Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Nigeria: SERAP Asks Buhari to Investigate ‘Missing’ 149 Million Barrels of Crude Oil

[Premium Times] The organization asked the outgoing president to set up a presidential panel of enquiry to investigate the missing crude oil.

Nigeria: Serap Threatens to Sue Federal Govt If It Fails to Probe Missing Crude Oil

[Leadership] Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to drag the federal government to court if it fails to investigate allegations that over 149 million barrels of crude oil are missing and unaccounted for.

Nigeria: Malami Bows to Pressure, to Appear Before Committee On Alleged Sale of 48 Billion Barrels of Crude

[This Day] The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami yesterday expressed readiness to provide relevant information on the alleged sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil amounting to over $2.4 billion and cru...

Nigeria: ‘Missing’ 48 Million Barrels of Oil – Malami Finally Agrees to Appear Before Reps

[Premium Times] Mr Malami and his counterpart in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had repeatedly shunned the public hearing on the missing crude oil.

Nigeria: Inside Mele Kyari’s Exploits At NNPC

[Premium Times] As a new dispensation dawns, it is no surprise that certain people have started to eye certain positions, more out of lust for lucre than thirst for service. And if the targets of the smear campaigns are too kind, too aloof or too pure ...

Nigeria: Operators Seek Alignment Between NUPRC, NMDPRA in Oil Regulation

[This Day] Worried by the many challenges confronting the Nigerian oil and gas industry partly as a result of actions and inactions of the federal government, some operators yesterday, called for an alignment in regulatory activities between the Nigeri...

Nigeria: Mele Kyari’s Matchless Exploits At NNPC

[Vanguard] In the tumultuous and often turbulent energy sector, nobody stands taller than Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). As the head of the apex oil and gas corporation, Kyari spearheaded a tr...

Tanzania: Catholic Bishops Extol EACOP Execution

[Daily News] TANZANIA Episcopal Conference (TEC) has commended and blessed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, saying that its implementation was vital and will significantly transform the country’s economy.

Nigeria: Buhari Recounts Achievements in Oil, Gas Sector, Lists PIA As Biggest Accomplishment

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday attended the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES), his last as the country's leader, seizing the opportunity to highlight his administration's achievements in the sector from which Nigeria earns mos...

Nigeria: ExxonMobil Declares Force Majeure On Crude Oil Lifting in Nigeria

[Leadership] American oil major, ExxonMobil has declared force majeure on oil lifting from several ports in Nigeria.