Nigeria can boost its oil and gas production by changing the way capital investments are funded in its joint ventures with energy companies, according to Seplat Petroleum Development Co. State-owned Nigerian National ...
President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to keep the oil portfolio for himself in the new Nigerian cabinet, rather than trust anyone else with the source of most of Nigeria’s revenue and traditional fount of corrupt...
Seven Energy International Ltd. in Nigeria aims to work together with other companies in the country to increase gas production, Bloomberg Business reported. Seven Energy expects to quadruple gas production in Nigeria...
A runaway oil tanker truck exploded in a crowded bus station in the south of the country, setting ablaze 12 buses carrying passengers and killing 69 people, Nigeria’s Red Cross and police said Monday. Red Cross ...
Italian oil company Eni is not experiencing any major production problems in Nigeria, the CEO said on Thursday. “The situation is fairly normal, there are no problems,” Claudio Descalzi said on the sidelin...
Nigeria needs to increase natural gas prices for power plants further to help encourage more gas exploration and production, the chief executive of Oando Gas & Power, said on Friday as the country’s new pres...
Crippling fuel shortages, power cuts, slowing economic growth and Islamist militants wreaking havoc. Muhammadu Buhari is taking on a tough job when he’s sworn in as Nigeria’s president on Friday. Former military ruler...
As petroleum minister during the 1970s oil boom, Muhammadu Buhari set up the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. It is an accident of history that the same man, elected president in March, could now be compelled ...
Nigeria’s main oil union has shut down the local operations of U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton Co in protest against job cuts, the trade body said on Tuesday. Tokunbo Korodo, Lagos chairman for the N...
The Asset Management Corp. of Nigeria said it has recovered 57 percent of the bad debts it took on five years ago to rescue banks in Africa’s largest economy from collapse. “We’re a little bit behind, but not too far ...