Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV), has announced the appointment of Mr. Richard (Rick) Kennedy to the position of Chairman and Managing Director, effective November 1, 2020. Until his appointment, Mr. Kennedy was Director, Deepwater,Read More

A second-year student of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mr. Abasiekeme Edet has won One Million Naira at the 4th edition of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB Annual National Undergraduate Essay competition. The prize-giving ceremony was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State onRead More

Lekoil has restated its commitment to long-term growth following the release of its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30, June 2020. In a statement by the company, it said within the period, the company successfully completed site survey operation on OPL 310. Otakikpo production averaged 5,676 bopdRead More

    The chairman of AMNI International Petroleum, Chief Tunde Afolabi has commended the Centre for Petroleum Information (CPI) for marking a milestone in the oil and gas industry by publishing an authoritative reference book during its 20th-anniversary event which held in Lagos recently.   The 440-page book with theRead More

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has urged national oil companies to set aside risk funds to minimise the impacts of unforeseen events.   The NNPC’s Group Executive Director, Umar Ajiya, said this during a dialogue on responses by governments and the oil industry to the COVID-19 pandemic in the extractive sector.Read More

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said it stands in solidarity with all well-meaning Nigerians, as they peacefully demand that the Nigerian government puts an end to brutality in all and any form by any organisation or sector. In a release signed by itsRead More

Retailing stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would have the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by December, Group Managing Director (GMD) Malam Mele Kyari, said on Monday. According to him, the deployment will be extended to independent retail stations as the NNPC plans to replicate the plants inRead More

NUPENG, PENGASSAN order total shutdown of U.S oil supermajor’s operations over sack of 1000 staff in Nigeria   The oil production at the 220, 000 barrels per day Agbami oilfield and operations at other assets of Chevron in Nigeria are under a serious threat as labour unions in the oilRead More

Indegenous oil and gas firm, Seplat said it had activated an emergency investigative team to the Okpe and Sapele Delta state. In a statement, the firm said it recently received a complaint from five households at Okpe and Sapele in Delta State, indicating the presence of hydrocarbons in their respectiveRead More

In order to achieve the target of reducing the cost of oil production in Nigeria on a sustainable basis, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC says indigenous companies operating in the nation’s oil and gas sector must upscale their capacity for global competitiveness.   The Group Managing Director of NNPC,Read More