourt Refinery has received 450,000 barrels of crude for processing following the mechanical completion of the plant in December last year. He said…