Drilling of first oil well in Nasarawa to commence March 2023, says NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says official drilling operations for the first oil well in Nasarawa will commence in March 2023. Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC Limited, disclosed this on Friday during a visit by a delegation of prominent Nasarawa indigenes, led by Abdullahi Sule, the state governor. Kyari said available data confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in Keana, a local government area in Nasarawa state. The NNPC GCEO noted that the discovery is in continuation of hydrocarbon exploration activities in Nigeria’s inland basins. He called for immediate action on the project as the global

By |January 14th, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Fire at Port Harcourt Refining Company minor, says NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said the fire incident at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on New Year’s day was minor. The fire, which was contained in less than two hours, was caused by a spark while a 33,000-litre truck was discharging naphtha into a tank at the PHRC. This was disclosed in a statement titled, ‘Minor Fire At Port Harcourt Refining Company Put Out,’ signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad. The statement read, “This morning, 01/01/2022, a minor fire incidence occurred at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC). “The incident,

By |January 2nd, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments
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