Category: Oil & Gas

…As NNPC Loses 200k Barrels of Oil Daily The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor, has promised to galvanize the military to provide maximum security for the nation’s oil and gas assets. The CDS gave the commitment Wednesday at a meeting with the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, and his […]

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has welcomed with delight the news of the appointment of Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). This was contained in a press statement by Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted the Group Managing […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) with effect from February 19, 2021. This follows the exit of Waziri Adio, who is completing his 5-year tenure which expires on Thursday, February 18, 2021. This disclosure is contained in a statement which was issued by the Director […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in February, 2021, In spite of the rise in the price of crude oil in the international market. This was disclosed in a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru. The statement explained […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has debunked the spurious and libellous online publication in Pointblank News of 10th February 2021, in which one Jackson Ude, purported that the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Engr. Simbi Wabote, and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva received bribes to undermine the Nigerian […]

The Spokesman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Kennie Obateru, has dismissed rumours that the corporation is planning an imminent upward review of the petrol price. Obateru made this known on Tuesday to The Nation while reacting to rumours that the federal government is planning to increase the pump price in February. He said, “NNPC has not increased […]

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has proposed strategic initiatives in strengthening the collaboration with the Research, Technology and Innovation division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to achieve a sustainable digital economy in preparation for the fourth industrial revolution. The DG made this known yesterday when he led members of management […]

….As Sylva Launches NUCOP The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to join in working towards reducing operations cost to achieve the $10 or less per barrel production cost target. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that the Group Managing Director […]