The passage of Nigerias Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been delayed after President Muhammadu Buhari refused to sign it in its current form this week
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Eco granted one-year extension for all its Namibia licenses
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd, the oil and gas exploration company with licences in highly prospective regions in South America and Africa, has received a one-year extension to the first renewal exploration period for all of its Namibia licenses to March 2019 by the Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy
Emerson opens Flow Calibration Service Centre for Middle East and Africa
Emerson has opened its Middle East and Africa Flow Service Centre at its Dubai campus
Baru directs speedy execution of AKK pipeline project
Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has directed the Chinese consortium and the NNPC project team to ensure timely finalisation of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline project that aims to enable connectivity between the East, West and North Africa
Gazprom tops global capex across oil and gas value chain, says GlobalData
Russia’s Gazprom is expected to spend US$160bn capital expenditure (capex) on 84 oil and gas projects globally by 2025, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company