GAS

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAGPCO)will hold a major event in Nigeria to mark the 10th Anniversary of the start of its Commercial Operations. The event is also aimed at appreciating our diverse stakeholders in Nigeria who have supported us through the years to make this ECOWAS vision a reality. WAPCo started Commercial Operation in March 2011 and ...

Energy conglomerate – the Sahara Group through its downstream arm, Asharami Synergy Limited, is currently investing massively in storage facilities for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in alignment with the global energy transition which is gradually moving from fossil fuels to renewables and cleaner energies. The Head, Sahara Downstream Business, Foluso Sobanjo, said that the energy company is currently building 20,000 ...

The Federal Government may drop the solar project as the proposed alternative power for some Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) facilities in Badagry, following an unfavourable report on its suitability in the environment. AMrs Cecilia Gayya, Director-General(DG) of ASCON, disclosed this during an interview on Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Badagry. The Federal Government had agreed to help with ...

The Nigerian Petroleum Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has confirmed a fire incident triggered by a suspected associated gas reservoir within the vicinity of Caritas University in Enugu. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Commission Chief Executive, NUPRC in a statement on Friday said the incident occurred on May 22 but was reported to NUPRC on May 26. Komolafe said it was confirmed ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given approval for the NNPC to enter into an agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr. Sylva said the ...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday congratulated an indigenous shipping company, Temile Development Company on the contract signing agreement with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for the construction of a new 23,000 cubic meters Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carrier Vessel. The indigenous company also signed a separate agreement with NSML – an integrated maritime services subsidiary of Nigeria ...

Germany Economy Ministry on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, said it was making further contingency plans in the event that Russia stops providing natural gas to the country due to the war in Ukraine. The ministry said if a gas shortage should occur or threaten to occur, the amount of gas used to generate power was to be significantly reduced and ...

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development Board, Engr. Simbi Wabote, has said that the Federal Government plans to reach 20 million homes through the National Gas Expansion Program, which is targeted at increasing the country’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas penetration currently estimated at national average of 13 per cent. According to him, some of the key elements of the ...

A cardinal goal of the federal government is to transform the Nigerian economy into a gas-powered economy by 2030. Ancillary to that is the hope to align the country with the global push for transition to cleaner sources of energy. To achieve that lofty goal, the federal government adopted gas as the vehicle for its energy transition journey, declaring January ...

An indigenous Engineering Procurement and Contract (EPC) company, Oilserv Ltd., says it plans to bid for all moribund Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) pipeline distribution systems to ease products distribution chain. Mr Emeka Okwuosa, Group Chairman, Oilserv Ltd., disclosed this in an interview with Nigerian journalistson the sidelines of the just concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, ...