The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has concluded its stakeholders’ sensitization workshops on Expatriate Quota Management Initiative for midstream and downstream companies in the oil and gas industry, with a commitment to achieving sustainable industrialization in Nigeria. The workshop,…
Shell: We are Investigating Peremabiri Oil Spill in Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday, September 5, 2022, said it was investigating a report of an oil spill from its asset at Ogboinbiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. An operational mishap…
Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plant loses connection link once again
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost the connection to its last remaining main external power line, but the facility is continuing to supply electricity to the grid through a reserve line, the International Atomic Energy Agency…
Osinbajo proposes new deal ‘debt-for-climate swaps’
In a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets, facilitate energy access and the development of African countries, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN is proposing a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) Swap deal. Explaining the…
Africa Climate Week 2022 Builds Important Regional Momentum for Climate Action ahead of COP27
This year’s Africa Climate Week (ACW 2022) in Libreville, Gabon, wrapped up today, having helped build important regional momentum in the fight against climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt in November. The event brought…
Hydrogen as the Future of Clean Energy
Is Hydrogen The Next Big Thing? Time flies. It’s been six years since we reported on the introduction of Toyota’s hydrogen-powered passenger car, the Murai. A lot’s happened since 2015, and for most of us, we’d probably assume that the…
IRENA and Industry Leaders Launch the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), co-founding partner Siemens Energy and 13 companies across all industry sectors have launched the global Alliance for Industry Decarbonization. The new Alliance aims to accelerate net-zero ambitions and the decarbonization of industrial value chains…
FG, ECOWAS move to achieve sustainable energy targets
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and Nigeria’s Ministry of Power are set to host a forum aimed at achieving sustainable energy targets in the region. A statement by the Communication sector of ECREEE indicated that…
Dangote Refinery Gets 300,000 Barrels/Day from NNPC
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited will have the first right of refusal to supply the Dangote refinery with about 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day for the next 20 years. The Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mele…
Crude Oil Theft: Figures Claimed By NUPRC, NNPC and Stakeholders are Outrageous, And Impractical – Chief Of Naval Staff
There is a significant miscalculation in determining how much Nigeria is losing in terms of oil theft because oil losses due to other factors are often lumped together as theft. Meaning that the figures given by Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission…
