Pressure from President Bola Tinubu, following two high-level visits from ExxonMobil’s top shots, has cleared the hurdle in the path of the international oil company’s asset sale to indigenous heavyweight, Seplat Energy Plc.
Foremost gender equity advocacy group in Nigeria, the Women in Energy Network (WIEN), has expressed delight at the Oil and Gas Companies Order 2024 just released by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, and other agencies of government to clear all court cases around the $1.3bn deepwater OPL 245 oil block located in southern Niger Delta.
Tinubu hits it with TotalEnergies as French giant pledges $6 billion in Nigeria oil, gas investments
TotalEnergies reaffirmed its commitment to business interests in Nigeria, the French company said, adding that its head Patrick Pouyanne had met Nigeria President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Monday.