Nigeria’s 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery will start exporting diesel conforming to European specifications along with gasoline (petrol) sales in June, its Vice President for Oil and Gas, Devakumar Edwin, said at the weekend.
In a move to further revitalise the oil and gas industry’s contribution to the Nigerian Economy, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, yesterday presided over a signing ceremony at the Federal Ministry of Finance headquarters in Abuja endorsing the Consolidated Guidelines for the implementation of Fiscal Incentives for the Oil & Gas Sector – a cornerstone of the Presidential Directive aimed at enhancing the Nigerian oil & gas sector’s global competitiveness whilst stimulating economic growth.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, declared yesterday, that the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 established a clear distinction between upstream and midstream operations in the oil and gas sector in the country.