Category: Oil & Gas

22 Days: This Is The Only But To PH Refinery’s Deadline – Kyari

Aliyu Aliyu

Here is what NNPCL GCEO told the Senate hours ago as Platforms Africa’s report until something happens (RUSH) gains momentum   At Budget Defence Session, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, told Senate that Port Harcourt refinery will start operations December, Warri Q1 2024 but declared security as the only imoediment to the success story. “The situation we have in Niger Delta in terms of security is a calamity. We don’t have that anywhere in the world. To engage non-state actors as…

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23 Days: Channels TV, Others Join Port Harcourt Refinery’s Countdown

Damilola Olonade

Platforms Africa, in this Report Until Something Happens (RUSH), shows how more media are joining the countdown – an “eye On Port Harcourt Refinery’s Repair that gulped $1.5 billion”   More media organisations in Nigeria, including Channels Televion, have begun to key into the countdown for the delivery of Port Harcourt refinery. Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, had, in separate interviews on TVC News Nigeria and News Central TV on Wednesday, November 29, flagged off the countdown by Platforms Africa under its Report Until Something Happens (RUSH) series.…

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Who Is Felix Omatsola Ogbe? 6 Things To Know About NCDMB’s New Boss

ADEOLA YUSUF

“No pictures or profile.(I’ve) checked on LinkedIn as well… Now I’m curious about this person,” oil industry stakeholders heightened search for profile of the man that replaces Simbi Wabote. This is what Platforms Africa found out.   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed Engineer Felix Omatsola Ogbe as the new Executive Secretary for the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Ogbe is to replace Engineer Simbi Wabote, whose meritorious tenure was truncated less than 10 months to its expiration. With Ogbe’s appointment as the head of the key…

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26 Days: How Minister Vowed Port Harcourt Refinery’ll Be Ready Dec

Efe Wellington

Report Until Something Happens (RUSH) by Platforms Africa on 26 days to December deadline promised by Lokpobiri Heineken, minister in charge of Nigerian oil for the completion of the Port Harcourt Refinery     In continuation of the countdown flagged off by Platforms Africa on the promised December date to complete and deliver the Port Harcourt refinery, which remained 26 days today (December 6), the focus is on how tje minister of state, Petroleum Resources (oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, promised that the Port Harcourt Refinery (PHRC) will be ready by December…

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Nigeria Probes Beneficial Ownership, Says Act Albatross For Oil Contracting Circle

ADEOLA YUSUF

. At NCDMB Practical Nigerian Content, stakeholders reveal reasons investment drought persisted after one year of PIA + PHOTOS   Nigeria has begun to take a deeper look at beneficial ownership of oil contract bidders, declaring that veiling the real owners of companies is an albatross for achievements in industry’s contracting circle. Platforms Africa reports that Oritsemeyiwa A. Eyesan, Executive Vice President – Upstream, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), said this in Yenagoa during the panel session at the Practical Nigerian Content Conference (PNC). At the conference organised by…

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27 Days To Go: Why $1.5bn Not On New Refinery, Why PH Refinery’s Repair?

Efe Wellington

Platforms Africa, in this Report Until Something Happens (RUSH) series Recalls What GCEO, NNPCL, Mele Kyari said on why the company preferred to spend $1.5 billion on Port Harcourt refinery’s repair, instead of constructing a new refinery with the money   African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), as a reliable lender, agreed on April 24, 2021, to raise $1billion out of the $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. In continuation of Platforms Africa’s countdown on the refinery’s repair and delivery by December as promised by officials, the poser…

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28 Days To Go: This Is What Tinubu Said On PH Refinery

Damilola Olonade

Report Until Something Happens (RUSH) by Platforms Africa on 28 days to December deadline promised by Nigerian officials to complete the repair and deliver the Port Harcourt Refinery   In continuation of the countdown flagged off by Platforms Africa on the promised December date to complete and deliver the Port Harcourt refinery, which remained 28 days today (December 4), the focus is on what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on the deadline. The president declared that the Port Harcourt Refinery is to Resume Work By December in a chat with…

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29 Days To Go: Who Built Port Harcourt Refinery?

Damilola Olonade

▪️ Clock Is ticking, World Is watching, Platforms Africa, in its Report Until Something Happens (RUSH) series tails promised December deadline by Tinubu, Lokpobiri, Kyari, and others to deliver Port Harcourt Refinery’s repair   In continuation of the countdown flagged off by Platforms Africa on the promised December date to complete and deliver the Port Harcourt refinery, which remained 29 days today (December 3), the focus is on who built the refinery. Port Harcourt Refinery, Platforms Africa reports, was built in 1965 under the then Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa…

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PH Refinery: Platforms Africa Begins Countdown On Tinubu, Kyari’s Dec. Promise

Efe Wellington

Word-for-word: What Tinubu, oil Minister, Kyari, other officials said on December deadline to deliver Nigeria-state- owned biggest refinery   Leading development-focused media group, Platforms Africa, has flagged off a countdown on the promised-date by the Nigerian government to deliver the Port Harcourt refinery. Team Lead of the Africa-focused group, Adeola Yusuf, who announced this in separate interviews on TVC News Nigeria and News Central TV, declared that this social service is a part of Platforms Africa’s contribution to the envisaged success on the project’s delivery. Nigeria secures $1bn Afreximbank loans…

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Oil, Gas Ministries’ Separation: A Masterstroke For Economic Growth, By Dr. Owolabi Ajibade

ADEOLA YUSUF

As a country, the management of our energy resources plays a crucial role in shaping our economic stability, environmental sustainability, and energy security. Nigeria, with its vast natural gas reserves estimated to exceed 208 trillion cubic feet (TCF), holds the potential to become a key player in the global natural gas market. Despite these abundant resources, Nigeria’s gas sector has been historically underexploited. Until recently, the responsibility for both oil and gas resources in Nigeria fell under the umbrella of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. However, the Nigerian government has…

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