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FG Announces Names Of CEOs For Upstream Regulatory Commission , Midstream , Downstream Authority
The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources H.E Timipre Sylva has officially announced the transition of the now-defunct Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Equalization Fund (Management Board) and Petroleum…
Gov. Zulum Flags-Off NNPC’s Power Plant For Maiduguri
Borno state Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, laid the foundation stone for construction of 50 Megawatts Emergency Power Plant, being funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in…
OILFIELD: Gombe Signs MoU With Rift Petroleum To Drive Hydrocarbon, Other Energy Sources
The Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya said more than ever before, the need to extract the discovered oil and gas in the Kolmani oilfield has become more imperative, especially with the signing of the Petroleum Industry Act and the…
Buhari Directs Incorporation Of NNPC Ltd, Appoints Ifeanyi Ararume As Board Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum Resources, has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
This is in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum…
LASG Insists On Issuance Of Planning Permits For Tank Farm Operators
The Lagos State Government has emphasised that it will not tolerate any physical development in the State, particularly Petroleum Tank Farms and Filling Stations, without Planning Permit.
The Honourable Commissioner for…
DPR Reopens 8 Tank Farms Sealed By LASPPA
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has reopened eight petroleum tank farms shutdown by the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority ( LASPPPA) in Ijegun-Egba, Satellite Town, Lagos.
Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal…
EFCC Arrests 27 Suspected Illegal Oil Dealers In Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty seven individuals in connection with suspicious illegal oil bunkering.
This was contained in a statement by the…
DPR In Bauchi State Allays Fears Of Residents Over Gas Plant Citing
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)has allayed fears of some residents of Tirwun quarters in Bauchi metropolis over citing of five gas plants.
MalamAbdullahi Iliyasu, the operations controller of the DPR made this known…
ICPC, NEITI Sign MoU On Accountability For Oil , Gas Sector
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) have signed a memorandum of understanding targeted at monitoring illicit financial…
FG Advocates African Energy Bank , As Equatorial Guinea Seeks Collaboration With Nigeria
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources H. E. Timipre Sylva has re-echoed the need to have African Energy Bank through African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) in the continent.
The Minister disclosed this when he …