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  • CRUDE OIL THEFT: Nigeria loses an estimated $20.4B annually, says Gbajabiamila

    • June 9, 2020
    • Posted by: Precious David
    • Category: Oil and Gas
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    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday disclosed that crude oil theft in Nigeria is estimated at about four hundred thousand barrels per day, which is equal to an estimated revenue loss of about one billion, seven hundred million dollars a month and twenty billion, four hundred million dollars annually.Gbajabiamila made the

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  • FG urged to establish independent protocols for auditing gas flares

    • June 7, 2020
    • Posted by: Precious David
    • Category: Oil and Gas
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    The Federal Government has been urged to set up independent gas flares reporting and auditing protocols to determine the exact volume of gas flared by oil companies in the country. Besides, the National Assembly should ensure that the volume of gas flared, attract the appropriate penalties and payment made a accordingly. In a paper presented by Solomon Adeleye,

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  • AfriTAL WEBINAR SERIES ON PIB (Petroleum Industry Bill): MYTHS AND REALITIES

    • June 7, 2020
    • Posted by: Precious David
    • Category: Oil and Gas
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      The Nigerian National Assembly has been asked to hasten the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The call was part of the resolutions reached at the end of a webinar training on “Impact of Gas Flare on Oil Producing Communities and Discrepancies in Gas Flare Data –  a  Clarion Call to Action”, which was organized by African

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  • Group laments lack of blueprint to end gas flaring

    • May 4, 2020
    • Posted by: Precious David
    • Category: Gas, Oil and Gas
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    Nigeria Delta-based group, Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has expressed concern over the inability of the Federal Government to develop a blueprint aimed at ending air pollution in the region. The group in a statement signed by Dr. Kabari Sam, Head, Environment and Conservation, said the government has jettisoned its policy to

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  • TIME FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND CONFLICTS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

    • August 19, 2019
    • Posted by: acjered
    • Category: Blog, Gas, Oil, Oil and Gas
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      A SYNOPSIS OF THE DOCUMENTARY SCREENING OF AUGUST 15, 2019 BY  DR LOUIS BROWN OGBEIFUN Experts in the oil and gas industry have advised that continuous advocacy by individuals and all stakeholders, is the panacea for eradicating corruption that stokes conflict in the extractive industry especially in the Niger Delta, bad policies and governance,

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  • Civil Society Organizations & Media Coalition meet in Lagos as a follow up on the recently approved Oil and Gas Policy

    • May 14, 2018
    • Posted by: acjered
    • Category: CSO, Gas, Oil, Oil and Gas, Oil and Gas Laws, Roundtable
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    Recall that in April 2018, a coalition of Civil Society and Media groups stormed PortHarcourt to brainstorm on the recently approved Oil and Gas policies which resulted in the development of an advocacy road map with timelines and measurable outcomes. In the same vein, the coalition moved base to Lagos in line with the initial

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  • The war on PIGB rages

    • April 13, 2018
    • Posted by: acjered
    • Category: Oil and Gas, PIB, PIGB
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    Though the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) has been passed and awaiting the Presidential assent, the Organized Private Sector, the Major Marketers Association of Nigeria, the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketing Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and some other stakeholders have picked holes in the recently PIGB by the National Assembly. They opined that the industry

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  • OUTCOME OF THE STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONs/MEDIA ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S APPROVED OIL AND GAS POLICIES HELD ON 20th – 21st MARCH 2018 IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE

    • April 12, 2018
    • Posted by: acjered
    • Category: Blog, CSO, Gas, Oil, Oil and Gas, Oil and Gas Laws, Policy, Roundtable
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    In June and July 2017, the Federal Executive Council approved the National Gas Policy and the National Petroleum Policy (NPP) respectively. These policies incorporated some broad-based economic growth and efficiency considerations. In addition, the two chambers of the National Assembly have passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). It is also anticipated that the fiscal

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  • Labour and Stakeholders brainstorm new National Oil & Gas policy

    • April 12, 2018
    • Posted by: acjered
    • Category: CSO, Gas, Oil, Oil and Gas, Oil and Gas Laws, Policy, Roundtable
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    IT was a gathering of labour leaders, civil society groups among other stakeholders, at the ancient city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to x-ray the new national oil and gas policy of the Federal Government, FG. The workshop facilitated by Dr Brown Loius Ogbeifun, Chief Executive Officer, African Initiative for Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility Leadership,

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