Aggrieved Nigerians, under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Delta Youths Against Poverty, Insecurity and Environmental Degradation (CONDYAPIED), have decried the alleged wastage of over $3 billion to fix the nation’s comatose refineries.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has called on the media to adhere to strict fact-checking standards in their coverage of the nation's oil and gas sector. This appeal was made during a media parley on Friday, 13 September 2024, at Effurun in Uvwie, Delta State, where journalists from both print and digital platforms…

As Nigerians continue to wait for the country’s refineries operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to come on stream, the over $25 billion expenses incurred by the assets on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) in the last 10 years and about N272 billion incurred on staff salaries and other expenses since they were shutdown four years ago are creating fresh concerns among stakeholders.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced that the Port Harcourt refinery is on track to meet its August deadline for producing petroleum products and will be able to supply 10 to 12 million liters of petrol to marketers.

Smarting from increasing allegations of economic sabotage in the petroleum industry, the Senate has raised questions over the $1.5 billion approved in 2021 under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refinery with little or no result.

The Senate has raised concern over 1.5 billion dollars approved in 2021 for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refinery with little or no result. Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, Chairman, Senate Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Alleged Economic Sabotage in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, raised the concern during an interactive session with stakeholders on…

The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee to Investigate the Turnaround Maintenance of Nigeria’s Refineries has said that the upgrade and full rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery is at 90 per cent completion and expected to commence operation before the end of the year.

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.

Nigeria may be inching closer to increasing domestic refining as the Federal Government declared that the Port Harcourt Refinery is 80 per cent completed.

Two months after the announcement of the technical completion of Port Harcourt Refinery, the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the nation’s refineries.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) said it has completed the supply of over 475,000bbls of crude oil to the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC). Managing Director and Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, in a statement, said Shell resumed the supply last week. Okunbor said the supply…