An undeniable giant in the energy world, Nigeria faces some challenges in terms of performance and progress of its hydrocarbons sector. These include broad issues like politics and insurgency, in addition to the specifics of regulating a large energy sector. Its natural gas is even more abundant than its oil, but Nigeria has so far failed to realise...
At the moment, it is the big international players – or the ventures involving them – that extract most of Nigeria’s oil and gas. In 2011, in fact, the respective proportions were around 90% and 95%. However, local players are not to be underestimated and look to be growing in importance as time passes.
With the natural gas extracted from underground coming in a gaseous state, it is somewhat amazing that much of what is produced by Nigeria has so far left the country in liquid form. Interesting, too, that the form of gas with which the local consumer is most likely to come into direct contact is also liquid, and comes in bottles. The former is...
It has been a long pipeline – and Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is not quite at the end of it yet. Just how long depends on definition. It was back in 2000 that Nigeria’s fledgling democratic government set up the Oil and Gas Reform Implementation Committee (OGIC) with a mandate to overhaul the country’s hydrocarbons legislation, replacing...
Since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office in May 2011, the oil and gas sector has witnessed a renewed wave of activity and increased performance levels. This has placed the industry back on the path of growth and sustained development. In the upstream segment, crude production has consistently been maintained above the budgeted levels of...
The Nigerian oil industry has stepped up efforts to reduce the flaring of gas in recent years, with private sector investments paying dividends. Cutting down on flaring, which is economically improvident and environmentally damaging, goes hand-in-hand with the development of infrastructure to process natural gas.
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