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Shell restores full cash dividend as it emerges from slump
Royal Dutch Shell Plc will pay its entire dividend in cash for the first time in more than two years as Europe’s biggest oil company seeks to demonstrate it has left the worst of the crude slump behind. From this quarter, Shell will no longer offer shareholders the option to take the payout in stock, it…
Total commences operation in Brazil’s giant Libra Field
An international oil giant, Total has announced its first oil from the Libra mega-field, located in ultra-deep waters 180 kilometers offshore Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt Santos Basin in Brazil. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Pioneiro de Libra has a capacity of 50,000 barrels of oil. This start-up of the early…
Total commences operation in Brazil’s giant Libra Field
An international oil giant, Total has announced its first oil from the Libra mega-field, located in ultra-deep waters 180 kilometers offshore Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt Santos Basin in Brazil. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Pioneiro de Libra has a capacity of 50,000 barrels of oil. This start-up of the early…
CNOOC announces Weizhou 12-2 oil field Phase II project …Commences production
CNOOC Limited has announced the Weizhou 12-2 oil field phase II project has already commenced production. The Weizhou 12-2 oil field phase II project is located in Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea with an average water depth of approximately 35.7 meters. In addition to fully utilizing the existing facilities of Weizhou 12-2 oil…
ExxonMobil begins production at Hebron Field
ExxonMobil has announced that the Hebron project started production safely and ahead of schedule. At its peak, the project will produce up to 150,000 barrels of oil per day. Discovered in 1980, the Hebron field is estimated to contain more than 700 million barrels of recoverable resources. The Hebron platform consists of a stand-alone gravity-based…
ExxonMobil begins production at Hebron Field
ExxonMobil has announced that the Hebron project started production safely and ahead of schedule. At its peak, the project will produce up to 150,000 barrels of oil per day. Discovered in 1980, the Hebron field is estimated to contain more than 700 million barrels of recoverable resources. The Hebron platform consists of a stand-alone gravity-based…
AEDC denies issuing force majeure over direct electricity purchase
By Oke Peter THE Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has disassociated itself from notice of force majeure served Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, by the Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, over the new Eligible Customer Policy in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). It will be recalled that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC), recently declared…
PENGASSAN tasks NNPC on rehabilitation of fuel depots, tank farms
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to intensify ongoing rehabilitation of the nation’s downstream facilities, especially the depots, pipelines, tank farms, and jetties to further ensure seamless supply of products across the country. PENGASSAN commended the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr….
Eni becomes operator of Angola's Cabinda North Block
Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi and Sonangol’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Carlos Saturnino signed today an agreement that assigns operatorship of Cabinda North Block to Eni, as well as 48% the block’s rights. The signing took place in Luanda, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Angola João Gonçalves…
NNPC justifies 2.3mbpd for 2018 Budget … Says crude oil production average performance for 2017 stands at 86%
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the Federal Government’s 2.3 million barrels per day crude oil projection for the 2018 Budget is achievable and realistic. Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Mr. Bala Wunti, made this submission on Monday during a presentation to the House of Representatives Joint Committee on 2018-2020 Medium…