Nigeria plans to produce 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil by 2015 and build three new refineries adding 445,000 bpd of capacity, the oil minister said on Wednesday, ambitious plans
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Nigerian crude exports set to rise in Jan
November 28, 2011 Comment Off 66 ViewsNigeria is set to load around 1.93 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in January, according to provisional loading programmes, up slightly from planned levels last month due to higher
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Germany unfolds plans to invest in Nigeria’s renewable energy project
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 36 ViewsGermany has unfolded plans to invest nine million euro (about N1 billion) into Nigeria's renewable energy project, within the next four years. The European economic giant's initiative would
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Renegotiate Offshore Oil Contracts
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 98 ViewsThe governor of Nigeria’s central bank, Lamido Sanusi, said the contracts for oil companies to conduct deep offshore operations must be renegotiated because the fiscal terms are unfavorable to
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Much Ado About Subsidy
November 18, 2011 Comment Off 43 ViewsIbadan — IT was a mix of anger and consternation as eggheads within the academic community of the University of Ibadan held a symposium to examine the issues connected with the controversial
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New oil sector regulator chiefs
November 18, 2011 Comment Off 84 ViewsNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday changed top management at regulators overseeing Africa's biggest oil industry, a body criticised in the past by international agencies for a lack
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Nigerian President Defends Cutting $7.5 Billion Fuel Subsidy
November 15, 2011 Comment Off 29 ViewsNigeria says it is ending a $7.5 billion consumer fuel subsidy because it can better spend that money on infrastructure and social programs. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is
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Shell reports fresh spill in southern Nigeria
November 14, 2011 Comment Off 36 ViewsYENAGOA, Nigeria — Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Sunday reported a fresh spill from a key delivery pipeline in southern Nigeria, but said it has contained the leak. "SPDC (Shell Petroleum
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Nigeria a model for oil cleanup?
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 50 ViewsLONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The cleanup of oil contamination in Nigeria could serve as a model for other African producers though a local group said it is skeptical of that optimism. United Nations
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Nigeria eyes natural gas infrastructure
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 53 ViewsABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A Nigerian energy company said it was paving the way for the construction of one of the largest natural gas pipeline grids in the region. Oando announced it would
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