The NMDPRA disclosed this recently during a Stakeholder Sensitisation Workshop on the implementation of the HCDT framework and the operationalisation of the HCDT Digital Portal held in Port Harcourt. The Host Communities Development Trust is a framework mandated by Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act 2021 to ensure direct social, environmental, and economic benefits for petroleum-producing areas….
Multi-billionaire founder and chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, is expected to be formally elected to the board of Seplat Energy Plc on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, as shareholders gather virtually for the company’s 13th Annual General Meeting. This is according to the energy company’s Notice of Annual General Meeting…
The University of Port Harcourt, represented by innovation Team PROTRONICS, and the University of Benin, by Team VHORDE, on Monday at the Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), Yenagoa, emerged winners from the South-South region in the Nigerian Engineering Olympiad (NEO). The competition is a nationwide engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship competition launched in 2025 by a non-profit…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is set to host the 2026 Oil & Gas Midstream & Downstream Stakeholders Summit. The event is scheduled to hold from May 19–20, 2026, at Four Points by Sheraton Lagos, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to Obinna Ezeobi, PhD,Genaral Manager, Corporate Communications Division of the Board, thesummit is designed to bring together key decision-makers,…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is set to host the 2026 Oil & Gas Midstream & Downstream Stakeholders Summit. The event is scheduled to hold from May 19–20, 2026, at Four Points by Sheraton Lagos, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to Obinna Ezeobi, PhD,Genaral Manager, Corporate Communications Division of the Board, thesummit is designed to bring together key decision-makers,…
Shell plc and its subsidiaries paid the Nigerian government a total of $2.016 billion in 2025 through production entitlements, royalties, taxes, and statutory fees. The company’s latest Payments Report,showes that Nigeria received $1.237 billion in production entitlements, representing the largest share of payments made by the energy giant during the year. Royalty payments amounted to…
No less than over 40.2 million barrels of crude oil made available by international and independent oil producers in Nigeria were not taken by Dangote Refinery and other local refineries, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said yesterday. Indeed, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), in a release yesterday, signed by its Head,…
This was disclosed on May 4 via a monthly report published on the company’s website, where it noted that all production, sales, and financial figures remain provisional and subject to reconciliation with relevant stakeholders. According to the report, gas production rose to 7,731 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) in March, up from 7,458…
Petroleum product marketers and retailers have hinted at a possible fresh petrol price drop as Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, partners with Chinese firms to restart Port Harcourt and Warri refineries. Reports have it that after a long wait, NNPCL on April 30, 2026, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sanjiang Chemical Company and…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that a total of 300 firms are currently jostling for the 50 oil blocks put out in the 2025/2026 licensing rounds. Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, disclosed this on Monday at the Nigerian Pavilion of Offshore Technology Conference 2026 in Houston, Texas. According…
