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……..To Employ 5,000 Direct Labour…….. The Executive Director/ CEO, Nigeria Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, has commended the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari, over his efforts in securing Nigeria’s first methanol processing plant following the signing of a final investment decision early this year. Awolowo disclosed this when he recently hosted ...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has applauded the management of Daris Tele Limited under the leadership of Tokunbo Olateru-Olagbegi for the commitment and efforts put into making the documentary on Nigeria’s decades of oil and gas production. The minister who spoke at the launch of the documentary: ‘The Nigerian Gas Journey… Past, Present and Future’, ...

The Federal Government says the construction of the 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline projec is one of the nation’s gas critical infrastructure that will deepen gas usage in Nigeria and it is billed to be completed by 2023. Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Yusuf Usman, made this known during a panel session at ...

The Kano State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) natural gas pipeline project. The 614 kilometre natural gas pipeline project is estimated to cost $2.8 billion in the phase one of the Trans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline (TNGP) project. Before the ...

The Advisory Board for the Nigeria LNG Limited, NLNG-sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the shortlist of 11 competing for this year’s edition of the prize worth $100,000. In a statement by the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Nigeria LNG, Eyono Fatayi-Williams, the long list of 11 was drawn from 202 entries received for the 2021 edition ...

The Federal Government says it is targeting Trans-Saharan and European markets with the ongoing construction of the Ajaokuta, Kaduna, Kano Gas Pipeline, popularly known as AKK Gas Pipeline. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said that the gas pipeline would be one of the legacy projects of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. “The plan is if ...

Mr Dayo Adeshina, Programme Manager, National Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Expansion Plan in the office of the Vice president, says government is targeting installation of five gas terminals to boost LPG penetration in the country. Adeshina made this know at a special interview in Abuja on Sunday. “From 2017 to 2020, the market has moved from 750 thousand tones to ...

……..by Abisoye Shola….. Rainoil Limited has said that there was no incident of gas leakage at their gas Depot at Ijegun-Egbe in Lagos. This is contrary to the reports making rounds that the company was trying to contain any fire incident that may occur as a result of the said leakage in the early hours of yesterday. Rainoil said in ...

………..Loaded gas truck is a ‘bomb’ in transit…….. ……by Jenifer Dike………As the fire incident involving an LPG truck in Ikeja, Lagos continue to resonant marketers are now seeking for improved safety and certification of LPG trucks transporting LPG across Nigeria. The Nigeria Association of Liquefied Natural Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has called for improvement in the handling and distribution of LPG ...

As Nigeria joins the global campaign for cleaner energy with the theme “Decade of Gas” an indigenous firm OMAA is leading the trail with gas powered vehicles and electric generators. The founder, Chinedu Oguegbu who spoke on the sideline of the just concluded Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), in Abuja said that the company was starting up with energy mobility ...