PTDF: 19,323 applicants for 2018/2019 oversees scholarships

..Less than 500 slots available on the average Over 19,000 applicants for PTDF’s 2018/2019 oversees scholarships with less than 300 slots available By Edith Ike-Eboh No fewer than 19,323 candidates have applied for the 2019/2020 overseas MSC and PhD programmes of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), the agency has said. In a statement in Abuja…

Oil spill: FG advises Ogoni people

The Federal Government of Nigeria is suing for peace among Ogoni people as it claims that efforts to clean up oil impacted communities in the area is set to commence in earnest. According to Dr Marvin Dekil, the Project Coordinator, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Ogoni people should avoid…

Daily crude production in 2018 stood at 2.019m barrels – NNPC

The NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, disclosed this at the 12th International Conference of the Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE), in Abuja, on Monday. Baru reeled out some of the achievements of the corporation under his watch while presenting a keynote address as the quest speaker. He said that the volume of…

800 companies bid for 176 gas flare sites — Kachikwu

No fewer than 800 companies have bidded for management of 176 gas flare sites in the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said. Kachikwu told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that government had received bids of 226 bidders that paid the stipulated fees out of the 800 companies that…

Easter: NNPC promises adequate supply of petroleum products

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured the public of adequate supply of petroleum products during the Easter celebration. The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Mr Maikanti Baru gave the assurance in Enugu at the ongoing 30th Enugu International Trade Fair. Baru said that the NNPC would provide petroleum products to all parts…

N-Power to become Africa’s largest post-tertiary job scheme-Osinbajo

The Vice President,Yemi Osinbajo said the Buhari administration will expand the N-Power scheme to accommodate one million beneficiaries in the next phase. This followed the successes recorded so far and the growing need for government’s direct intervention in job creation. The Vice President spoke in response to a variety of questions from Nigerians across different…

NNPC retail outlets to be powered by solar- Baru

Tambuwal urges NNPC check Sokoto Basin for oil

The Governor  of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal  has appealed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to embark on  oil and gas exploration in the Sokoto Inland Sedimentary Basin with a view to establishing the volume and value of hydrocarbon deposits there. Governor Tambuwal who led a high powered Sokoto State delegation to the…

NNPC gets $2bn discounts on Upstream Contracts

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has secured two billion dollars  discounts in the last one year from renegotiated Upstream contracts being executed by its various service providers. In a statement signed by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, Group Public Affair Dvision, on Tuesday Abuja , it said the feat was achieved in the…

Oil exploration in Benue, Chad Basin is a duty – NNPC

Oil exploration in the Benue Trough and the Chad Basin remains a duty that should be accomplish in order to increase the nation’s reserves, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says. The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, made the explanation when he received an award presented by Petroleum Technology Association of…