President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has said the Federal government should sell only a 51 per cent stake in the refineries managed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to private investors. Osifo said PENGASSAN has always maintained that the government should not sell …
Nigerians have demanded a full probe into allegations of graft levelled against the immediate past Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMPRA), Engr Farouk Ahmed, and prosecution if found guilty. They stated that the sudden resignation of Ahmed from his position should not hinder the investigation process. Ahmed, who was …
Nigerians have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to drop its pump prices of petrol below what is sold by Dangote Refinery distribution partners. This public demand further highlights a fascinating shift in Nigeria’s downstream oil market, now characterized by rising competition between the state-owned oil firm and private marketers. The public …
Dangote Refinery has urged petrol station owners and dealers nationwide to register for its direct supply scheme and benefit from the current gantry price of ₦699 per litre. It said the offer is available to all petrol station owners and dealers nationwide. The $20 billion refinery had on December 12, announced a ₦129 reduction of …
In a significant shift for Nigeria's energy market, the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, has fallen sharply to ₦739 per litre ahead of the Yuletide season. Motorists in Lagos have formed long queues in some MRS filling stations in Lagos as they seek to buy petrol. The pump price drop …
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The requests followed the sudden resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials …
Oil prices climbed more than 2% on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a full blockade of sanctioned oil tankers operating in and out of Venezuela, triggering fresh concerns over supply disruptions. Brent crude futures rose $1.41, or 2.4%, to $60.33 a barrel by 10:18 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained $1.42, or …
Nigeria recorded ₦12.81 trillion as revenue from crude oil exports in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Foreign Trade Statistics report for Q3 2025, released last week. The report revealed that crude oil exports accounted for 56.14 per cent of total exports. The NBS data …
China’s oil market is expected to remain largely insulated from recent disruptions in Venezuelan crude exports, at least in the near term, thanks to pre-arranged shipments, abundant floating storage, and subdued seasonal demand, analysts and traders say. The disruption follows the U.S. seizure of a tanker off Venezuela’s coast last week, coupled with new sanctions …
Nigerian indigenous oil company, Seplat Energy Plc, has reported a N3.36 trillion revenue growth for the third quarter (Q3) of the year. The revenue growth represents a 204 per cent increase compared to the N1.07 trillion the company posted in the same period in 2024. According to its nine-month financial statement released on Monday, December …
