7,000 Oil Reserves Discovered, Only 1,700 Producing – Fed Govt       The Federal Government on Monday disclosed that out of 7,000 oil reserves that have been discovered in the country, only 1,700 of the reserves are currently producing crude oil. The government disclosed this in Abuja through...

DPR Backs Marginal Field Investors On Quicker Oil Find     The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said it has developed a strategy to ensure that marginal field investors strike the first oil on record time. Director of DPR, Engr. Sarki Auwalu, disclosed this when the agency awarded...

DPR Targets N900bn Remittance Into Federation Account In Q2, 2021       The DPR has said it is targeting to generate and remit about N900 billion into the Federation Account in the second quarter of the year. The agency has also received over $20 billion investment proposals since...

FAAC: FG, States LGCs Share N616.886 bn for April 2021. The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its meeting through Virtual Conference shared a total sum of N616.886 billion to the three tiers of government, as federation allocation for the month of April, 2021. From this stated...

DPR, RMAFC Seek Collaboration On FG’s Gas Revenue Drive       The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) have met to seek ways to boost revenues from the country’s gas resources, following the federal government’s renewed interest in the...

Nigeria’s Rig Count drops By 55.34% In Q1, 2021       The rig count of Nigeria has dropped by 55.34 per cent in the first quarter, January–March, 2021 to 19, according to data collated from recent reports of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The rig count,...