Energy Market

Dangote Refinery’s Gasoline Blendstock Imports Hit 1.46bn Litres in Five Months — NMDPRA Data

By MyEngineersFresh figures from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority,  NMDPRA point to a continued dependence on imported gasoline blendstock at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, even as...

Dangote Refinery Makes History as Ethiopia Buys African Jet Fuel for the First Time in 40 Years

By Isqil NajimFor the first time in four decades, Ethiopia has imported petroleum using its own national shipping...

World’s first large-scale Giant Hydrogen Engine Powers a National Grid in Spain

A giant hydrogen engine plant has successfully supplied electricity to Spain's national grid, a development its manufacturer describes...

The Future Will Judge Nigeria by What It Built, Not the Oil It Possessed — Energy Expert Warns at Lanre Sagaya Lecture

At the Shagaya at 80 lecture in Ilorin, energy specialist Dan Kunle and the NSE President warned that...

‘Feedstock issues cut Dangote petrol production capacity’

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced operations at its gasoline-producing unit by about 34 per cent since May...

OPEC agrees to renew 30 million bpd oil output ceiling

The 12-member Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to renew its oil production ceiling of 30 million barrels a day for...

NNPC refutes CBN claim of non-remittance of $49.8bn

Central-Bank-of-Nigeria-CBN10 December 2013, Sweetcrude, Abuja -The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has refuted allegations contained in a Central Bank of Nigeria memo to President...

Dangote Set to Build Refinery in Nigeria

  Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, plans to invest up to $8bn to build a Nigerian oil refinery with a capacity of around 400,000...

Sustainable electricity: how Nigeria can get it right – By Olatunji Ariyomo

First I wish to reproduce the report in today’s (Monday, 21 November 2011) edition of a national newspaper, the Nigerian Tribune titled “Nigeria may...

Electricity Harvested From Trees

Researchers have figured out a way to plug into the power generated by trees.Scientists have known for some time that plants can conduct electricity....

SOLVING THE ENERGY CHALLENGE IN NIGERIA BY MALCOM FABIYI, PhD

The top item on President Yaradua's seven point agenda is the revitalization of the power sector. In fact the power and energy sector has...