West Africa

NNPC Ltd, Partners Launch 97mmscf/d Capacity Five Mini-LNG Plants

…As FG Restates Commitment to Use Gas for Economic Growth, Development NNPC Ltd. has stake in three of the five mini-LNG plants (90% in Prime LNG, 50% in NGML/Gasnexus LNG and 10% in BUA LNG), while Highland LNG and LNG Arete are developed by other private companies. All in all, the plants have a combined […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday January 30, 2025
NCDMB, SPDC Laud Brightwaters Energy, Capabilities for Industry Projects

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, in company with senior officials of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Tuesday undertook a tour of facilities at Brightwaters Energy Limited, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The tour to the company’s facilities at Choba, Port Harcourt, and Emohua in […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday January 30, 2025
NNPC Flags-Off Construction of Five Mini-LNG Plants

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has concluded plans to flag off the construction of five mini Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants in Ajaokuta, Kogi State as the groundbreaking ceremony has been slated to be held on January 30, 2025. The corporation disclosed on its official X handle that the milestone groundbreaking ceremony theme […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday January 27, 2025
FLNG Gimi Received First Gas from the GTA Field

Golar LNG Limited has announced that on January 18, 2025, FLNG Gimi received feed gas from the bp operated FPSO on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Full commissioning of the FLNG has now commenced. Prior to achieving this key milestone, gas from the LNG carrier British Sponsor was being used to undertake […]

Oilfield Africa - Saturday January 25, 2025
AGMC, CNCEC to Build $20 Billion Ogidigben Gas Project in Nigeria

Li Zhenyu, President of China National Chemical Engineering International Corporation Ltd and Mr. Sheikh Mohamed Bayorh, President, Alpha Grip Management Company (AGMC) have performed formal partnership signing ceremony for the development, finance and construction of the Ogidigben Gas Revolution Industrial Park (GRIP) Project in Delta State, Nigeria between AGMC and CNCEC. The Director General of […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday January 23, 2025
Savannah Energy to Commission US$45 Million Uquo Gas Facility Project

Savannah Energy PLC, a British independent energy company focused on delivering Projects that Matter in Africa, is set to commission the US$45 million Uquo Central Processing Facility compression project in Nigeria. The company made this disclosure in the declaration of its full-year 2024 business update, According the company, the procurement process of long lead equipment progressing […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday January 22, 2025
New Investment Shows Nigeria’s 2024 Energy Reforms Are Working

Olu Arowolo Verheijen, the Special Adviser on Energy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, has highlighted numerous developmental strides achieved by the Tinubu administration in Nigeria’s energy sector. She then urges oil and gas companies to take advantage of these sector reforms to prompt oil investment opportunities across the sector: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday January 22, 2025
NNPCL Sympathizes Victims of Recent Tanker Explosion in Nigeria

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) extends its heartfelt condolences to the victims of the tragic petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Dikko-Maje Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Road in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday. This devastating incident claimed the lives of several individuals who were attempting to scoop fuel […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday January 20, 2025
Tullow Wins $320 Million Tax Arbitration Court Case in Ghana

Tullow has noted that the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has delivered the Tribunal’s award with regard to the application of Branch Profit Remittance tax (BPRT) to its operations under the Deepwater Tano and West Cape Three Points Petroleum Agreements, offshore Ghana, which include the Jubilee and TEN fields. The Tribunal determined that BPRT is […]

Oilfield Africa - Saturday January 4, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire Joins the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Côte d’Ivoire has joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), becoming its 76th shareholder. In August 2023 Côte d’Ivoire submitted a request to join the EBRD, and the Board of Governors approved its membership in October of that year. At the Bank’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Samarkand, the Board of Governors approved an amendment to […]

Oilfield Africa - Saturday January 4, 2025