Nigeria: NNPCL Denies Paying N20bn to ‘Ghost’ Consultants/in /by
[Premium Times] The NNPCL asked the online platform to retract the said publication.
Nigeria: NMDPRA Moves to Regularise About 1,000 Unlicensed Petroleum Retail Outlets/in /by
[This Day] In a review of its method of clamping down on illegal filling stations operating in Nigeria, which it put at about 1,000, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said it now intends to engage the operators of the facilities in discussions in order to get them properly registered and licensed.
Nigeria: Nigeria Under-Produces OPEC’s Crude Oil Quota By 30.6m Barrels in Two Months/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude producer, drilled 30.6 million less barrels of oil in January and February compared to the quota allocated to the country by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the period, a THISDAY analysis has indicated.
Zimbabwe: Govt Blacklists 13 Contractors for Fuelling Black Market/in /by
[New Zimbabwe] Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube has blocked 13 companies from supplying government with any services or products after investigations revealed they are passing the ZW$ they earn to the black market.
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Oil Production Was OPEC’s Biggest Increase in March – Reuters Survey/in /by
[This Day] Nigeria's crude oil production for March 2023 edged up to about 1.6 million barrels per day (mbpd), with the country recording the biggest Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) biggest increase last month, a survey by Reuters has revealed.
Mozambique: Exxonmobil Consortium Wants to Update Onshore Gas Project/in /by
[AIM] Maputo -- The US oil and gas company ExxonMobil says that the consortium it heads, in Area Four of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, wants to upgrade the project for a natural gas liquefaction plant.
Mozambique: Mozambique Sends Fuel to Malawi/in /by
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government is sending aid of 40,000 litres of fuel to Malawi, in response to the appeal launched by Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera, following the passage of tropical cyclone Freddy, which devastated southern Malawi, killing at least 438 people.
Nigeria: Nigeria, U.S., Mexico Top List of Leaders in Global Reduction of Gas Flaring – World Bank/in /by
[This Day] Nigeria, Mexico, and the United States of America accounted for most of the decline in global gas flaring in 2022, new satellite data compiled by the World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR), has revealed.
Nigeria: Edo Refinery Targets $125m Per Annum Haul From Export/in /by
[This Day] *State govt meets WHO, UNICEF, other devt partners, strengthens measures to improve healthcare delivery
Africa: The EU Chooses Fuel Over Food to the Loss of Millions Going Hungry #AfricaClimateCrisis/in /by
[Oxfam] Today, the EU chose fuel over food in the provisional agreement reached on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU law that incentivises the burning of crops to fuel cars and trucks.