NIGERIA: Heirs Holdings Acquires 45% of OML 17 from Shell, Total and ENI

Heirs Holdings  the leading African strategic investor, in partnership with affiliated company Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s largest publicly listed conglomerate, announced today the unconditional acquisition of a 45% … Read More

NIGERIA: Buhari inaugurates 5,000 bpd Waltersmith Modular Refinery

A 5,000-barrel per day Waltersmith modular refinery in Ibigwe in Imo State in south-eastern Nigeria was on Tuesday inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. Inaugurating the refinery, which was performed virtually, … Read More

60 Years After Independence Nigeria’s Energy Industry Hasn’t Realized Its Promise — But It’s Getting Closer

On Oct. 1, 1960, everything seemed possible for Nigeria: After nearly 80 years of colonialism under Great Britain, it was finally an independent nation. During the newly independent nation’s earliest … Read More

NIGERIA: NNPC, SEEPCO Sign OML 143 Monetization Agreement

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Sterling Global have signed off on agreements for monetization of its fully operated Oil Mining Lease (OML) 143. According to NNPC this latest … Read More

NIGERIA: Canadian Overseas Petroleum Operations Update

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited has announces that further to the announcement of its second quarter results on 15th September 2020, COPL is giving an update on its drilling licence extension for … Read More

NIGERIA: NNPC Records $52.95M Trading Surplus in July

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded an increased trading surplus of $52.95M (₦20.36 billion) in July 2020 compared to the $5.5M (₦2.12 billion) surplus in June 2020 in … Read More

NIGERIA: Deregulation: NNPC to Support Deployment of CNG Facilities

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged to support ongoing initiatives by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to provide alternate energy source to Nigerians through aggressive activation of Compressed … Read More

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Commits to Transparency by becoming an EITI supporting company

Nigeria’s national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has become an EITI supporting company, joining a group of over 65 extractives companies, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), commodity traders, financial institutions … Read More

NIGERIA: NNPC Reaches Deal with Sapetro, CNOOC Ending OML 130 Dispute

In its bid to meet the target of revving up production to three million barrels per day and unlock gas revenues to the tune of about $225 million in the … Read More