NIGERIA: First E&P Reports Significant hydrocarbon Discovery in the Songhai Field, OML 85

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited) and FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P) Joint Venture (JV) have confirmed a significant hydrocarbon discovery in the Songhai … Read More

Nigeria: Ogale and Bille Residents take Shell to UK High court following 10-year fight for Justice

Ten years ago, residents from the Bille and Ogale communities in Nigeria claimed their livelihoods had been destroyed and homes damaged by hundreds of oil spills caused by Shell. The … Read More

NIGERIA: Shelf Drilling Secures a Contract for the Shelf Drilling Mentor & Shelf Drilling Achiever

Shelf Drilling, has announced today new awards for two jack-up rigs in West Africa. Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Mentor covering 10 wells and an … Read More

African Energy Chamber (AEC) Endorses Oando’s $783M Acquisition of Nigerian Agip Oil Company

Nigerian energy company Oando PLC has successfully completed its acquisition of 100% of the shareholding interest in the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) from Italian multinational Eni. As the voice … Read More

NIGERIA: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Supports Africa’s Largest Methanol Plant, Transforming Flared Gas into Valuable Resource

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is arranging a project development facility to support Africa’s largest gas-to-methanol plant, with the aim of significantly reducing CO2 emissions by offsetting flaring of natural gas … Read More

NIGERIA: Afreximbank Facilitates US$650M Financing for Oando’s Acquisition of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited’s (NAOC’s) 20% Interest

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully arranged a senior US$500-million and a junior US$150-million reserve-based lending facility for Oando Petroleum and Natural Gas Company Limited. The facility was used to … Read More

Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria Sign Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline Agreement, Signaling New Era of Bilateral Cooperation

 In a move set to strengthen bilateral cooperation in West Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria have signed an agreement for the construction of the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline Project. … Read More

Acquisition Approval Delays: The Wrong Look for Nigeria 

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber The Nigerian government needs to step up its game regarding approvals for indigenous companies acquiring in-country foreign energy assets. The negative consequences … Read More