The Federal Government yesterday announced that it was now sure of meeting the gas requirements to support the production of 15 giga watts (or 15,000 mega watts) by 2013.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has directed that all outstanding agreements and treaties between the Russian Federation and Nigeria should be signed under the aegis of the Nigeria - Russia Joint Commission.

Rwanda has experienced shortages in fuel supply because of difficulties in importing the product due to its high price and reduced supply from the Kenyan town of Eldoret.

Oil prices fell on Thursday to levels last seen four years ago when it sold for $45 per barrel, indicating that a tougher time for the Nigeria's 2009 Budget.

Security operatives attached to Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil have foiled an attempt by militants to kidnap expatriate workers attached to the oil major at their camp in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

THE Chairman, Sub-Committee on Security, Delta Water Ways Security Committee, Chief Dennis Otuaro, has advised the Federal Government to re-define the role of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, saying that the present role of the JTF

Safety of oil and gas workers in Nigeria has been guaranteed, as Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) signs Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) for the adoption of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) standard for the production of pressure vessel

Many of my fellow Niger Deltans - including some serious-minded individuals whom I regard as good friends and hold in high esteem - invested a lot of time and energy in lobbying the President to create a Niger Delta Ministry;

BAYELSA State Government has criticised the siting of the proposed College of Petroleum Technology in Kaduna describing the action of the Federal Government as unjust to the people of the oil and gas rich Niger Delta.

The fundamental problems of the once-mighty Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are being laid bare by falling prices and production cuts.

Bayelsa State government has condemned the location of the proposed College of Petroleum Technology in Kaduna saying that the federal government is being unfair to the people of the Niger Delta region.

CIC Energy has turned to development finance institutions, export credit agencies and banks for the financing of its Mmamabula energy project in Botswana, the company said yesterday.

The US oil company, Chevron, will conduct a public consultation in Angola's northern Cabinda province, on the construction of a crude oil export pipeline on the Malongo terminal.

Legal practitioners in the country, have lauded the 25 per cent derivation recommended for the Niger Delta region by the Presidential Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, with Mr. Niyi Akintola (SAN) describing it as a worthy sacrifice for the

The Ilaje people are optimistic that Chevron Nigeria limited (CNL) will be brought to book for instigating the murder of Ilaja youths who were on a peaceful protest on Parabe platform, Ondo State, in 1998, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of

The arrest and detention of the women leader of the Host Communities of Oil and Gas of Nigeria, Bayelsa State chapter, Mrs. Violet Ogun by the police Tuesday has been condemned by the leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC)

Before his assumption of office as the AttorneyGeneral of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Iyanam was among those in the forefront of the agitation for resource control and true federalism. In this interview with Nsikak Ekanem, he bares his mind on

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday announced measures taken to curb diversion and adulteration of petroleum products in the country.

THE lives of more than 2,000 Karimojong in Nakapiripirit district who have traditionally earned their livelihood from cows could change with the opening of a bio-diesel refinery in April next year.

Fourteen suspected illegal oil bunkereers trapped inside a 10,000 cubic meters capacity Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Tank 11 were yesterday arrested by the Police.