Heineken Lokpobiri
1 May 2024
The House of Representatives, at the resumption of plenary yesterday, summoned the Minister of Petroleum Resources and all relevant stakeholders to explain the current fuel scarcity and attendant pains nationwide.
1 May 2024
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has threatened to shut down all their marketing outlets nationwide over more than N200 billion in debts owed to them by the Nigerian Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) from 2022.
24 Apr 2024
Minister of Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri and former Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Local Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote, are at loggerheads over wasteful spending of about $500 million.
19 Apr 2024
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
19 Apr 2024
Worried by the dwindling oil production and the need to drive investments in the nation’s oil and gas sector, the Federal Government, through the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has underscored the imperative of ramping up production as a pivotal strategy to ensure stability in the midstream and downstream sectors of the industry.
17 Apr 2024
The Federal Government has called on oil and gas operators to create ingenious ways of raising capital to expand their investment and tackle myriads of problems facing the sector, especially leveraging the nation's capital market.
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Nigeria may struggle to find buyers for its crude oil as about 30 out of 53 cargoes loading for May are stranded. This is coming despite the low production currently being experienced in the country as Angola
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri and the Minister of State for Petroleum (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo are to speak at the 23rd yearly NOG Energy Week 2024 following the Executive Order by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on government’s strategies in strengthening the country’s energy sector.
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