The federal government is targeting to add 800,000 barrels to Nigeria’s daily oil production from some important upstream projects being executed by Shell, TotalEnergies, and other oil companies, which had stalled due to funding and other reasons. Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, disclosed this in Abuja at the 2022 Oloib...

The Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Mr Gbenga Komolafe, had said Nigeria was adopting a phase-down approach to transiting to cleaner sources of energy. Komolafe who spoke at the Africa Economic Summit on Wednesday in Lagos, through Mr Bashir Indabawa, Head, National Data Repository, NUPRC, said that Nigeria was committed to achieving a low ca...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) yesterday met with Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) and the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS), the groups that form the core of companies drilling oil in Nigeria, as part of efforts to halt the massive oil theft in the counDescribing the phenomenon as a national disaster, the Chief Executive of the commission, Mr....

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gbenga Komolafe, has said despite the global energy transition due to net-zero carbon emission, various opportunities still abound in Nigeria’s petroleum industry. According to him, the Commission is poised to fast track the opportunities by putting in place the parameters that would accelera...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it is upgrading and deploying the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) facility toward curbing crude oil theft in Nigeria. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive, NUPRC, spoke recently in Abuja on efforts by the commission to address the menace of crude oil theft. Komolafe said the deployment of NPMS, which is ...