Oil & Gas

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Oil prices near $80 as US set to release 50mn barrels of oil to ease energy costs

Oil prices steadied near $80 a barrel on Tuesday after the United States announced plans to release up to 50 million barrels of...

Africa’s top crude oil producer: Libya overtakes Nigeria

    With Libya’s oil production rising to 1.24 million bpd in October,  it appears the North Africa country has overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s...

NNPC under Kyari’s helmsmanship has been transformed, says PPRAC

  The Public Policy Research & Analysis Centre (PPRAC) has lauded the GMD/CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari with the Zik Leadership...

Nigeria, Angola, other Oil exporting countries set to see large surpluses in 2022 as crude prices increase

  Oil exporting countries across the globe will have large surpluses in 2021 and 2022 as higher crude prices lead to more revenues...

Ikeja gas pipeline leakage: NNPC allays fears, says pipeline now isolated

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has allayed the fears of the public about gas pipeline leakage in the early hours of Wednesday...

NNPC spokesman tells Nigerians to stop panic-buying, says there isn’t a shortage of petroleum products

  The Group general manager of the NNPC’s public affairs division, Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad Tuesday demanded Nigerians stop panic-buying fuel when they...

PIA: FG winds down DPR, PPPRA and PEF as successor-agencies take over

  …CEOs sacked, workers to be absorbed   In line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Department of Petroleum...

Nigeria boasts of 36bn barrels of crude oil reserves, 200 trn cubic feet of gas as NNPC commits to country’s energy sector success 

“With its strategic presence at the event, Nigeria is set to consolidate its position as one of Africa’s top oil and gas producers”...

Crude oil, gas worth $219.75m exported in May 2021, says NNPC

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded a total crude oil and gas export sales of $219.75m in May...

Petroleum Industry Act: Pres. orders incorporation of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd

  In furtherance to the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National...

Bank of America Says Oil Prices Could Climb Above $100

  The price of oil could hit $100 per barrel over the next six months If winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere turn...

Rebound Tipped For Global Oil Demand

  After three consecutive months of declines due to the Delta variant, global oil demand is set to rebound with a 1.6-million-bpd jump...

Accountability: NNPC consolidates gains, complies with Buhari’s directive, publishes 2020 Audited Financial Statements

In compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive and its statutory requirement, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has published its Audited Financial Statements (AFS) on...

NNPC GMD’s transformation agenda excites DPR boss

  The Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Sarki Auwalu has hailed the transformative initiatives of the Group Managing Director...

Shell intervenes in Nigeria’s tertiary education, donates multimillion-dollar projects to FG’s Maritime University in Delta

    The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture partners have provided multi-million dollar infrastructure for the Federal...

NNPC hand in glove with Buhari’s vision to make Nigeria Africa’s ‌oil refining hub, reduce‌ ‌petroleum‌ ‌products‌ ‌importation‌ — Kyari

The Nigeria‌ ‌National‌ ‌Petroleum‌ ‌Corporation‌ ‌(NNPC) is irrevocably committed to the Buhari administration’s vision of making Nigeria the‌ ‌refining‌ ‌hub‌ ‌in‌ ‌Africa, towards ‌‌reducing‌...