Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have ordered an immediate halt of lifting and distribution of petroleum products from Lagos to the northern part of the country until further notice. In a statement by its National Chairman, Otunba Salimon Oladiti, PTD said the action became necessary following the decision of the NigerRead More

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has grown its oil output to an average of 514,000 barrels per day (bpd) and developed an additional capacity to produce more. Mr. Osagie Okunbor, the Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria disclosed the production data in the oil firm’s 2020 briefingRead More

OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC has expressed concern over the ongoing cleanup in Ogoniland, Niger Delta, especially the 70 percent completion claim alluded to by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP. During a media update briefing on Tuesday, the civil society group’s Executive Director, AuwalRead More

  Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has disclosed that its legal team has saved the country about $5 billion. The Litigation Team of the Corporation,  has also won the Leading Case Counsel Team of the 2020 Africa Arbitration Awards. In a statement the Corporation’s Group General Manager,Read More

Port Harcourt — Ekpeye Oil, Gas and Pipelines Host Families Association, says the Memorandum of Understanding, signed between Niger Delta Petroleum Resources, NDPR, and the host communities of Ogbelle, Obumeze, and Oshibokor, is not functional. Chairman of the Association, Chidi Dogini, who disclosed this, accused the oil firm of deploying whatRead More

Mkpoikana Udoma  Port Harcourt — A protest by three oil unions in the country is currently ongoing outside the Port Harcourt Refinery complex, with the oil workers demanding the removal of the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari. The unions are the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, anRead More

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced grouping of its customers into five service bands depicting the quantity and quality of supply they receive. General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Company, Godwin Idemudia, who declared this in a chat with newsmen, noted that this is for quality service delivery in line with promise made onRead More

The Federal Government has stated that its N250 billion intervention facility for the national gas expansion programme is targeted at making Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) the fuel of choice for transportation and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), domestic cooking, captive power, and small industrial complexes. To this end, the Central BankRead More

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has said oil demand growth in China is currently the only certainty for rebound, with consumption in the country seen rising through the remainder of 2020 and recovering completely in 2021. According to OPEC Secretary-General, Mohammed Barkindo, the rest of Asia willRead More

Trade Union Congress (TUC) has given the federal government 7-day ultimatum to reverse the hike in prices of electricity, petrol and all other social services in the country to status quo ante (prior to increase).   In a statement signed by Comrade Quadri Olaleye, President of TUC and Comrade (Barr)Read More