NUPRC inaugurates gas flare commercialisation team
August 15, 2022 The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has inaugurated a 12-member ‘Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme Team’ to steer the Federal Government’s initiative to end gas flaring by…
Marginal fields licensing: Ijaws frown at FG’s disregard of court order
July 8, 2022 The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has criticised the Federal Government for defying a court order which restrained it from issuing Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) pending the determination…
Nigeria to issue marginal oilfield licences next week – NUPRC
June 26, 2022 Nigeria will issue prospecting licences on Tuesday to companies that won rights to develop marginal oilfields, the petroleum industry regulator said on Saturday, some two years after…
Ukpokiti Oil Field explosion: Company confirms 3 Crew Members Alive, One Dead Body Found
Feb. 6, 2022 The management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) in Receivership has confirmed one yet to be identified person dead after an oil vessel explosion in…
FG rakes in N174b from 2020 marginal field bid round, says Komolafe
January 27, 2022 Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that the sum of N174 billion was realised from the 2020 Marginal Field Bid Round (MFBR) programme. The Commission…
Nembe oil spill: Bayelsa govt. renders JIV inconclusive
Dec. 27, 2021 …Faults Aiteo, regulators on sabotage claim The Bayelsa Government Technical Committee on the Nov. 5 oil leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 in Nembe has faulted…
We can’t respond to allegations of non-remittance of funds by defunct PEF – NUPRC
Dec. 10, 2021 …Defunct PEF activities not within our operational purview The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says the activities of the defunct Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) do not…
We speedily address oil spillage in Bayelsa – FG
Nov. 25, 2021 Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on Wednesday said the oil spill at Aiteo Eastern Exploration Company, in Basambri, Bayelsa would be speedily addressed….
NUPRC targets 2.4mbpd of crude oil production
Oct. 27, 2021 The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it is ready to increase Nigeria’s crude oil production from the current level of 1.4 million barrels per day…
In Komolafe, Buhari made the right choice for Upstream Regulation
September 29, 2021 If you are from my part of the Niger Delta, Imiringi, in Bayelsa, you would appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent nomination of Gbenga Komolafe to head the…