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By Emmanuel Addeh
A joint committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), set up to reconcile areas of disagreement, have resolved 11 outstanding issues arising from past reports.
In a statement yesterday by the Director of Communications and Advocacy, NEITI, Dr Ogbonnaya Orji, the organisation, however, noted that the issues surrounding revenues from Nigeria LNG remain unresolved.
The NEITI-NNPC joint committee on remediation and mainstreaming was inaugurated on November 21, 2019 by the heads of the two organisations and was charged with reconciling 20 legacy issues, producing a status update, and making recommendations for deepening transparency within the NNPC.
• Schemes to end gas flaring, unlock economic potentials
• Stakeholders fear lack of govt commitment, non-private-sector involvement, others may scuttle efforts
Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry yesterday raised concerns, as President Muhammadu Buhari and top government functionaries expressed optimism that the government’s focus on the gas sector would boost revenue, job creation and address lingering environmental issues.
Menace associated with gas flaring and the multiplier health and environmental hazards, especially in the Niger Delta region, is expected to decline with progress on about $14.5b worth of gas projects as well a new Integrated Gas Handling Facility (IGHF) and LPG Units.
The Federal Government has said that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources is expected to generate $600 million from its new marginal oil fields.
This follows the completion of the process for the acquisition of the marginal fields and the subsequent notification of 161 winners.
According to a report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this disclosure was made by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, at the fifth edition of the Special Ministerial Briefings coordinated by the Presidential Communication Team, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
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Buhari Vows To Deepen Gas Penetration In Nigeria
Buhari Vows To Deepen Gas Penetration In Nigeria
December 22, 2020
BEVERLY HILLS, December 22, (THEWILL) – President Buhari said Nigeria has moved a step closer to the nation’s dream of attaining self-sufficiency in liquefied petroleum gas production through the full utilisation of the nation’s abundant gas potentials.
The President made this known on Tuesday at the commissioning of the Integrated Gas Handling Facility and LPG Processing and Dispensing Plants built and operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, an Upstream Subsidiary of NNPC in Oredo, Edo State.
Buhari noted that his administration would support the on-going drive towards providing alternatives to auto fuel under the National Gas Expansion Program initiative.