After over five decades of its involvement in crude oil and gas exploration without involving in crude oil transportation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has signed a joint venture agreement with Daewoo Ship-building and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea…
Royal Dutch Shell has sold some of four oil fields up for grabs in Nigeria, it said on Wednesday, as the oil and gas company pushes ahead with global asset sales to cut costs. Shell last year put up for sale its 30 percent shares in four oil blocks in the Niger Delta -- Oil Mining Licence (OML) 18…
Nigeria should break up its long-awaited oil bill to speed its passage through parliament, Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said on Friday. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will reform oil taxes and licences and overhaul state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Houston-based offshore drilling contractor Global Marine today announced it received a letter of commitment from Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of TotalFinaElf, for two-year contracts for both the Glomar Adriatic I and Glomar Baltic…
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) signed a contract with Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. (EPNL), a Nigerian subsidiary of French oil company Total S.A., to build an oil and gas production platform worth US $520 m. The platform will be completed by 2010 and will be able to produce 105…