Niger Overview

Shell Petroleum Development Company has closed the Trans Niger pipeline due to a leak, the company said Monday.

A spill in B-Dere, Ogoniland, forced the closure of…

Nigeria will voluntarily limit its oil production to 1.8 million bopd when it reaches that level, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al Marzouq said Monday.

The country had…

Shell is considering to throw its weight behind a gas project in Nigeria, a local company executive said on Tuesday.

According to the managing director of Shell…

Shell declared force majeure on Bonny Light crude on Friday due to a leak in the Trans Niger Pipeline. Bonny Light exports continued through the Nembe Creek Trunk Line,…

Seplat Petroleum Development Company has resumed exports through the Forcados pipeline after Shell ended force majeure on Forcados terminal exports, the company…

Royal Dutch Shell has lifted the force majeure restrictions imposed last year on exports from a key Nigerian crude pipeline, international media reported on…

Uganda’s government is planning to sign three exploration deals next month, international media reported on Wednesday.

The recipients weren’t specified, though…

The spotlight last week was firmly on the African continent, where there was a lot off movement offshore Senegal and Mauritania, as well as in Nigeria. Having restored…

Nigeria will raise its budget for the country’s amnesty programme to almost USD 111 million, the presidency announced over the weekend.

Close to USD 99 million is…

Nigeria’s oil production level has recovered to 2 million bopd, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director Maikanti Baru said late on…