Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Nigeria: Marketers Blame Supply Hiccups As Cooking Gas Prices Surge Again

[Leadership] The prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, have surged again across major Nigerian cities, with marketers attributing the hike to persistent supply chain disruptions.

Nigeria: Renowned Energy Professor, Iledare, Wants Nigeria to Curb Oil Export

[This Day] Abuja -- Professor Emeritus of Petroleum Economics, Wumi Iledare, has aligned with the recent view by the Chairman of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Board of Governors, Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, that Nigeria should end ...

Nigeria: Army Destroys Illegal Refinery Sites, Arrests 14 Suspects in N/Delta

[Daily Trust] Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 14 suspected oil thieves, destroyed 14 illegal refining hubs and confiscated over 20,205 litres of stolen products across the Niger Delta region.

Nigeria: Govt Must Clear Names of Executed Environmental Activists Ogoni Nine

[AI London] Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government's brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists - the Ogoni Nine - for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty International is calling for their full exone...

South Africa: When Polluters Don’t Pay – Still No Cleanup At South African Oil Refinery That’s Caused Millions in Damage but Was Sold for 6 Cents

[The Conversation Africa] When BP and Shell sold the South African Petroleum Refinery (Sapref) in 2024 to the Central Energy Fund, a government entity, for R1 (or six US cents), environmental advocates warned that Sapref had not taken any steps to clea...

Nigeria: Avuru Laments Regulator’s Focus On Decommissioning Oil, Gas Assets Against Prioritising Low Cost Production to Raise Output

[This Day] ·Reveals agency listed one attractive asset with 149 wells for decommissioning

Nigeria: NNPC Reiterates 2m Bpd Target By 2027, $60bn in Fresh Investment By 2030

[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) yesterday reiterated its commitment to a 2 million Barrels Per Day (bpd) oil production by 2027, calling for bold global partnerships and investments to end the phenomenon of en...

Nigeria: How We Will Realise 2m BPD Oil Output By 2027 – NNPCL

[Daily Trust] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited yesterday reiterated the commitment of the company to raise Nigeria's oil output to 2 million by 2027 and 3 million in the long term having achieved 1.7 million barrels per day in rec...

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Withdraws Suit Against Issuance of Petrol Import Licences Amid New Import Tariff

[Premium Times] The court dismissed the suit after Dangote Refinery asked to withdraw it on Wednesday.

Nigeria: Ned Nwoko Seeks Mandate to Track, Trace, Recover Stolen Crude Oil Proceeds

[Vanguard] Sen. Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) has sought an expanded mandate to track, trace, and recover stolen crude oil proceeds both locally and internationally.