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The federal government said it remains fully committed to ensuring energy security, protecting consumers, and maintaining stability in the domestic petroleum products market. The Nigerian government has assured a steady supply of refined petroleum products following a meeting between the Steering Committee of the Domestic Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales in Local Currency Initiative and Dangote Refinery. A statement by …

• Warns it can affect investors’ confidence, inflict harm on Nigerians, businesses if PENGASSAN cabal is allowed to enforce its lawless directive Dangote Petroleum Refinery has accused the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) of attempting to sabotage the country’s energy supply chain following a directive issued by the union to its branches to cut off …

The House of Representatives Committee on Downstream Petroleum Resources has criticised the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) for ordering some of its branches to halt gas and crude oil supplies to Dangote Refinery as part of its ongoing industrial action. The committee said the union’s directive was taken “without notice and exhaustion of the laid …

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members across the nation to withdraw all services effective 12:01 am on Monday, Sept 29, 2025. It equally directed its members working across field locations, including control room operations, panel operations, and outfield personnel, to withdraw services effective 06:00 hours on Sunday, Sept 28, 2025, and …

The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has embarked on a sweeping reorganisation of its operations and workforce. The refinery said the decision was taken in response to repeated sabotage by staff members that threatened the operational safety of the 650,000 barrels per day facility. In a letter dated September 24, 2025, and signed by the Chief General Manager, …

•As Tinubu directs NSA on Niger Delta peace, development•Confers National Honours on murdered ‘Ogoni Four’ 31 years after The Federal Government took steps closer to the restart of oil exploration in Ogoniland on Wednesday, following the receipt of the report of the Ogoni Dialogue Committee by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja. The president, at the …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has received N318.05bn between January and August 2025 for frontier oil exploration, findings by The PUNCH have shown. This is according to documents from the September 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting obtained by The PUNCH. The deductions represent 30 per cent of Production Sharing Contract profits, which are automatically set aside each month …

Oil marketers in Nigeria have rejected billionaire businessman Femi Otedola’s call to sell off their investments in the nation’s oil sector. The National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, described Otedola’s statement as insensitive and not properly thought out. Gillis-Harry, while speaking on Tuesday, emphasised that Otedola’s advice lacks understanding of the …

Two of Nigeria’s influential oil sector unions have strongly opposed the Federal Government’s reported plans to divest significant stakes in joint venture assets managed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Tuesday warned that such moves could destabilise the …

Major Nigerian petroleum marketers, including Conoil PLC and Eterna PLC, have partnered with Dangote Petroleum Refinery for the logistics-free fuel distribution scheme. The Dangote Group announced this in a post on its social media handles on Monday. The collaboration, which also involved players like Golden Super, Nepal Energies, Kifayat Global Energy, and Riquest and Gas, aims to slash logistics costs …