Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Nigeria: Alternative Fuel – Federal Govt Fast-Tracks CNG Adoption

[Leadership] To fast-track the adoption of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Nigeria, the federal government has inaugurated a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles pilot conversion centre in Lagos State, through the Presidential CNG Initiative (P-CNGi).

Nigeria: NUPRC Moves to Enforce Domestic Crude Oil Supply Obligation to Feed Emerging Refineries

[This Day] The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) yesterday said it was taking all necessary steps within the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (2021) to ensure an adequate and consistent supply of crude oil to the emergin...

Tanzania: Government Vehicles to Switch on Green Fuel

[Daily News] Morogoro -- The Government Procurement Services Agency (GPSA) has initiated the process aimed at making all government vehicles use compressed natural gas (CNG) to cut petroleum products costs.

Nigeria: How I Asked Kyari, Malami to Fight P&ID Affair – Buhari

[Premium Times] People, including out-of-work ex-British Cabinet Minister Priti Patel, were queuing up to insist we paid, or risk Nigeria becoming an untrustworthy trade pariah.

Nigeria: Germany’s Scholz Looking to Nigeria for Natural Gas – Report

[DW] The German chancellor told a Nigerian newspaper there was potential for "much more cooperation and investment" with Abuja.

Nigeria: Senate to Investigate Implementation of Petroleum Industry Act

[Premium Times] The Senate noted that the PIA implementation had yet to produced any workable coordination or clearing house by which NNPCL, regulators and oil producing companies, coordinate to ensure vital petroleum sector changes.

Nigeria: P&ID – UK Court Clears Nigerian Lawyer of Wrongdoing

[Premium Times] For years, during the litigation in the United Kingdom, the Nigerian government and its lawyers accused Mr Shasore of not pursuing the government's case diligently.

Nigeria: Oil Theft – Navy Deploys 10 Warships, Helicopters to Nigeria’s Waters

[Premium Times] The Nigerian authorities have been struggling to curb oil theft in the Niger Delta region.

Ghana: Upstream Petroleum Sector – Deputy Speaker Slams Low Local Input …After 10 Years of Local Content Law Passage

[Ghanaian Times] The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has charged the Petroleum Commission (PC) to ensure that many Ghanaians are trained to actively participate in Ghana's upstream petroleum sector.

Nigeria: Oil Theft – 149 Incidents Recorded Across Niger Delta in One Week – NNPCL

[Premium Times] "In some areas of the Niger Delta, it's become a warfare of sorts," the NNPCL said.