Category: Oil & Gas

How Three Okrika Communities Found Common Ground in Petralon 54 Limited

ADEOLA YUSUF

In a remarkable show of acceptance, Ogoloma, Okochiri and Koniju communities in Okrika Local Government, Rivers State, have found common ground in Petralon 54 Limited, an indigenous oil exploration and production company, recently granted the sole operatorship of the Dawes Island Field Petralon 54, which was awarded Petroleum Prospecting License No. 259 (PPL 259) by the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021, have been actively engaging the community since the award, with the motive of discovering the needs and pain…

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Romeo Oriogun’s Nomad Wins S100,000 Nigeria Prize For Literature

Efe Wellington

Here is how he beat 286 authors, poets to emerge winner – Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo-led Advisory Board   The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, Friday names Nomad, authored by the poet, Romeo Oriogun, as the winner of the $100,000 prize for the 2022 cycle on Poetry. Platforms Africa reports that Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Chairperson of the Advisory Board, made the announcement at the Grand Award Night ceremony in Lagos, themed “Touching the Stars”. She also announced Dr. Sakiru Adebayo as the 2022…

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Shell Launches Probe Into Oil Theft From Its Facilities

Ganiyu Amodu

Oil major Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary is launching investigations into reports that an illegal oil tap ran for nine years on a pipeline it operates, a Spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Limited, NNPCL, claims that the theft point extended from the Trans Escravos pipeline and that the Afremo platform, operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), was the suspected exit point of the stolen crude. “We are also conducting an investigation to establish where the theft lines end and whether there have been any…

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Fuel Queues Rock Abuja, NNPC Gives Reason

Aliyu Aliyu

The current queue situation in some parts of Abuja and its environs is as a result of delays in arrival of fuel trucks, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has declared just as queues roxked the Nigeria’s administrator capiral. Platforms Africa reports that thd company said this in a statement by its spokesperson, Garba Deen Muhammad. Here below is the statement PRESS RELEASE* *FUEL QUEUES: DON’T PANIC, WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY IN STOCK* NNPC Ltd wishes to inform the general public that it has sufficient stock of petroleum…

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NMDPRA Unveils Regulations On Petroleum Measurement, Industry Safety

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Wednesday, began stakeholders consultation on draft regulations on the measurement of petroleum products and safety in the industry with a call on stakeholders to make major contributions to the rule. The Petroleum Measurement Regulations seek to regulate and ensure accurate measurement and allocation of petroleum, petroleum liquids, natural gas and their derivates. The regulations will determine the basis for calculating revenue accruing to the government, licenses, contractors and other parties and also provide sanctions and penalties for failure to comply with…

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‘How Nigeria’ll Claw Back $13bn of $20bn Annual Oil Industry Spending by 2027’

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘How Nigeria’ll Claw Back $13bn of $20bn Annual Oil Industry Spending by 2027’   Engr Simbi Wabote, in this no-hold-barred interview, bares it all on perception out there that the international oil companies (IOCs) do not want to support local content, the mentoring of Togo, Senegal and other African countries on local content implementation, and other sundry issues in his last six years on the saddle as the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Excerpts:   Since you became the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development…

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Shell, Total Ink Deals With NCDMB To Upgrade GTC PH To Centre Of Excellence

Efe Wellington

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is collaborating with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Total Energies Ltd to transform Government Technical College (GTC), Port Harcourt, Rivers State into a center of excellence for the training of craftsmen who will support activities in the oil and gas industry and the wider economy. The projects to be executed by SPDC at the school include the construction of 4-units of world-class technical workshops and an information and communication centre and they are in fulfillment of SPDC’s commitment to the NCDMB’s…

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1000 Cross River Youths Graduate From NCDMB GSM Training

Efe Wellington

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has successfully completed the training of 1000 Cross River State youths on GSM phone repairs, hardware, software & entrepreneurship development under its Youth Empowerment Programme. The training was held in three locations across the state, namely Calabar, Ikom and Ogoja and is the sixth in the seriesorganised by the NCDMB, having conducted similar interventions in Kano, Kaduna, Cross River, Bauchi and Yobe States which had impacted about 3,900 youths. Speaking at the closing ceremony held recently in Calabar, the Executive Secretary of…

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NCDMB, ICPC Inaugurate New Anti-Corruption Unit

Efe Wellington

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have inaugurated a six-man Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) committee at the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote in his welcome address commended the Chairman of ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owansanoye, SAN, for sustaining the laudable initiative of extending the anti-corruption and transparency crusade to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)s by creating the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units (ACTUs) in each organization.…

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University of Ibadan Student Wins NCDMB Essay Competition N1m Prize

Efe Wellington

A second year Political Science student of the University of Ibadan, Mr. Ayotomiwa Elesho has won N1 million prize in the 6th Annual National Undergraduate Essay Competition sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Winners of the essay competition were celebrated at the award ceremony held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Wednesday. The essay by the 23-year-old was adjudged the best amongst over 2000 entries submitted by undergraduates who must be within their first and 2nd year in the university. Victor Sunday, a 200level Law student of…

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