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Seplat JV deepens CSR, unveils 2023 ‘Eye Can See’ Initiative

Seplat Energy JV has held the opening ceremony of this year’s edition of its Eye Can See Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative at the Oba’s Palace in Benin City, Edo State. The company’s signature CSR health programme is designed to…

Oil Industry Issues Tinubu May Not Look At, But They Matter

By Basil Okoh The extensive land of 2,635 hectares on which Dangote Refinery is built was sold to the company by Bola Ahmed Tinubu acting as agent and front to both the Lagos State government and the communities that own…

Shell again, spills crude on Rivers Community farmlands

Hundreds of fishermen are left stranded and farmlands destroyed following an oil spill in Aleto,  Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. Residents alleged that the spill originated from a manifold operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company, inflicting significant…

Seplat Energy appoints Chioma Afe as Director External Affairs, Sustainability

The Board and Management of Seplat Energy Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs. Chioma Y. Afe as the Director, External Affairs and Sustainability effective June 15th 2023. Chioma is an accomplished strategic Senior Communications Executive and Business Leader with…

IPMAN working on rolling out CNG to override costly PMS

An unprecedented revolution is about to hit the motoring public if plans by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in rolling out Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative automotive fuel, which it plans to sell for N100…

Two oil export terminal licences to yield $11bn – FG

Following the issuance of licences for the establishment of two crude oil export terminals, capable of generating $11bn revenue annually for the country, there are strong hopes of early stability of the economy. The Federal Government issued the licences through…

Subsidy Removal: Fuel scarcity looms as many marketers can’t raise fund for import

The NNPC Limited has asked oil marketers to merge their old orders with new ones following the removal of the petrol subsidy, saying those who have placed an order before the removal of the subsidy could ask for a refund…

TOTALEnergies discovers oil & gas on OML 102 Offshore Nigeria

TOTALEnergies has announced the Ntokon oil and gas discovery on OML102 offshore Nigeria. Located in shallow waters, 60 km off the southeast coast of Nigeria. “The Ntokon-1AX discovery well encountered 38 meters of net oil pay and 15 meters of…

Just in: Tinubu Restores Immigration Documents of Seplat CEO, Roger Brown

Leading oil and gas group, Seplat Energy has announced that the Ministry of Interior (“Ministry”) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (“NIS”) have restored the Working Permit, Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (“CERPAC”) and other Visas for the entry…

Can mere media denial, Presidential visit derail ongoing ExxonMobil oil theft probe?

There had been mixed reactions and anxiety across the oil and gas industry over the weighty allegation of oil theft by the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) that ExxonMobil is illegally lifting products without recourse to laid…