THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has urged all electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) across Nigeria to ensure implementation of the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulation to bridge metering gaps in the country. NERC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. James Momoh, speaking during a workshop on the implementation of MAP regulation in Lagos, noted that…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday in Abuja defended it decision to award the contract for the protection of the 87-kilometre Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP) to an indigenous firm, Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS).

Royal Niger Emerging Technologies Limited, and its technology partner, Viper Innovations Limited, have developed a solution for the Nigerian market, which is targeted at reducing maintenance costs for subsea electrical equipment maintenance and electrical integrity in the upstream segment of the petroleum industry.     Unveiling the subsea solution to stakeholders in Lagos, Viper Innovations expressed…

Succour has come the way of the oil and gas industry as its efforts at communicating issues to stakeholders has received a boost after a lingo compendium was reintroduced to the public with reinvigorated and well researched information containing clear and detailed definitions that are extensively cross referenced, and handy for quick and easy understanding…

Ikeja Electric Plc has won this year’s edition of SERAS Innovation Prize at the SERAS Awards held last Saturday in Lagos.     The DisCo bagged the award, which was keenly contested by Union Bank Plc, ISON BPO, Access Bank and Data Jaja, in a category that focused on innovative and sustainable ideas with positive environmental…

PWC says the attainment of uninterrupted electricity supply is possible if the right stakeholder collaborations are effected. It, therefore, stressed the urgent need for stakeholders in the power sector to work together if the required result must happen. This was the conclusion at PwC’s 9th annual power roundtable held in Lagos, and attended by key…

Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA) says that in the past 10 years the sector has increase by 1,000 per cent to become one of the fastest growing LPG markets in the world. Speaking at NLPGA Conference in Abuja, the president of the association, Nuhu Yakubu, said that the association was pulling mostly private capital…

Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) said it has put in place all the necessary modalities to boost revenue generation in 2019. KEDCO Managing Director, Dr. Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna, who disclosed this at the just concluded marketing conference in Kano, said proper assessment had been done and strategies put in place. Gwamna noted that the outcome…

Nipco Plc has restated its commitment to addressing deforestation in some parts of Nigeria, leveraging its investments in cooking gas. Managing Director of the company, Sanjay Teotia, said this at the 8th annual international conference and exhibition of the Nigerian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA) in Abuja. He maintained that NIPCO’s huge investments in the…

The oil and gas industry and other sectors of the nations economy are currently in need of indigenous experts, who specialize in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). With only eight in-country level three NDT practitioners, foreign exchange conservation as well as reduction of expatriates, particularly from India and China into Nigeria’s petroleum sector could remain elusive if…

The inaction of the Nigerian Government with respect to delayed approval for projects in the Benin embayment, is currently stalling investments in the area, and threatening the resolve by the current government to grow its oil reserves.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and oil major, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), have identified appropriate fiscal regimes and regulatory framework as critical elements that will attract the needed investments into the sector.