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Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Thursday sent letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and drew government’s attention to the menace of oil theft and pipeline vandalism going on in the country. Speaking during a peaceful protest march in Abuja,Abba Mohammed, the Group General Manager, Security, ...

Nigeria may witness yet another fuel scarcity as members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday threatened to pull out its entire workforce from oil and gas installations nationwide in protest of the increasing oil theft and vandalism. Festus Osifo, the President of PENGASSAN, made the intentions of the association known at a ...

Members of the Borno branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) began a three-day warning strike on Monday to protest non-payment of members’ outstanding haulage claims. IPMAN’s spokesman in the state, Alhaji Abdulkadir Musa, said the warning strike was in compliance with a resolution reached by IPMAN branches in nine states in the north. Members in the ...

Workers of Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria have embarked on strike in protest against anti-labour practices by the firm, causing possible reduction in Nigeria’s crude oil production by 22,000 barrels per day. Addax, owned by China’s Sinopec Group, has four Oil Mining Licences, OML 123, 124, 126 and 137, and operates the assets in Production Sharing Contract with the Nigerian National ...

There are strong indications that some top management staff of NNPC Limited which includes Directors and General Managers that have been forced to retire as the new NNPC restructures are now being lured with top positions and seizable salary packages to join some of the indigenous Nigerian independent oil companies. companies. The companies offering to employ the NNPC top management ...

The Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has been named the sole recipient of the H. E. Dr Alirio Parra Lifetime Achievement Award in Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry for 2022. Named in honour of the late Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and one ...

Nearly 500 female students in Bille kingdom, Rivers State, at the weekend received strong incentives from the Women in Energy Network (WIEN) to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including university scholarships. WIEN, an all-female group hosting the platform for professional women playing in the energy industry, gave out scholarships and science education packs to the students ...

The Independent Petroleum Products Group (IPPG), has honoured some of its members in celebration of the industry icons. According to Abdulrazaq Isa, Chairman IPPG, the event was held to recognise individuals who contributed immensely to the sector in the past years. Those honoured by IPPG included the pioneer Chair of Seplat, Ambrosie Orjiako, Austin Avuru of Platform Petroleum, Abdulrazaq Isa ...

Leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate, Sahara Group, has commenced a Graduate Management Trainee (GMT) programme in Ghana to give young graduates in the nation an opportunity to make a difference in the oil and gas sector. With focus on Sahara’s downstream operations in Ghana, the GMT programme will offer successful applicants an opportunity to “upgrade their unique skills and ensure ...

The New Jersey court hearing the application challenging the ouster of Lekan Akinyanmi as the Chief Executive Officer of Lekoil Cayman Limited, on June 14, 2022, ordered a stay of all proceedings in the matter pending the arbitration the court has ordered. Akinyanmi, Chief Executive Officer of Lekoil Nigeria Limited, filed an action in the Superior Court of New Jersey ...