Oil & Gas

Youths from Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday paralysed activities at the Governor’s office in Akure over alleged poor development of oil-producing areas in the state. The youths, who carried placards with various inscriptions, said they were protesting lack of autonomy for the Ondo State Oil Producing …

A whistleblower (name withheld), who exposed a secret account with a balance of $223m (N80.2bn) has sued the Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation for failing to pay him the N1.9bn commission promised him for exposing corruption. In a suit filed before a FCT High Court vide …

The Federal Government has revoked the oil block licences of five companies, including a firm founded by late Chief Moshood Abiola. The Department of Petroleum Resources, in a public notice on Thursday, indicated that the licences were revoked as a result of legacy debts owed the federation by the affected …

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has lamented that the Ogoni cleanup contract has been corrupted as political patronage for politicians to enrich themselves at the detriment of the poor-impacted victims of the oil and gas pollution. The ERA/FoEN also noted that the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project …

At least 60,000 candidates on Saturday sat for the Computer Based Test (CBT) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recruitment exercise in the country. Isaiah Inuwa, Chief Operating Officer Corporate Services, said this to reporters while monitoring some of the CBT centres in Abuja. He said the exam was …

Against the backdrop of the fire that erupted from an oil well belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited last month in Ondo State, the affected communities have demanded a sum of $2.5bn as compensation from the oil company. The fire incident, which engulfed the oil well at the Ojumole area in …

Chairman of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC), Most Reverend John Sentamu, assured victims of environmental degradation in the state that the commission will not rest until they get justice. The Dr. Sentamu-led panel was inaugurated in March this year by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson as an independent …

Whatever is the motive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation concerning reported relocation of its marketing subsidiary, Nigeria Gas Marketing Company Limited (NGMC), consideration must be given to peace in the Niger Delta area and indeed the country that is already facing terrorism and other security challenges. The NNPC and …

Nigerians living far from petroleum depots or in mountainous and riverine communities may be burdened with high price of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol if President Muhammadu Buhari signs into law the current version of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Already, the Senate has …

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has said it has uncovered plans by the federal government to commence oil drilling in Ogoniland using security agencies and criminally minded non-state actors as shield, and vowed that it would resist such attempts. It alleged that oil operations, with …