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Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery to add 750,000 bpd in new capacity

Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery will expand capacity to 1.4 million bpd by 2028 with the addition of a new 750,000 bpd processing line, Argus reported on Monday. The second line will be built in Lagos alongside Dangote’s existing 650,000-bpd unit, which began commercial operations in 2024. A potential capacity expansion was part of the facility’s original […]

West Africa oil and gas market demonstrates strong growth; Nigeria, Ghana accounts for 80% – Deloitte

The West Africa oil and gas market is demonstrating strong growth potential, driven by global energy demand and rich reserves in the region, the 2025 West Africa Oil and Gas Outlook by Deloitte has revealed. According to the report, the West African oil and gas market represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.5% […]

Shell Approves New Upstream Project for Nigeria LNG

HI also supports Shell’s plan announced on Capital Market Day 2025 to start up upstream and integrated gas projects with a total capacity of one million barrels of oil equivalent per day between 2025 and 2030. It also contributes to the company’s target to grow top line production across its upstream and integrated gas business by one percent per year through the end of the decade, Shell said.

Nigeria approves Shell, Agip buyout of TotalEnergies’ stake in Bonga oilfield

Nigeria’s oil regulator has approved a $510 million deal by TotalEnergies to sell its entire 12.5% interest in oil mining lease (OML) 118, which hosts the offshore Bonga oilfield, to the field’s operator Shell and Agip, the agency said on Thursday. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said TotalEnergies will transfer 10% of its […]

Vitol, Sunoco take first US-bound petrol cargo from Nigeria’s Dangote refinery

Global oil trading firm Vitol and US fuel distributor Sunoco have taken delivery of the first petrol cargo imported into the US from Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Reuters reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Vitol is said to have purchased the 320,000-barrel cargo from Geneva-based Mocoh Oil and sold most of it to […]

Nigeria Says Crude Theft and Metering Losses Lowest in 16 Years

Nigeria’s crude losses from theft and metering issues dropped to their lowest in nearly 16 years at 9,600 barrels per day (bpd), the West African country’s upstream regulator has reported. Representing the one year to July, the figure is the lowest daily average since 2009, according to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). “So […]