Oil Hits $71 On Rising Demand Hopes In US, China       Oil prices were higher on Wednesday as negotiations over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action continued to falter, and as a rebound in oil demand in China, the United States and Europe threatened to outpace...

Oil Industry’s Upstream Spending Dropped By 30% In 2020 - Barkindo       Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Sanusi Barkindo, has said that the cartel’s latest assessment shows that capital investments in the upstream of the oil and gas...

Oil Price Rises Above $70, OPEC Projects Demand Growth       The international oil price, Brent crude, rose above the $70 per barrel mark on Tuesday, with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries projecting that demand for the commodity is bound to improve. Brent, against which Nigeria’s...

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...

NNPC Spokesman, Obateru, Bags NIPR Fellowship The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, (NIPR) in Bauchi at its Annual General Meeting, conferred the prestigious Fellowship Award on Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Obateru, a self-driven and...

FG, Shell In Talks Over Sale Of Nigerian Oil Assets       The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government is in talks with Shell over the planned sale of the company’s stakes in Nigeria’s onshore oil assets. The Nigerian oil...