Category: Oil and Gas
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Nigerian Ijaw group petitions Ramaphosa for the release of militant leader, Okah
“We find it both ironic and egregious that an African National Congress government that is a product of an armed struggle against an oppressive regime is aligning itself with the suppression and repression of the oppressed people of the Niger Delta by an alliance of the Nigerian state and international…
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Nigerian Militant Goes to Court to Stop Parole, Deportation
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2025 – Henry Okah, a Nigerian oil-region militant leader jailed in South Africa, started a court case in Pretoria on April 15 to halt alleged moves to grant him parole and deport him to Nigeria. The case with number 2025-038124 set for hearing in a Gauteng…
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Militant Group Claims Attack on Major Nigeria Oil Pipeline
PRESS RELEASE April 13, 2025 – MEDIA RELEASE Under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D), forces of the Liberation Army of the Niger Delta and Bakassi (L.A.N.D. & B) attacked and destroyed 1. Ogada Brass Agip trunk line running from Omouku to Brass Agip terminal 0200hr 2. Oron river back…
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IMF in Article IV Consultation With Nigeria’s Petroleum Ministry, NNPC
PRESS RELEASE April 11, 2025 – The Ministry of Petroleum Resources (MPR), alongside three agencies under its supervision—the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), recently participated in the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court Paves the Way for Okah to Make Fresh Filings
Press Release (Updated) South Africa’s Constitutional Court on February 18, 2025, made two orders which essentially pave the way for Henry Okah, the imprisoned leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), to file fresh applications in that court, likely to be considered urgently, challenging his…
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Helicopter Incident En-Route to NNPC’s FPDO – Nuims Antan
Press Release October, 24 – On the 24th of October 2024, about 11:22am, we lost contact with the Helicopter – Register Number: 5NBQG, engaged by NNPC Limited, that took off from Port Harcourt NAF Base en route the FPSO – NUIMS ANTAN. The helicopter was operated by East Winds Aviation.…
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Transparency, Research, Innovation, Driving NNPC Ltd. Transformation —EVP Gas, Power & New Energy
Press Release Abuja, March 21 – The Executive Vice President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye, has identified transparency, accountability, research, technology and innovation as key drivers of the ongoing transformation in the company. Ogunleye disclosed this while speaking during a Panel Session…
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IOC’s Divestment: We Facilitate, Not Hinder Process – NNPC Ltd
Abuja, Feb. 27 – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), as the largest partner to all the oil producing companies in Nigeria, has assured that its role in the divestment of the International Oil Companies from onshore and shallow water assets in the country is that of a…
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NNPC Chief Mele Kyari Highlights Energy Security’s Role in Wealth Creation
Abuja, Feb. 20 – The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mr. Mele Kyari, says no public wealth creation endeavour can achieve any meaningful success without energy security. The GCEO stated this in a presentation at the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Public…
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NNPC Ltd. Celebrates 14,000bpd Production from Akpo West Field
PRESS RELEASE Abuja, Feb. 7 – In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) to optimise production from the nation’s oil and gas assets, the Company has announced the successful commencement of oil production from the Akpo West Field. The milestone,…
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