Oil and Gas

SIFAX Group has appointed Mobolaji Musah as the new Managing Director of, SIFAX Oil & Gas Limited, just as it elevated Olujimi Osho to the position of Executive Director, Legal Services and Company Secretary. Musah, who has over 26 years ...

As a follow up to its ultimatum for the Federal Government to appoint a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has given a seven-day notice to International Oil Companies (IOCs) to evacuate ...

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), National Chairman, Chief Iju Tony Nwabunike has called on members of the association to enhance their capacities to handle a higher volume of cargoes and prove their capacity in contributing to the ...

‘Community pressurised company to act through NOSDRA, others’ The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) has explained that the delay in the Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) and fixing of vandalised pipelines at its Taylor Creek oilfields in May 2020 was due ...

Notwithstanding Federal Government’s stay-at-home order being enforced by officials of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), vehicular and human traffic resurfaced in parts of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) as residents have begun to flout the directive. As the directive ...

The Rivers government has sought the support of international oil companies (IOCs) in the establishment of modular refineries in the state. Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Igbiks Tamuno, who made the appeal during a meeting with representatives of health and ...

Residents and fishermen along Foropa, Santana communities of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa State have expressed fears over a possible oil spill from a vandalised pipeline after sighting dead fishes on the shorelines. This followed safety concerns in the maritime ...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has welcomed the government’s decision to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 to N125 per litre. In a statement yesterday in Lagos by its state chairman, Akin Akinrinade, the union, ...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Delta State branch has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of “deliberately shutting down the Warri Refinery in order to facilitate activities at the Dangote facility, which is still under construction.” ...

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to conduct forensic investigation of the immediate and remote causes of the Abule-Ado explosion of Sunday, March 15, 2020, which killed scores and led to devastation ...