21 Oct 2025

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has commended the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, for outstanding leadership and effective delivery of his mandate as the Commission marks its fourth anniversary. Senator Heineken said this when Engineer Komolafe led a delegation of ...
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16 Oct 2025

National SERVICOM with utmost precision carefully curated and presented an Outstanding Leadership Award to the Commission Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komalafe. The award was presented to the Commission's boss on Thursday during the 2025 NUPRC Customer Service Week celebration held at the Commission's headquarters in Abuja. The theme of the 2025 Customer Service Week was "Mission ...
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13 Oct 2025

The Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) has risen to N373bn as of October 13, 2025, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said, adding that at least 536 community projects are ongoing simultaneously. The NUPRC said in a statement that the fund comprises N125bn and $168.9m. Section 235 of the Petroleum Industry Act of 2021, mandates settlors (oil comp...
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05 Oct 2025

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has published a list of 16 high impact achievements four years since its establishment. The Commission in a statement called on Nigerians to take note of the myriad high impact achievements of the Commission in the last four years despite the legacy challenges it inherited from the pre-Petroleum Industry Act era. The NUP...
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27 Sep 2025

The Commission Chief Executive (CCE) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, has called for dialogue between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) as well as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), urging all parties to find c...
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25 Sep 2025

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has signed off on a Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA) by TotalEnergies Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited to assign its entire 12.5% contractor interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPco) and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE). According to the details of the...
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25 Sep 2025

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has issued an official clarification on the status of the TotalEnergies and Chappal Energies deal which first received a ministerial consent on October 28, 2024. The clarification has become imperative due to a series of media enquiries. Recall that the NUPRC had on October 28, 2024 conveyed a grant of ministerial consen...
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