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Dangote’s remark that ‘We would sell products at import price’ a wakeup call—Experts

More development economists have continued to review the meaning of the recent comments by the Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Mr Devakumar Edwin, during the first official visit by the new Minister of State for Petroleum…

Dangote’s ‘big masquerade’ swallowing modular refinery licensees’?

Ever since indications emerged clearly that Dangote Industries Limited, owners of Dangote Refinery in Lekki are determined to deliver the multibillion dollar scheme on record time irrespective of hiccups, shocks seem to have engulfed the spines of over 44 modular…

Sinopec’s world largest atmospheric tower for Dangote refinery arrives next month

In the next one month, Dangote Refinery in Lekki will take delivery of completed furnace-like   equipment that will process crude oil into series of petroleum products from Ningbo, China. According to a Citac analyst, Jeremy Parker, who spoke to Reuters,…

What can Kachukwu say he achieved in office as Minister of State for Petroleum?

Whereas several industry pundits have described the regime of former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachukwu in the recently dissolved cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, as lacking in definite portfolio and executive functions, his recent removal and…

NIMASA steps up cabotage regime, ends waivers on foreign vessels

Ahead of ruling on a recent petition written by Nigerian Merchant Navy over breaches on cabotage trade by Chinese firm working on Dangote Refinery in Lekki, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced clampdown on foreign vessels…

L’Content crisis looms at Dangote Refinery as M’Navy petitions NIMASA on China

Based on what it described as observed domination of Cabotage trade by Chinese seafarers in the construction of Dangote Refinery in Lekki against Nigerian experts, the Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA) has sent a…