Petrobras, Agbami and Akepo fields in Nigeria

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

International director talks about Petrobras' investments abroad   During a breakfast event held with journalists today (04/15), Petrobras’ International director, Jorge Luiz Zelada, called attention to Petrobras’ investments and projects abroad. For ...


Oando Donates Ethanol testing facilities to FG

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Oando PLC, Nigeria’s leading energy group, in a bid to ensure only gasoline with the right ethanol level is sold in the country, has announced that it has placed orders ...


Nigeria – Fire in cluster 1 and cluster 3 plants of Beniboye

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Fire extinguishing operations still ongoing Eni informs that during the night between April 12 and 13 a fire occurred in the oil plants of Cluster 1 and Cluster 3 due to ...


Nigerian Activity Update , Hardy Oil and Gas plc

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Hardy Oil and Gas plc (LSE: HDY) the oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in Inida and Nigeria, announces that has executed an agreement to farm-out a ...


Cheniere’s Celestine River Sails from Nigeria with Cool Down Cargo for Sabine Pass

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX:LNG) announced today that the Celestine River LNG vessel has departed from the Nigeria LNG terminal fully laden with her first cargo of liquefied natural gas. ...


NIGERIA News: Gas update

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Government figures in Nigeria could be eyeing up a US$20 billion raid on energy companies. As much as 30 percent of the country's gas production may be set aside for ...


Total Farms into New Deep Offshore License in Nigeria

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Total today announces that it has signed an agreement with Nigeria’s Conoil Producing Limited to farm into the deep offshore OPL 257 license with a 40% interest. Conoil remains the ...


Addax Petroleum Announces Successful Oil Appraisal Offshore Nigeria

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Successful appraisal at OML123 expands Kita Marine area Calgary, Alberta, March 11th, 2008 – Addax Petroleum Corporation (“Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC) announced today the successful appraisal of ...


Nigeria: Cameron Awarded $650 Million Contract For Subsea Equipment Offshore West Africa

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

HOUSTON (March ­­11, 2008) -- Cameron (NYSE: CAM) has been awarded a contract with an initial value of approximately $650 million to provide subsea systems for the initial phase of ...


Addax Petroleum Announces Successful Oil Appraisal Offshore Nigeria

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Successful appraisal at OML123 expands Kita Marine area Calgary, Alberta, March 11th, 2008 – Addax Petroleum Corporation (“Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC) announced today the successful appraisal of ...


Afren signs Production Sharing Contracts for two licences in the gas rich Anambra Basin in Nigeria

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

London, 3 March 2008 - Afren plc ("Afren" or “the Company”) announces that, as part of its strategy to aggregate and commercialise stranded gas assets in Nigeria, the Company has signed ...


Chevron Confirms Development of Nigeria Deepwater Field

Friday, February 29th, 2008

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chevron (NYSE:CVX) confirms that its subsidiary Chevron Nigeria Deepwater Limited and its co-venturers are moving forward to develop the offshore Usan field in Nigeria. “The Usan development project ...


ExxonMobil Helps Launch Malaria Prevention Program in Nigeria

Monday, February 25th, 2008

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Foundation announced today its support for the launch in Nigeria of the NetsforLife program to fight malaria. Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets will be distributed to Nigerian communities with ...


NIGERIA: MART RESOURCES UPDATE ON FIRST OIL PRODUCTION

Monday, February 25th, 2008

February 25, 2008 Mart Resources, Inc. (TSX-V: MMT) and its partners Midwestern Oil and Gas Company PLC (“Midwestern”, Operator) and Suntrust Oil Company Nigeria Limited are pleased to announce the following update ...


Nigeria: Nigerian citizen in charge of Local community relations for Naoc’s Port Harcourt District was set free

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Eni informs that Feyi Dienye, a manager of Naoc (Eni's subsidiary in Nigeria), has been freed yesterday evening. Mr Dienye, who was seized in Port Harcourt in the morning of ...


Nigeria: kidnapped a Nigerian citizen in charge of Local community relations for Naoc’s Port Harcourt District

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Feyi Dienye, a Nigerian citizen in charge of Local community relations for Naoc's Port Harcourt District, has been kidnapped early this morning in Port Harcourt while going to the office. ...


AP PLC AND ZENON PETROLEUM AND GAS TO MERGE

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

The biggest company in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas sector is set to emerge when the proposed merger of Zenon Petroleum and Gas and African Petroleum ...


Nigeria’s Oando Acquires Two Swamp Rigs for Niger Delta Ops

Monday, February 11th, 2008

7th February 2008 OANDO ACQUIRES TWO SWAMP RIGS FOR N11.7 BILLION Oando Energy Services, a leading integrated oilfield services company that provides products and services to major upstream companies operating in Nigeria ...


NIGERIA LNG LTD. RENEWS MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH BAKER/OTS NIGERIA, LTD.

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

HOUSTON (1/30/08) -- Baker Energy, a unit of the Michael Baker Corporation (Amex:BKR), announced today that Nigeria LNG Ltd. has renewed a three-year, $5.8 million-per-year, Maintenance Services Contract with its Nigerian ...