FILE PHOTO: Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters are seen in Abuja

NNPC, China partner to develop expertise in oilfield development

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it is considering going into a partnership with the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), to develop its expertise in oilfield services. CNOOC, a global leader and China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas, is the third-largest NOC in China, after the China National […]

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Oil workers walk through pipe installations on a tanker at Bonga off-shore oil field outside Lagos, file.

NNPC allays fear of possible fuel scarcity

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has allayed fears of possible hiccups in petroleum products supply in parts of the country following an ultimatum issued by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over a purported intervention by an arm of the security agencies in what the union viewed as purely labour […]

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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC headquarters are seen in Abuja

NNPC denies fuel scarcity threat from NUPENG’s crisis

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday said there would be no scarcity of petroleum products in the country or supply disruptions in parts of the country following a potential crisis brewing from a reported misunderstanding between National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and security agencies. NNPC in a statement from […]

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FILE PHOTO: Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters are seen in Abuja

NNPC dismiss fear over fuel scarcity, moves to resolve issue in supply

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Friday, allayed fears of possible hitch in petroleum products supply in parts of the country, stating that it has already commenced moves to resolve the issue that might lead to an interference in supply. This, according to a statement by the NNPC, in Abuja, was following an ultimatum issued […]

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Why dredging of Warri port channel can’t go below 7.5 meters, by NPA boss

Gas pipeline belong to the National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is to hinder the dredging of Warri port channel from being dredged going below 7.5 meters. Disclosing this in Lagos Monday during a working visit to the corporate head office of the Vanguard Newspaper, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, said […]

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Maikanti Baru

NNPC petrol stations to run on solar electricity – Baru

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Tuesday, said it plans to venture into solar power generation and is also considering powering all its retail outlets with electricity from solar energy. The NNPC, in a statement in Abuja, also stated that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, in China with two consortia, towards the development […]

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FILE PHOTO: Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters are seen in Abuja

NNPC to build 200,000bpd condensate refineries

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will establish two condensate refineries with a total refining capacity of 200,000 barrels per day at Western Forcados Area and Assah North Ohaji South (ANOH) Areas of Delta and Imo State respectively. Natural-gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw […]

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Oil workers walk through pipe installations on a tanker at Bonga off-shore oil field outside Lagos, file.

NNPC to establish two condensate refineries

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will establish two condensate refineries with a total refining capacity of 200,000 barrels per day. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Tuesday. Ughamadu said that the refineries would be located at the Western Forcados Area and Assah […]

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FILE PHOTO: Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters are seen in Abuja

NNPC sells ₦28.85 billion crude oil to Glencore in 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, received $94.279 million, about ₦28.85 billion, from Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company, Glencore, being payment for crude oil sold to the company in 2017. Glencore is one of the oil traders selected to lift Nigeria’s crude oil under various contracts, such as the crude oil term deal […]

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Executive Chairman of Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in Abuja, Nigeria, September 21, 2016. Photo taken September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

FIRS shuts NNPC subsidiary, others over tax default

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sealed off the premises of companies defaulting in tax payments in Lagos and Benin, in continuation of its enforcement exercise. A key establishment affected by the exercise in Benin, Edo state, is the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited, NPDC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. […]

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Maikanti Baru

NNPC seeks clarification on proposed Petroleum Asset Management Company

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday sought clarification on the funding structure of the proposed Nigerian Petroleum Asset Management Company (NPAMC) in the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director (GMD), sought for the clarification at the 2018 conference of the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria in […]

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Maikanti Baru

NNPC GMD, Total DMD, others to lead discussion at 2018 NAEC Conference

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, Deputy Managing Director, Total E&P Nigeria, Ahmadu-Kida Musa, President, Petroleum Club, Dr. Godswill Ihetu and other industry stakeholders will lead discussions around emerging issues in the oil, gas and power sectors at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria’s (NAEC) Annual Conference […]

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