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THE World Bank has described poor electricity supply as a major retarding factor to economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa The World Bank explained that lack of energy stunts the economic

THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued four on-grid licenses to Zuma Energy Nigeria Limited to operate a combined 1,200 Megawatts (MW) power plant at Itobe, Kogi state. Each unit of

THE United States, Canada, China, and Argentina are currently the only four countries in the world that are producing commercial volumes of either natural gas from shale formations (shale gas) or crude

GLOBALLY, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014, according to the global wind market statistics released recently by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). It added that

THE local content component of the Egina deep-water project has hit over $1billion, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Ernest Nwapa has disclosed. Egina-Total Exploration

EGYPT and Cyprus have signed a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation and aim to reach a deal on Egyptian imports of Cypriot gas in six months, the Egyptian prime minister’s office

OANDO Energy Services Limited (OESL), an indigenous operator of swamp drilling rigs services has successfully achieved five years of continuous operations without Lost Time Injury (LTI) on its flagship rig, ‘OES Teamwork’.

FOR a long time now, Nigerians have been yearning for improved power supply. While efforts are being made by subsistent governments to meet this all important demand, one of the major

THERE are strong indications that full oil production activities will soon resume in Ogoni land after being shut down for over 22 years following the mass protest by the people and civil