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Shell, partners lead in PIA implementation – NUPRC

Shell to pay €15m settlement for oil spills in Niger Delta

By Eyo Nsima Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has agreed to pay €15 million in compensation to communities in the Niger Delta affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the country’s Niger Delta region. SPDC, a Nigerian subsidiary of the global oil giant, made this known in a statement on Friday, December 23, 2022. Four […]

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Congo Takes Lead in Gas Monetization with Second Eni-Led Floating LNG Project

At a time when Africa most needs its oil and gas resources, the Republic of the Congo is taking the lead, driving an ambitious gas monetization agenda led by the Minister of Hydrocarbon, H.E. Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua – who also served as the President of the African Petroleum Producers Organization for 2022 – and national

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South Africa’s Upcoming Licensing Rounds Set to End Loadshedding for Good, Upstream Players Invited to Participate

While environmental activists have sought to restrict South Africa from monetizing its oil and gas resources, the country’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has proven resilient and is currently moving ahead with plans to open up key onshore and offshore licensing rounds, in a bid to end chronic loadshedding for good. As the

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Savannah Energy Joins the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (“EITI”)

Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (“EITI”) in support of EITI’s mission to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. EITI is a global standard for the good

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Middle East: Oil demand remains low despite the ease in COVID-19 lockdown

UPSTREAM: NUPRC offers 7 offshore oil blocks to investors in Nigeria’s mini-bid round

By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, has presented seven deep offshore oil blocks to investors in Abuja. Presenting the offshore oil blocks, the Commission Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, the exercise was targeted at spurring new exploration and drilling activities offshore Nigeria. He said: “The Mini Bid Round will be managed by

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A lighthouse project at the southern tip of Chile:Production starts at the world’s first industrial-scale facility for carbon-neutral fuel

• Start of production at the Haru Oni pilot plant in southern Chile marks a milestone in decarbonizing the transportation sector • Siemens Energy is working with HIF Global, Porsche, and other partners to make carbon-neutral fuel from wind power and water at industrial scale • Certificate confirms produced fuel is sustainable   Production begins

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Seplat Energy, C4C youth empowerment programme lifts 22 entrepreneurs

Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian energy company listed on the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, in partnership with Conversations for Change (C4C) has empowered a total of 22 entrepreneurs from the duo’s Youth Entrepreneurship Programme. The event had the entrepreneurs unveil their business plans following the 2022 C4C Global Entrepreneurship Fellowship Programme, and was

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BREAKING: 23rd NGA AGM opens in Lagos

JUST IN: NGA tasks operators on gas to power, others

By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Gas Association, NGA, has tasked stakeholders in Nigeria’s gas sector to work toward harnessing adequate gas for power generation, domestic cooking and export to generate foreign exchange. The association also harped on the need for massive infrastructural development, improved regulatory climate, capable of encouraging domestic and foreign investment in the

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TotalEnergies denounces dissemination by Greenpeace of false and misleading information on greenhouse gas emissions

Aramco, TotalEnergies to build a giant petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia

By Eyo Nsima The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and TotalEnergies have taken the final investment decision for the construction of a world scale petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia. The “Amiral” complex will be owned, operated, and integrated with the existing SATORP refinery located in Jubail on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast. The investment decision is

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OPINION: Africa Oil & Power and TRM Risk Management Talk Mitigating Client Exposure in a post-COVID-19 Landscape

South Sudan Oil & Power is Where Energy Deals are Made in 2023

Energy Capital & Power (ECP), is excited to announce that the South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) 2023 Conference & Exhibition – the sixth edition and longest-running event organized by ECP – will take place in Juba on June 14-16, 2023. The organizer is proud to work with the Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Energy

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