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Why NNPC may not lift Dangote petrol on Sunday
Four days before the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) was set to begin lifting Premium Motor…
Oil production rose to 1.35mbpd in August – OPEC
Nigeria’s crude oil production increased from 1.307 million barrels per day (mbpd) in July to 1.352 mbpd in…
Nigeria targets 30GW power supply by 2030
Nigeria's Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has announced that the country is committed to achieving universal…
Petrol scarcity: No respite as marketers run out of stock amid slump in imports
Nigeria's petrol scarcity crisis has deepened, with fuel marketers struggling to replenish their dwindling stock…
NUPRC rejects Shell’s $1.3bn onshore asset sale to Renaissance
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has reportedly rejected Shell International Plc's…
EKEDC disconnects power supply from UNILAG
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has disconnected the University of Lagos (UNILAG) from the power…
Gas suppliers seek end to multiple taxation
The National Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has called on the Federal Government to tackle…
FG’s million-dollar oil surveillance contract duplication raises questions
The Federal Government is embroiled in controversy over allegations of awarding duplicated oil contracts worth…
NNPC distributes fuel to PH, Warri Depots, addresses scarcity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has delivered petrol to depots in Port Harcourt and Warri in an…
Don’t Pressure Us To Sell Crude Oil To Local Refineries, Oil Producers Tell FG
The Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), responsible for 30% of Nigeria's crude oil production, has…
FG to commence naira crude oil sales to Dangote refinery October 1
The Nigerian Federal Government will begin selling crude oil to the Dangote Refinery in naira starting October 1,…
MTN, others get permits to generate electricity
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued nine new off-grid generation licenses in the…
5,000MW power generation shameful, says minister
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, expressed strong discontent with Nigeria's current electricity generation…
63 illegal refineries seized in one week – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has discovered and confiscated 63 illegal refineries in the…
European banks reluctant to fund fossil fuel – SPE chair
Salahudeen Tahir, Chairman of the Society for Petroleum Engineers in Nigeria, revealed at the 47th Nigeria Annual…
Q2: Demand for crude oil by local refineries rises to 597,700 bpd
However, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has only managed to secure 177,777 bpd from…
Nigeria’s financial struggle persists as Niger, Togo, others fail to defray…
Nigeria is facing increasing financial strain as international customers failed to pay $14.19 million for…
Dangote refinery insists crude supply woes persist, blames NUPRC
Dangote Refinery, Africa’s largest oil refinery, has reiterated its struggle to secure sufficient crude oil…
Cooking gas at N1,250/kg stokes hunger in Nigerian homes
Nigerians are grappling with a severe economic strain as the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly…
Axxela, NNPC Gas Company Commission 5km Gas Pipeline
Axxela Limited, in collaboration with NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML), has commissioned a 5km natural gas…
Dangote to sell 12.5% refinery stake amid liquidity concern
The Dangote Group is considering selling a 12.5% stake in its newly commissioned refinery due to liquidity…
Oil/gas communities send memo to FG, IOCs, NDDC
Oil and gas communities in the Niger-Delta have presented a comprehensive agenda to the Federal Government,…
Nigerians experience blackout as national grid collapses again
Nigeria's electricity grid collapsed once more on Monday, causing a nationwide blackout. The system failure, which…
Dangote diesel sulphur triggers concern, marketers fault rejection report
Reports allege that diesel produced by the $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery contains high levels of sulphur.
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Dangote refinery to gulp N1.7tn crude monthly – Report
President Bola Tinubu has mandated the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to sell crude oil to the Dangote…
Monthly power subsidy soars by 151% to N211bn
The Federal Government's electricity subsidy rose from N252.76bn to N633.30bn in the first quarter of 2024,…
Seplat Posts N244bn Half Year Pre-Tax Profit
Seplat Energy Plc announced a staggering 461% increase in pre-tax profit for the half-year ending June 30, 2024,…
Nigeria’s spending on jet fuel importation falls 87% to N31bn
Nigeria's spending on jet fuel fell sharply by 87% in the first quarter of 2024, dropping to N31 billion from…
Power sector strained as Togo, Benin, others owe Nigeria $14.19m for electricity…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) reported that none of the four international bilateral…
US refiners’ Q2 profits fall on low margins, soft fuel demand
U.S. oil refiners are set to report significantly lower earnings for the second quarter compared to last year,…