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Fuel scarcity: Petrol station manager arrested for products diversion
By Energy Worth A petrol station manager has been arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps for diverting 26,000 litres of petrol from New Nyanya to another location in Akwanga, Nasarawa State.According to an official of the NSCDC, Yusuf O. Ayinde, a Chief Superintendent of the Corps, the manager with Lamido Petroleum, New…
Sosoliso crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi visits SPDC
From left, Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor and Kechi Okwuchi, survivor of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash during a ‘Thank You’ visit to SPDC. There were emotional scenes as Miss Kechi Okwuchi, a survivor of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash that…
Adhere to safety rules and regulations, IBEDC urge customers
THE management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), has urged its customers tp adhere strictly to the safety rules and standards. The head of Health, Safety and Environment, Mrs. Mariam Arowolo, in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, said that investigation has revealed that refusal to observe basic safety rules and procedures remains…
Oil price at lowest in 2018, Nigeria’s budget not in danger -Report
By Energy Worth with Agency Report Crude oil price headed toward its worst week in almost a year as the global risk-asset rout further rankled investors already concerned over growing U.S. output undermining Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC’s efforts to tighten markets and prop up prices, it has been reported. Nigeria’s 2018 budget is…
GENCOS generated 94,627MWh in 2017 Q4 —NBS
By Energy Worth The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Generation companies (Gencos) generated 94,627 megawatts per hour (MWh) of energy daily in the fourth quarter of 2017.According to the information posted on its website on Thursday, the report showed that daily energy generation attained a peak of 105,152 megawatts on December 8.The…
Fuel scarcity: NNPC allocates 2 cargoes per day for February
In a bid to keep the country wet with petrol and eradicate the fuel queues that have resurfaced in some cities, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has programmed to bring in two cargoes of petrol per day for the rest of February 2018 to boost supply.Each of the two cargoes is 50 million litres…
ExxonMobil adds 2.7bn barrels to reserve, replaces 183% of 2017 production
Exxon Mobil Corporation has said that it added 2.7 billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves in 2017, replacing 183 percent of production. ExxonMobil’s proved reserves totaled 21.2 billion oil-equivalent barrels at year-end 2017. Liquids represented 57 percent of the reserves, up from 53 percent in 2016. ExxonMobil’s reserves life at current production rates…
Indian Oil tank with 22 crew missing off Benin Coast
*The missing vessel. By Energy Worth with Agency Report India has sought the help of the Nigerian and Benin natives to find an oil tanker that has gone missing with 22 Indian crew members off Benin’s coast. External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, confirmed this on Sunday that the tanker, Marine Express, went missing in the…
Malabu Oil: ENI’s lawyer, 14 others arrested for spying
By Energy Worth with Agency Report An Italian lawyer working for oil giant, Eni, Piero Amara, was arrested alongside 14 other people by Italian investigators over an intricate plan to spy and muddle a number of investigations undertaken including investigation into OPL 245, infamously known as the Malabu Oil scandal. Last October, Italian prosecutors charged…
NNPC declares war on erring marketers, fuel hawkers
Arrests 2 station managers, 6 black marketers As part of efforts to sanitize the fuel supply and distribution system to eliminate the queues, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stepped up the arrest and prosecution of erring marketers and fuel hawkers across the country. The NNPC Special Task Force on Filling Stations Monitoring has…