Friday, 7 August 2015

SHELL DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE ON GAS SUPPLY TO NLNG

989-Precious-Okolobo.jpg - 989-Precious-Okolobo.jpgNigeria’s export of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has suffered setback as Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has declared force majeure on gas supplies to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant on Bonny Island in Rivers State.

A Shell spokesman, Mr. Precious Okolobo, confirmed yesterday that the measure was due to a pipeline leak.
 

HOPE RISES FOR LOCAL REFINERIES

Port Harcourt refineriesLocal refineries may have been roused from years of avoidable slumber and incapacitation, going by information coming from the two located in Warri and Port Harcourt.

Lack of proper maintenance of the ageing equipment and corruption have mostly been blamed for a situation in which the refineries, for many years, failed to provide petroleum products for domestic use, much less for export.

Read more @ The Guardian

Thursday, 6 August 2015

PIB MUST ADEQUATELY ADDRESS ROYALTY ISSUES – EGBOGA

former Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters, Dr. Emmanuel EgbogahA former Presidential Adviser on Petroleum and Chairman, Emerald Energy Resources Limited, Dr. Emmanuel Egboga, has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill must address issues on royalties holistically.
 
He said this at a luncheon presentation to the Petroleum Club in Lagos.He said in July 2012 a new draft of the PIB was submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law.
 

NLNG FAULTS NEITI ON NON-REMITTANCE OF $11.6BN TO FEDERATION ACCOUNT

040715F-Kudo-Eresia-Eke.jpg - 040715F-Kudo-Eresia-Eke.jpgThe Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has faulted the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) over a report credited to the transparency watchdog that the company has not remitted about $11.6billion (N2.32trillion) to the Federation Account.

The company has also denied reports alleging that it owned the proposed Badagry Dry Dock Project, saying it was neither the owner nor an investor in any dry dock project
 

BUHARI BEGINS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP OF OGONILAND

Parts of destroyed Ogoni landPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday commenced the process of implementing the United Nations Environmental Programme’s report on the environmental restoration of Ogoniland.
 
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the development is in keeping with Buhari’s avowed commitment to working for the development and well-being of all Nigerians.
 

FG FIRES EIGHT NNPC GEDS, DIRECTORATES PRUNED TO FOUR

140512N.NNPC-Towers,-Abuja.jpg - 140512N.NNPC-Towers,-Abuja.jpgThe federal government yesterday approved the retirement of all eight Group Executive Directors (GED) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in a sweeping move expected to affect more senior executives of the state-run oil company over the next one week.

Their removal came exactly one day after the appointment of Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the corporation that has been bogged down by gross mismanagement and corruption.
 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

MULTINATIONALS FACE TOUGHER TIMES AS EARNINGS SLUMP

oil-industryIt is definitely not the best of time for the oil and gas multinationals, as the impact of the dwindling crude oil prices weighs on their financial reports.

Earnings of the oil giants have nosedived in the past year, but the latest results gathered by The Guardian presented worse result than expected.

Read more @ The Guardian