Oil & Gas

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Covid-19 and the oil price slump in Africa: which countries will fare better?

  In Africa, the twin challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent drop in oil prices are affecting countries in different ways: net...

PPPRA announced new petrol pump price band of between N140.80 and N143.80

    The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced a new price band of N140.80 to N143.80 per litre for petrol...

NNPC hits 218.37bn cubic feet of natural gas in March, records trading deficit of ₦9.53bn 

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it produced 218.37 billion Cubic Feet (BCF) of natural gas in March 2020, out of which 33.45BCF...

Sylva inaugurates governing board of NNPC

    The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has called for harmonious working relationship among members of the Board of...

COVID-19: African Petroleum Producers Organization headquarters moved from Abuja to Congo

    The headquarters of the Ministerial Council of African Petroleum Producers’ Organization, (APPO) has been temporarily relocated from Abuja, Nigeria to the...

NEITI hails NNPC’s policy to publish its audited accounts

  The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has described as laudable, the decision of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to make...

Oil prices climbs to $43.41 as OPEC+ extends output cuts

    Oil prices rose more than 2% early on Monday to their highest in three months after OPEC and its allies including...

COVID-19: NNPC unveils contact tracing App

  In a strategic move to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in its organization and government offices, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation...

For the first time in three months, Brent oil rises to $40

    For the first time since March, oil price rose on Wednesday with Brent going up at $40 just as optimism mounted...

FG set to auction 57 oil fields in June

     As indicated few months ago, the Federal Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has announced that  57 oil fields will be...

Sexual promiscuity and rape: Exxon Mobil engineer bags 15 years in jail

  For his unrestrained sexual promiscuity and raping his tenant’s teenage girl, an EX- Exxon Mobil engineer, James Onuoha, is to spend 15 years...

FG reduces petrol pump price to N121.50

  The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has announced a new pump price band of N121.50 per litre for Premium Motor Spirit, also...

Four years after, Pres. Buhari reconstitutes NNPC six-member board

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has got a new board following the expiration of the tenure of board members appointed...

Revealed: Ex-NNPC GMD, Baru, died of COVID-19

  The late Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, may have died of COVID-19, Persecondnews has...

Alleged Marginalization: 21 Southerners Hold Top Management Positions As COOs, MDs, GMs, Others In NNPC 

  Says top management appointments based on merit   Contrary to allegations of lopsidedness in management appointments at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...

CBN, NNPC to foot over N1bn cost of feeding, accommodation of evacuees – Minister

    Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), have both agreed to fund, as part of their Corporate...