The attention of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has been drawn to reports in some newspaper publications indicating that the Senate Committee on Public Accounts expects the NUPRC to respond to allegations of non remittance of funds into the Consolidated Revenue Fund by the defunct Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF). The Commission wishes to state that the...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) wishes to announce the successful stoppage of the Santa Barbara Oil spill at Nembe Creek in Bayelsa State. The Well operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company has been 'killed ' through the professional deployment of appropriate technology and effective collaboration with all stakeholders by the commission...

Some crew members are currently missing as a result of an explosion that hit a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel belonging to Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) offshore Nigeria. An unconfirmed report has it that a yet to be ascertained number of workers were missing in the FPSO Trinity Spirit explosion, which occurred around Escravos, of...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Thursday disclosed that it had commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the explosion of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in Warri, Delta State. The vessel with a capacity to process up to 22,000 barrels of oil per day, inject up to 40,000 barrels of water per day and store 2 ...

Lagos, Feb. 5, 2022 (NAN) The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and other relevant stakeholders have embarked on a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility which exploded on Wednesday. The NUPRC confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repor...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission is exploring all available options to ensure Nigeria meets its 40 billion barrels oil reserve and three million barrels per day production targets and ultimately boost the nation’s revenue and overall economy, Peter Uzoho writes Oil price is on its way to the $100 per barrel mark projected by some analysts, as it traded at $95 per ...

L-R: Mr.Richard Laing, Chairman/Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria, Engineer Gbenga Komolafe, Commission Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and Doyin Adelabu, ExxonMobil during the visit of ExxonMobil Chairman to the Commission Chief Executive in Abuja on Tuesday.

  Photonews: The President, Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE) Prof. Yinka Omorogbe and the Executive Council visited the Commission Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe in his office. The visit was to acquaint the CCE of the activities of the Association for the year and to seek collaboration with NUPRC toward...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revoked marginal oil field awarded to 33 companies for failing to meet the 45 days deadline required to pay the signature bonus for the fields. Giving an update on the award process at a meeting with the awardees in Abuja, yesterday, the Chief Executive of Officer of NUPRC, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe said of the 161 companies ...