GAS

Shell has confirmed that it has shut down the breached gas pipeline in a community in Bayelsa state of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Eni has also declared force majeure on exports of Nigerian Brass River crude oil following the same pipeline explosions, according to Reuters. Shell said the breached pipeline carries gas to the SPDC-operated Gbaran gas plant. “We immediately ...

………by Abisoye Shola…….. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-olu, have said the newly-inaugurated 8,400 metric tonnes Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) terminal built by Techno Oil Limited in Lagos State will significantly contribute to deepening the domestic utilization of LPG in the country. The multi-billion naira facility sited in ...

The African Infrastructure Investment Manager, AIIM, has called for intensified and a deliberate investment in alternative energy sources by Nigeria, to free industries and other heavy electricity consumers from weak grid system. “Natural gas has a vital role to play alongside renewables” in Africa, African Infrastructure Investment Managers’ (AIIM) managing director Sola Lawson said . “We’re working to make sure ...

The Senate Committee on Gas has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the various gas development projects it has undertaken, especially the Ajaokuta- Kaduna- Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project. Speaking during the 2021 Budget Defense and Performance Appraisal meeting with officials of the Corporation which held at the National Assembly Complex, Chairman of the Committee, Senator James Manager, ...

……..by Jenifer Dike……….. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas, Tony Attah, has said that the Train 7 project will help to demonstrate the improved capacity of Nigerian companies as 55 percent of project work will be domesticated. This he noted will further sbow that the newly signed Train 7 project of the Nigerian ...

………….by Abisoye Shola……. The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited plans to increase supplies of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into the domestic market with 100, 000 metric tons from 350,000 metric tons to 450,000 metric tons next year has been commended. The Managing Director of NLNG, Mr. Tony Attah had said that the plan by his company to increase supplies ...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it shut down 85 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Lagos from January to October, for operating illegally. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, made this known while speaking with newsmen during a public sensitisation exercise on safe usage of LPG. It was organised by the agency in some parts of ...

Chairman of SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company Bryant Orjiako has said the construction of a $700 million gas plant at Assah, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, will engender rural development and create jobs. Orjiako, at the weekend, said the project would be completed within the last quarter of 2021. He conducted Governor Hope Uzodimma on a tour of the ...

…..by Musa Ibrahim……… The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, has seen an increase in consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPF, or cooking gas from 50,000 MT, metric tonnes in 2007 to one million metric tone in 2020. Following the seeming rise and determination of the Federal Government to commercialize gas utilization, the NLNG, promised to increase its allocation of ...

by Musa Ibrahim…………. The Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA), 10th International Annual LPG Conference, will gather key industry players who will examine Nigeria’s economic recovery process with gas as key driver. This year’s edition, which will be the first to be hosted virtually, due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and in alignment with social distancing precautions, is themed “LPG: ...