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NUPRC sets December 1 for 2025 Licensing Round

…Moves to tackle funding gaps in upstream sector Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, has announced that the 2025 Licensing Round will officially commence on December 1, 2025, marking a […]

Oil falls after loadings resume at key Russian export hub

*Global oil flow. – Russia’s Novorossiysk port resumed oil loadings on Sunday– Trump said Republicans preparing legislation to sanction countries doing business with Russia– Speculators increased ICE Brent net longs amid sanctions-related supply risks Tokyo/Beijing […]

NUPRC moves to cut costly legal delays in oil sector with ADR

*Gbenga Komolafe, NUPRC Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, says its Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre, ADRC, is now a key pillar in reducing operational delays and cutting millions of […]

What Nigeria can learn from global gas superpowers

*Nigeria’s gas pipeline infrastructure. Oghenekevwe Ovbije & Obiageri Amaliri Houston, TX — While Nigeria continues to declare natural gas its transition fuel of choice, the gap between ambition and execution grows wider each year. With […]

Norway loses oilfields appeal case, but output not affected for now

Production from the fields, meanwhile, would be allowed to continue, the court said. The case was brought by environmental campaigners hoping to block the development of Norway’s oil and gas industry. Environmentalists argued that the […]

Renaissance urges workforce upskilling to bolster Nigeria’s global energy competitiveness

Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has called for an urgent overhaul of Nigeria’s operational efficiency and rapid upskilling of its youthful energy workforce, warning that the country’s competitiveness in the […]

Nigeria drops planned fuel import tariff

*Fuel imports Lagos — Nigeria has ended plans to impose a 15% import duty on petrol and diesel amid assurances of adequate supply during the year-end holidays, the downstream regulator said on Thursday. The tariff, […]

Africa’s flaring problem is less waste and more watts

*Hesham Tawfik Elshamy Head of Commercial AMEAPAC at Aggreko- unpacks how Africa can translate its flaring problem into a power solution. Lagos — In 2024, Africa flared nearly 40 billion cubic metres (BCM) of gas, […]

NNPCL launches health insurance scheme for 7,000 fuel pump attendants

*A fuel attendant holding up her insurance card. Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — In a major boost to employee welfare, NNPC Retail Limited, in collaboration with NNPC Health Maintenance Organization, HMO, has launched the Attendants’ […]

New FDPs can unlock 1.7bn barrels, 7.7tcf of gas- NUPRC

*Gbenga Komolafe, NUPRC boss Oritsegbubemi Omatseyin Lagos — The Commission Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, has said that the 43 Field Development Plans, FDPs, recorded this year can […]