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OPEC woos Namibia as African nation prepares to produce from 2030
The OPEC+ oil producers group is eyeing Namibia for possible membership as it sets up what could be Africa’s fourth-largest output by the next decade. An African industry official and sources told Reuters on Tuesday. TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab and Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab in recent years have made discoveries estimated at 2.6 billion barrels in recent years, setting the stage…
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Shell pledges support for FG’s effort to preserve Oloibiri heritage
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has restated commitment to support the federal government’s efforts to preserve the heritage of Oloibiri in Bayelsa where the oil firm first struck oil in commercial quantiy in 1958. Mr Osajie Okunbor, Managing Director (SPDC), made the pledge at the historic site of Oloibiri Oil Well No.1 during the groundbreaking ceremony…
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Energy & Environment
Shell acquires Daystar Power
Daystar Power (www.Daystar-Power.com), a West African provider of hybrid solar power solutions to commercial and industrial (C&I) businesses, today announced the completion of its acquisition by Shell following the approval of regulatory authorities. The acquisition will allow Daystar to grow its operations in the region, while expanding across the African continent. “We are thrilled about the completion of this major…
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Energy & Environment
PHOTOSTORY: SNEPCo MD Elohor, others Discuss 11yrs of Nigeria Content
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Shell donates subsea training facilities to UNIPORT
The Nigeria deep-water arm of global energy giant, Shell, has donated multimillion naira laboratory equipment and software packages to the Offshore Technology Institute of the University of Port Harcourt as part of the company’s Nigerian content human capital development programme delivered in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). “The donations are aimed at strengthening advanced practical teaching and…
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Shell restates commitment to research, development in Nigeria
Shell, has said its research and development strategy is aligned with Nigeria’s 10-year strategic roadmap for local content being implemented by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Managing Director of the deep-water business of Shell in Nigeria, Mrs. Elohor Aiboni, said Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) would continue to explore opportunities for collaboration with public and…
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SHELL donates projects to Nigeria’s Maritime University
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria last week donated a 220-capacity set of auditoriums, eight lecture rooms, one e-classroom and 14 staff offices to the Maritime University of Nigeria. Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described the phase one of infrastructure projects donated to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State by The Shell Petroleum Deveopment Company…
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Uzodinma applauds Shell’s patronage of local contractors
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has applauded the Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) policy on the patronage of indigenous contractors for project execution. A statement issued by SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, on Tuesday in Yenoga, quoted the governor as commending Shell for its commitment to human capital and infrastructural developments in the communities hosting the Assa North Gas Development…
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GMoU: Shell dialogues with host communities
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has begun discussions with 12 host communities in Bayelsa which demanded upward review of development obligations. SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yenagoa. SPDC has since 2006 been administering community development initiatives driven by community…
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Energy & Environment
Shell Loses $4.6bn to Nigeria’s OPL 245, Other Assets
Shell has stated that a post-tax impairment charge of $4.658 billion was “mainly related to unconventional assets in North America, assets offshore in Brazil and Europe, a project in Nigeria – Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 245 and an asset in the United States Gulf of Mexico.” This is coming on the heels of Nigeria’s reiteration of her readiness to comply…
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Energy & Environment
Shell’s intervention offers hope to COVID-19 patients
The cutting-edge blood component extractor machine just donated to the Lagos State government has been described as a timely intervention to aid the recovery of novel coronavirus patients. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the machine would support passive immunisation of COVID-19 patients with the extraction of antibodies from survivors to be used on those battling with…
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Energy & Environment
22 shortlisted for ‘2020 Nigeria Off-grid’ Energy Challenge
No less than 20 Nigerian energy business entities have been shortlisted for the third edition of the annual ‘2020 Nigeria Off-grid’ Energy Challenge. The challenge, a product of partnership with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), will provide $50,000 in grant capital and $50,000 in convertible debt to each of the selected energy enterprises that makes it through the…
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Energy & Environment
COVID-19: SHELL Equips Hospitals, provides Vehicles
The Shell companies in Nigeria have presented eight vehicles to the governments of Lagos and Rivers State to support the efforts at contact tracing and treatment of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. The companies, comprising The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC); Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo); and Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), also joined other players in the oil…
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Nine professors, 22 others inducted for Shell sabbatical
Thirty-one Nigerian academics and research interns including nine professors and four senior lecturers were last weeks inducted for a one-year sabbatical programme and research internship in Shell companies in Nigeria at a ceremony held at the Port Harcourt Headquarters of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). Drawn from 10 Nigerian and one British university, the 31 participants are the…
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Crude theft, vandalism: Shell seeks support from stakeholders
At a media workshop on Pipelines Right of Way Encroachment and Vandalism held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State recently, Igo Weli, General Manager External Relations, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Nigeria Limited, revealed that “crude oil theft on the pipeline network resulted in a loss of around 11,000 barrels of oil a day in 2018, which is more than the…
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This is Shell’s photostory
L-R: Deep-water Wells Operations Manager, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Mark Koper; SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Bayo Ojulari; Chairman Julius Berger, Mutiu Sunmonu; and Chief Executive Officer, Vantage Screens Nigeria, Oladipo Adebo at the unveiling of Vantage Screens Nigeria Limited and presentation of recognition award to Shell for its support to local service companies in Lagos recently.
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UK court throws out Ogoni suit judgement against Shell
A United Kingdom court recently dismissed the application by some leaders of Ejamah Ebubu community in Ogoniland to register the judgement of a Nigerian Federal High Court in the country for enforcement. Claimants had applied to register the judgement to enforce an N183 billion, which they claimed was the judgement sum and the interest, over the spill incident in the…
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