The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) plans to employ several initiatives to strengthen its customer engagement strategies for fiscal year 2024/25.
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.
Four projects were planned offshore Texas before multiple crises hit the industry in the 2020s and changed trade oil flows.
The first approval of a Texas deepwater port came earlier this month when the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued the deepwater port license for the Sea Port Oil Terminal.
EIA: the Netherlands received more U.S. crude oil exports than any other country in 2023, averaging 652,000 bpd.
MODEC Inc. (“MODEC”) is pleased to announce that it has been successful in securing the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system for Shell do Brasil Ltda (“Shell”) on the Gato do Mato development, offshore Brazil.
From an NBAS perspective, the major industry news from SMW 2024 is the partnership between NBAS member Yinson GreenTech and the global ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping on electric vessel trials, as reported in the daily news updates during SMW by Nutgraf/Chen Jei Min (facsimile).
Suriname aims to replicate Guyana’s oil success but faces challenges due to delays, commercial concerns, and global climate change efforts.
TotalEnergies and APA plan to make the final investment decision on the Block 58 project by the end of 2024, targeting first oil in 2028.
Suriname’s oil boom could transform the country’s economic fortunes, ending its protracted crisis and lifting it out of poverty.
Offshore rig owner Noble Corporation has won two new deals for its Noble Venturer drillship offshore Africa.
There are indications that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, the regulator of Nigeria’s upstream oil sector, is not responsible for the alleged delay in granting consent to the sale of $1.3 billion of ExxonMobil’s 40 percent stake in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPNU’s assets, to Seplat Energy Plc.
Records show that international oil companies including Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil and Shell began exploring in Somalia in the 1950s but stopped when the country plunged into civil war in early 1991.
At the annual Oil and Gas Convention held at Kampala Serena Hotel from April 17-18, it was the usual cheers and chest thumping from those at the forefront of Uganda’s petroleum sector; Ministry of Energy, the Big Oil companies, the regulators, service providers, and everyone else who has positioned themselves to tap into the fast growing sector.