The Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT) framework established by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) is yielding fruits having given birth to over 1,100 projects being executed...
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company and operator of the Agbami unit, has won the bid for Petroleum Prospecting Licence (PPL) 2010 in Nigeria’s...
Winners of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission’s (NUPRC) 2025 Licensing Round have 90 days from receiving their offer letters to either meet all award conditions...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has declared that the Petroleum Industry Act has ended the discretionary allocation of oil blocks...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has declared 31 companies as winners of 37 oil and gas blocks under the 2025 Licensing Round. This followed...
With the commercial bid conference for the 2025 Licensing Round, a major step in the allocation of 50 oil and gas blocks to qualified investors, billed...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has advised the newly awarded holders of Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPLs) to focus on developing their assets as quickly...
The operational successes of the Nigerian Navy’s sustained offensive against oil theft, illegal refining, pipeline vandalism, and militancy in the second quarter of 2026 have aided...
The Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has cautioned against attempts to use the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) recruitment controversy to divide Nigerians along regional...
As part of a strategy to draw more fresh investments into Nigeria’s upstream sector, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has presented Petroleum Prospecting Licences...