By Joan Nwagwu The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called for a salary benchmark for oil and gas workers in the country. Mr Festus Osifo, National President of the union, made the call at the Second Edition of the PENGASSAN Energy and Labour SubmitContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has held a meeting with oil marketers to resolve the challenges faced with importation and distribution of petroleum products in the country. The meeting was hosted by NMDPRA’s Chief Executive, Mr Farouk Ahmed, on Monday in Abuja. ItContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Federal Government is no longer paying subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Malam Mele Kyari, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Monday inContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has clarified that the contracts for pipeline rehabilitation were awarded based on evaluation criteria and in accordance with industry standards. The management of the NNPC Limited made this known in a statement on Sunday while reacting to reports inContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has appealed to the federal government to provide palliatives for oil marketers to import fuel at N600 per dollar for three months. NOGASA said the measures became necessary due to growing challenges of petroleum products procurement andContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) and the Naval Dockyard Ltd., has begun discussion on areas of partnerships and training of mechanical engineering graduates. NIMechE’s National Chairperson, Dr Funmi Akingbagbohun, reached the agreement with the dockyard during a courtesy call to the naval dockyard onContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says it is not a revenue generating agency and has no powers under the law to either collect, keep custody or manage government revenues. NEITI says rather it supports government to mobilise revenue for its development activities by beaming searchlightContinue Reading
By Yusuf Yunus All On, a Shell-funded impact investment company, and Auxano Solar Nigeria Ltd., have inaugurated a fully automated 100MW solar photovoltaic module assembly factory in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, to boost local content. Mrs Caroline Eboumbou, Chief Executive Officer, All On, said in a goodwill remark at theContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam Fluenta, a global leader in ultrasonic sensing technology for measurement of flare gas says it has completed installation of 18 ultrasonic flare gas meters on large pipelines around the Dangote Refinery Plant in Nigeria. Mr Radek Kurkowski, a Director at Fluenta, said on Thursday that it spentContinue Reading
By Nana Musa Dr Samuel Ogbuku, the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has charged the new directors of the commission to be committed to the mentorship of their subordinates for greater performance. Ogbuku gave the advice at the end of aContinue Reading
