The federal government has called on International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria to ensure development and utilization of their assets, as it disclose plans to begin implementing the drill or drop provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) where necessary. Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), stated this at the Cross Industry Group (CIG) meeting organized by IOCs operating in Nigeria, held in Florence, Italy. According to Lokpobiri, industry players are expected to explore collaborative measures such as shared resources for contiguous assets, farm-outs, and the release of…
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TotalEnergies Probed Over Mozambique Attack
French prosecutors have opened a formal manslaughter investigation into energy giant TotalEnergies over its alleged role in a deadly jihadist attack in northern Mozambique in 2021. The probe follows legal complaints from survivors and relatives of victims, who accuse the company of failing to protect subcontractors working near its major gas project at the time. The news was first reported by AFP. The investigation was officially launched on Friday by prosecutors in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. TotalEnergies is being probed for involuntary manslaughter and failure to assist persons…
Read MoreHEI Appoints TotalEnergies Ex-Executive GM, Evi Ifekwe, As Board of Trustees Member
‘Ex-Afribank, Ex- TotalEnergies,’ meet Ifekwe, the record breaker with 35 years of unparalleled corporate experience The Board of Trustees of Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) has officially appointed the retired Executive General Manager at TotalEnergies, Mrs. Evi Ifekwe, as a member of its Board of Trustees. Nigeria’s Govt Destroys Lives, I Don’t Want Britain To Be Like That, Says Badenoch Delta State Ex-First Lady, Edna Ibru, Is Dead Platforms Africa reports that this appointment was made during the Board’s meeting on January 10, 2025, following the recommendation of the Board’s…
Read MoreCompetition, Fiscal Incentives’ll Drive Deep Water Projects’ Cost – TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies says good fiscal incentives, and competition will drive costs down the cost of production in the oil and gas sector, especially in the deepwater. It stated that the deep water segment in Nigeria has been stuck for 10 years In a bid to move the deep water projects of the Nigerian oil and gas sector forward, Country Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited, Mathieu Bouyer stated this has therefore called on the Federal Government to ensure good fiscal incentives and healthy competition that will drive…
Read MoreHow 90 Lecturers Benefited From Our Exchange Programme – TotalEnergies, NNPCL
Over 90 lecturers from Nigerian universities have so far participated and benefited from the TotalEnergies’ Empowering The Teachers (ETT) fellowship programme being undertaken in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States. The ETT fellowship programme launched in 2013, was aimed to further improve the quality of teaching and learning of science and engineering in Nigerian universities through exposing the participants to the innovative and cutting-edge teaching methods used at the MIT to enable them mould students into industry-ready products.…
Read MoreWhy, How Petrol Price Hit N617 Per litre – Marketers
“(We) extend our deepest empathy to all citizens during this time.” – 11 Plc, TotalEnergies, Conoil, ardova plc, MRS The international price of crude oil and the exchange rate constitute the largest components of the cost build-up for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol accounting for over 80 percent. The Major Oil Matketers Association of Nigeria, which said this during a virtual press conference on Wednesday, added the remaining 20 percent includes statutory dues, distribution costs, and margins. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company…
Read MoreTotalEnergies, InTouch and partners take open banking to service stations, rural areas
TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc in conjunction with InTouch and other partners, has deployed “Touch Point” to over 385 stations. Touch point is a mobile payment financial-inclusion solution which TotalEnergies offers to capture the banked and unbanked populations in rural, sub-urban and urban communities nationwide including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Kaduna. There are currently five (5) service bouquets being offered at the stations – Airtime, Data, Bills Payment, Cash Deposit and Cash Withdrawal. TotalEnergies journey as a company has, over the years, evolved beyond a fuelling station to a…
Read MoreMeet Rufa’i Sirajo, Bayero Varsity-Trained Electrical Engineer Appointed Acting Chairman, TotalEnergies
Here is what the company says about Mr. Stanislas Mittelman, who quitted as after 5-year reign as Chairman The Board of Directors of TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc. has announced the appointment of Engr. Rufa’i Sirajo as the new Acting Chairman of the company, following the resignation of Mr. Stanislas Mittelman. Platforms Africa reports this quoting a notice signed by the Company’s Secretary, Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, and made available on the website of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). “Engr. Sirajo will assume the position of Acting Chairman pending the next meeting…
Read MoreTotal secures Shareholders’ final nod, transforms to TotalEnergies
Here is a special information for 105,000 employees on the direct payroll of the oil multinational across 130 countries Shareholders of oil supermajor, Total have, at an Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, approved almost unanimously, the resolution to change the company’s name from Total to TotalEnergies. This, a resolution passed at the Paris meeting showed, is thereby anchoring TotalEnergies strategic transformation into a broad energy company in its identity. READ ALSO: Total evacuates Staff, halts $20bn Mozambique gas project after attacks Total deepens fuel trucks’ safety, conducts…
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