Gbenga Komolafe
14 Feb
The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisations of Nigeria (FIWON) has lamented how the scarcity of fuel and naira notes has engendered low productivity.
27 Jan
Federal Government, yesterday, began a move to tighten modalities guiding crude oil and gas production determination, verification and certification. Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe...
12 Jan
Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has donated relief items to 2022 flood victims in Cross River State. The Chief Executive Officer of NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, said, yesterday, the commission was touched by challenges faced by the flood victims...
22 Dec
The Nigerian government has announced a mini-bid round for seven oil blocks. This is coming six months after the government, through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission...
11 Oct
Unemployment and underemployment are major factors that drive poverty. For the poor, labour is often the only asset they can use to improve their well-being.
13 Sep 2022
While many oil and gas producing countries are maximizing the present global crisis to improve output and revenue, rising pipeline sabotage and insecurity in the Niger Delta
6 Sep 2022
Contrary to the present practice where Nigeria depends on operators for production data to determine daily volume and oil earnings, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ...
13 Jul 2022
The award of 57 marginal oil fields to about 49 new investors in Abuja, the other day, failed to engender the appropriate enthusiasm of an upward shift in the battered sector; and this is hardly surprising considering that government has not addressed...
1 Jul 2022
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has expressed concerns about the country’s production capacity, citing cases of deliberate shut of oil wells and pipelines...
7 May 2022
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that the country’s crude oil reserves has moved up by 0.37 per cent to 37.046 billion barrels.
21 Apr 2022
Nigeria is planning about six new regulations on the backdrop of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) that sets fresh modalities for oil and gas royalty, award of oil blocks, fees and rentals amidst divestment by International Oil Companies (IOCs).
25 Mar 2022
The Federal Government has warned that it would no longer condone any form of criminality on the nation's oil and gas facilities and installations, saying that crude oil thieves
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