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  • Shell declares force majeure on Bonny Light exports, NLNG gas supply

    Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), on Monday evening, said that it could not meet it contractual agreement with the importers of its Bonny Light Crude grade from Nigeria and the gas supply to the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas...

    • Posted September 25, 2013
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  • NCP forecloses deadline extension for NIPP bidders

    The National Council on Privatisation has foreclosed any extension of time for prospective bidders for the power plants constructed under the National Integrated Power Projects. Although the deadline for the submission of bids for the power plant...

    • Posted September 20, 2013
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  • 386 prospective bidders shortlisted for 10 power plants

    The Federal Government on Monday said 386 firms had been  shortlisted for the purchase of 10 National Integrated Power Project  plants slated for privatisation. Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State made this known to State House correspondents...

    • Posted August 13, 2013
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  • NLNG/NIMASA face-off: Depots run out of cooking gas

    Major Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) depots in Lagos, from where the product is loaded and transferred to other parts of the country, are now empty due to the lack of supply from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural...

    • Posted July 12, 2013
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  • Shell raises alarm over rising crude oil theft spills

    Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, operated Joint Venture, Tuesday, raised an alarm over the rising cases of sabotage on its facilities, saying that it recorded eight incidences of vandalisation on its pipelines at the...

    • Posted July 3, 2013
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  • Oil, gas deposits to deplete in 40 years

    A PROFESSOR of Medicine and sustainable environment advocate, Prof. Vincent Idemyor, has predicted that Nigerian oil and gas deposits, particularly in the Niger Delta region will not last beyond the next 40 years. The US-based Idemyor, currently...

    • Posted June 14, 2013
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  • Oil thieves now convert trawlers to tankers – Navy

    The Nigerian Navy, weekend, said crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta region have devised new tactics of converting fishing trawlers into oil tankers for illegal lifting of crude oil along waterways of the region with a...

    • Posted June 4, 2013
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  • Oil production drops by 127,000bpd

    Nigeria’s crude oil production has dropped by 127,000 barrels per day from about 2.3 million bpd following the declaration of force majeure on Usan crude by the oil major, Total Plc. The force majeure,  Total said in a statement made...

    • Posted May 31, 2013
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  • Pipeline protection contracts: Jonathan is rewarding terrorism in Niger Delta – Mohammed

    Elder statesman and Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed,Wednesday took on President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly awarding multi-million Naira pipeline protection contracts to the Niger Delta militants of Ijaw extraction. He described the action as illegal and...

    • Posted May 2, 2013
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  • Dangote to build $8bn oil refinery in Nigeria

    Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, plans to invest up to $8bn to build a Nigerian oil refinery with a capacity of around 400,000 barrels a day by late 2016, the tycoon told Reuters on Tuesday. This will almost...

    • Posted April 17, 2013
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