Petralon Energy is progressing its drilling campaign at the Dawes Island field (PPL 259) in Nigeria, bringing the DI-2 well back online and spudding the DI-3 well as part of efforts to boost near-term output under the country’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Following a site visit, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken […]
TotalEnergies EP Nigeria has completed the sale of its 12.5% non-operated interest in Nigeria’s OML 118 PSC to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production and Nigerian Agip Exploration for a total consideration of USD 510 million, the companies announced on Tuesday.
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to partner with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in its renewed effort to protect critical oil and gas infrastructure vital to Nigeria’s economic stability.
Nigeria’s Dangote has selected Honeywell UOP to provide technical services and support for a planned capacity expansion at the Dangote Refinery in the Lekki Free Zone in Nigeria, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), as part of its strategic initiative to raise national crude production to 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2026, has revealed plans to reactivate dormant oil fields in the country.
Emadeb Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (Emadeb E&P) yesterday announced that the company had achieved ‘first oil’ from its Ibom Field, Petroleum Prospecting Licence (PPL) 236, a significant boost for Nigeria’s quest for additional crude output.
Nigeria will launch its 2025 oil licensing round on December 1, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) announced. The regulator said the new cycle aims to attract private investment and revive the country’s oil and gas output.
Nigeria is set to consolidate its dominance in Africa’s oil refining landscape as an international energy consortium has secured over $50 billion for the construction of a 500,000-barrel-per-day refinery and a 1,471-hectare free trade zone in Ondo State
Nigeria’s national oil company is set to increase oil production to 2 million barrels daily over the next two years, its executive vice president for upstream said. By 2030, NNPC will be pumping 3 million barrels daily, Udy Ntia also said, as quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria.
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 […]