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Oil Theft: Deziani Should Be Sacked-Ekiyor

Posted by admin on Sunday, 25 January 2015 in Energy Today 1368 Reads

BY OMOS OYIBODE, Worried by the incessant activities and cases of oil theft in the country, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Delta State, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has challenged the Federal Government to take decisive steps in curbing the worrisome development. Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Speaking in Asaba, the Delta State ...

Chevron Commissions Ekpan Women Development Centre

Posted by admin on Friday, 23 January 2015 in Energy Today 1545 Reads

Francis Sadhere Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, operators of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture under its Project Specific Agreement (PSA) with Ekpan Community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, recently commissioned the Ekpan Women Development Centre. In his remark at the occasion, the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA), Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Deji Haastrup, ...

Solar Energy, better alternative to electricity—-Expert

Posted by admin on Thursday, 22 January 2015 in Energy Today 1398 Reads

By Omos Oyibode, Asaba An expert in the generation, installation and maintenance of solar energy, as an alternative to the poor electricity supply in Nigeria, has said that solar energy was better and preferable to using fuel to power generators for domestic uses. Sunday Agbadah, the Consultant at Ase Sunek Ltd in Asaba, the Delta State capital, ...

OIL SPILL: DELTA COMMUNITIES GIVE NPDC TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM

Posted by admin on Friday, 16 January 2015 in Energy Today 1593 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme Worried by the ravaging effect of alleged oil spills, the people of Tekedor-kusimi community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have given a two-week ultimatum to the management of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NNPC) to clean up the persistent oil spills or be ready for tough time. Mrs. Diezani ...

Chevron Celebrates Sonam Project Milestone

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 06 January 2015 in Energy Today 2764 Reads

Francis Sadhere Chevron Nigeria Limited, operator of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture (NNPC/CNL JV), recently recorded significant milestones in the accomplishment of its Meren Gas Gathering Compression Platform (GGCP) and Sonam Development project objectives for 2014. Andrew Fawthrop, Managing Director Chevron Nigeria Limited Commenting at the Ready-For-Load-Out (RTLO) Sonam NWP jacket ceremony, which held at Nigerdock, recently, Mr. ...

GROUP HAILS ALISON-MADUEKE ON HER ELECTION AS OPEC PRESIDENT

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 03 December 2014 in Energy Today 1173 Reads

By Our Correspondent THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has hailed Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke over her election as the first female President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, President of OPEC The group in a press release signed by its President, Nelly Emma; Secretary, John Sailor ...

Chevron, Agbami Partners Applauded for Child Safety Campaign in Warri

Posted by admin on Friday, 28 November 2014 in Energy Today 2250 Reads

By Francis Sadhere Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited (a Chevron company and operator of the Agbami field) and its partners in the Agbami field: Famfa Oil Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Statoil Nigeria Limited, and Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria Limited (Petrobras) have been commended for their commitment to safety of children through the Arrive Alive child road ...

Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Madueke, Elected OPEC President

Posted by admin on Friday, 28 November 2014 in Energy Today 1586 Reads

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been elected the first female president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Mrs. Diezani Madueke Alison-Madueke was elected President of OPEC Thursday at the ongoing 166th General Meeting of the body in Vienna, Austria. She replaces former President of OPEC, Libyan Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, ...

NNPC/Chevron JV Donates Medical Equipment to Delta State

Posted by admin on Thursday, 13 November 2014 in Energy Today 1457 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme The NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture has donated medical equipment to the Delta State Government to support efforts to contain outbreak of communicable diseases in the state. The donation comes on the heels of the donation of a Ford Transit ambulance to the State last September. Mr. Dan Agofode (r) of Chevron handing over the ...

Avoid Pitfalls Associated With Oil, Gas Industry – CEPEJ Coordinator Tells Ghana Govt

Posted by admin on Thursday, 06 November 2014 in Energy Today 1280 Reads

The Government of Ghana has been implored to avoid the pitfalls associated with the oil and gas industry. Speaking today at the Koffi International Peacekeeping Training Center, Accra, Ghana, at the opening ceremony of the Peace and Environment Conference, coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff B. Mulade, said discovery of large ...

OIL PIRACY AND HEGEMONISTIC COMPLICITY

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 05 November 2014 in Energy Today 1351 Reads

“If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground. It will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through. It will blow up everything in its way”. Emile Zola (1840-1902)J’accuse CHIEF BOBSON GBINIJE Some Ijaw / Urhobo / Itsekiri adages runs thus, “the worm that eats the kola-nut is ...

Nigerian Local Content: FENOG Boss Wants Jonathan, Others To Prevail On SPDC On Award Of Trans Niger Pipeline Looplines Project …As FENOG Commissions 70 Million Dollars Equipment

Posted by admin on Sunday, 02 November 2014 in Energy Today 2573 Reads

THE Executive Director, FENOG Nigeria Limited (FNL), Mr. Matthew Tonlagha has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to urgently go ahead and award its multi-billion Dollars Trans Niger Pipeline Looplines Project (TNPL). He said FENOG was being weighed down by low patronage by the multinationals on its huge investments ...

Local Content Act, Motivator for Stronger Commitment to Development – FENOG G.M.

Posted by admin on Friday, 31 October 2014 in Energy Today 3171 Reads

By Francis Sadhere The Nigeria Local Content Act has become a catalyst and motivator for stronger commitment to the development of Nigeria contractors capacity and capability in all aspects of the economy, especially the Oil and Gas industry, says Engr. Uwakwe Chukwudi, General Mangager, FENOG Nigeria Limited. Engr. Ernest Nwapa, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development & ...

Michael Idoko Wins NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture Junior Masters Tennis Championship

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 in Energy Today, sports 2476 Reads

By Tejiri Ebikeme Michael Idoko has won this year's NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture Junior Masters Tennis Championship as he defeated Niyi Olatunde in two straights of 6-4 and 6-4 at the of Lord Rumens Centre Court of the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club to emerge the winners of the 14th edition of the competition. Michael Idoko(left) and Niyi Olatunde ...

SHELL SALES OF OIL BLOCKS – WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO HOST COMMUNITIES OF NIGER DELTA?

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 in Energy Today 2698 Reads

Zik Gbemre The Royal Dutch Shell is at it again as it has concluded the sale of its four Nigerian onshore oil blocks–Oil Mining Leases (OML) 18, 24, 25 and 29 – in addition to the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) - which it put up for sale following a 2013 review of its business in the ...

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