Recognizing the urgent need for action, leaders from the United Nations, the private sector, national and local governments, youth and other organizations issued a joint call today for countries, businesses, cities and civil society groups to put forward their “Energy Compacts” to show how they will achieve the goal of clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 (SDG7) and net-zero emissions by 2050.
The spate of recent closures of major refineries in South Africa, and the uncertainty over whether it’s worthwhile to lift the local refining industry up off its knees, has fundamentally changed the country’s fuel landscape.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday said it is currently considering equity participation in some private refineries across the country.
Nigeria’s leading Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric (IE), has restated its support for quality education with the donation of educational materials to Agidingbi Primary Schools, Ikeja, Lagos, as part of activities to mark this year’s Children’s Day.
As part of its activities around the International Biological Diversity Day, Schneider Electric, a leading firm in energy management and automation has made commitments to actualize its pledge of combating the global loss of biodiversity by achieving a net-zero loss of biodiversity from its operations, with a specific target of 2030.
Siemens AG has organized a free online seminar series aimed at exploring the latest innovation in Acoustic Testing.
Following the rising incidents of ransomware, phishing, and malware attacks, among others, Schneider Electric has urged energy companies, financial institutions, large industries, and micro small and medium (MSMEs) sized companies to be extra vigilant, and to deploy proven cybersecurity measures especially as the perpetrators of cybercrime have become more sophisticated.
The Federal Government has signed the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for the Gurara II Dam project as part of plans to raise the country’s power generation by about 360MW.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government is in talks with Shell over the planned sale of the company’s stakes in Nigeria’s onshore oil assets.
Halliburton Company today announced it awarded three multimillion-dollar educational software grants to Algerian public universities to train and prepare the next generation of Algerian oil and gas engineers and geoscientists.
