ENVIRONMENT

Leading indigenous energy company, Seplat Energy Plc has said its greatest business opportunity ahead of it is to supply the right mix of energy to support Nigeria’s growth. In doing so, the company said it remained committed in making positive social impacts and contributing to Nigeria’s achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mr. Effiong Okon, the Director, ...

Nigeria must work to position itself as the energy hub of Africa. This was the assertion by Ado Oseragbaje the CEO of Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), at the ongoing 2022 Nigeria Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in Lagos Nigeria Monday August 1, 2022. During a brief remark at the opening of the topical ...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it has placed focus on four cardinal areas for sustainable gas development and utilisation in the country. The commission said that the four cardinal areas were gas reserves growth, optimised gas production, domestic gas utilisation and gas flare elimination. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Commission’s Chief Executive, NUPRC, made this known at the 2022 ...

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has concluded plans to launch a new project titled “Top 10 Measures for Nigeria to Reach Net Zero” aimed at mapping 10 key steps and decisions that, if taken in the next years, will underpin a socio-economic transformation required to enable Nigeria to meet the government’s 2060 net-zero objective. The project launch, which ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria and World Bank have reiterated commitment to implement the West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Management Programme, to improve livelihoods of coastal communities in the country. Delegates at the National Stakeholders’ Technical Committee Meeting on WACA programme in Abuja The Minister of Environment, Mr Muhammed Abdulahi, made the commitment at a two-day National Stakeholders’ Technical Committee ...

The Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria limited has presented various relief items to two communities in Gbetiokun, Delta, recently affected by oil spill. The company made the presentation on behalf of itself and the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Operator of the OML 40 Joint Venture (JV) to Beresibi and Eghoro communities. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday  ...

Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs. The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15%, offshore wind by 13% and solar PV by 13% compared to 2020. Wind energy versus coal fired power plant: Single wind turbine, a coal ...

Representatives and Leaders of Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) from the five Niger Delta states, who are victims of Shell Bonga oil spill, on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on multi-national oil giants in the region to put an end to the environmental degradation and pollution in the Niger Delta. They also asked the oil firms ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is planning to auction off 16 blocks of land to the oil industry, albeit in the Congo Basin, regarded as the second-largest rainforest in the world. The blocks are believed to cover some of the last remaining intact forests on earth that are home to thousands of local and indigenous communities. ...

The Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., Mr Richard Kennedy, says that human behaviour is critical to the preservation and conservation of the environment for a better future. Kennedy said this at the 20th edition of Chief Lawal Edu’s memorial lecture organised by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in Lagos. The theme of the event powered by Chevron was: “Only One ...