Nigeria resumes gas exploration in all marked national fields

Nigerian National Petroleum Corperation (NPP) has called on its partners in the oil exploration exercise to speed up the search for the oil in all marked reserve areas, with immediate effect. This follows a directive from Nigeria Minister of Petroleum resources Diezani Alison-Madueke in which he asked the cooperation not to “leave any stone unturned” in

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Shell to invest $15 billion in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry

Nigeria is set to get a large oil and gas investment from Shell Petroleum Development Company in the amount of about $15 billion, according to the Lagos-based newspaper ThisDay, citing managing director of the unit, Nosa Okunbor. The company operates under a joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Total

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Over 200 dies in Nigeria oil pipeline explosion

The number of casualties after an oil product pipeline explosion in Nigeria has reached 200 as people from local communities have gathered to protest the negligence of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation which, they allege to be the reason for the explosion. The pipeline exploded after it caught fire near the Aba Depot last week.

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