The Ivorian National shores welcomed a whiff of clean energy as SAPET GAS, the pioneer Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel to be named under Ivorian origin and carry the national flag, made its historic maiden voyage to Cote D’Ivoire. Commissioned last May in Ulsan, South Korea, the 23,000 cubic meter capacity vessel which cost CFA […]
A total of 184 beneficiaries of the NNPC/Shell Cradle-to-Career scholarship for secondary school students have been migrated to the SPDC JV university scholarship programme in the last five years, Shell’s Head of Corporate Relations for Nigeria, Igo Weli, has said, adding that the beneficiaries are all from the company’s areas of operations in the Niger
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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. SimbiKesiye Wabote has lauded Caverton Offshore Support Group on its growth towards being a fully integrated offshore support company in Sub-Saharan Africa. Engr. Wabote spoke through the General Manager, Project Certification and Authorization Division, (PCAD), Engr. Paul Zuhumbenduring an inspection visit to
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By Eyo Nsima ExxonMobil has made two new discoveries offshore Guyana to the southeast of the Liza and Payara developments in the Stabroek block, thus increasing its reserves. The discoveries at Seabob and Kiru-Kiru are the sixth and seventh in Guyana this year, with the total number of discoveries in Guyana at more than 25.
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By Eyo Nsima TotalEnergies and Veolia have signed an agreement to start the construction of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) systems providing power for a desalination plant in Oman, in the city of Sur. The power plant will be located on the site of the Sharqiyah Desalination plant, which is a reference in Oman and
By Eyo Nsima TotalEnergies, operator of Oil Mining Lease, OML 99 (40%) in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC, 60%), has started oil production from the Ikike field, in Nigeria. Located 20 kilometers off the coast, at a depth of about 20 meters, the Ikike platform is tied back to the existing
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The Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State when fully operational will position Nigeria as one of Africa’s largest petrochemicals hubs and boost non-oil export earnings for the country, according to the Dangote Group President, Aliko Dangote. The 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Plant, which is being built alongside the 650,000
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By Our Correspondent At a meeting that took place at the recent Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) www.adipec.com, the organisers DMG Events along with their strategic Tanzanian partners Ocean Business Partners Tanzania, reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate on the fourth edition of the Tanzania Energy Congress to be hosted in Dar es
A delegation from the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) has paid a two-day study visit to the headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Part of the facilities inspected during the visit included the 17-storey Nigerian Content Tower located in Swali, Yenagoa Yenagoa Bayelsa State, and the Board’s flagship project- the Nigerian
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In this era of divestments by the International Oil companies (IOCs) from Nigeria, indigenous energy companies with the right competences and wherewithal are natural partners to government in the quest to harness oil and gas assets, the Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown, has said. The Seplat Energy CEO made this assertion
