Category: Corporate News

Shell Restarts Work on Nigeria’s $12 Billion Bonga South West-Aparo Deepwater Oil Project Shell Plc has restarted preparatory activity on Nigeria’s long-delayed Bonga South West-Aparo offshore oil project by launching a new tender process for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, signaling renewed momentum for one of the country’s largest undeveloped deepwater prospects. The tender, initiated by the British energy major as part of early-stage project work, relates to the Bonga South West-Aparo

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Dangote Group Selects Engineers India for $350m Expansion of Lekki Refinery to 1.4 Million bpd Nigeria’s Dangote Group has awarded a $350 million contract to Engineers India Limited (EIL) to significantly expand its Lekki oil refinery, a move that would increase capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day and reinforce Nigeria’s ambition to become a regional hub for refined petroleum products. Under the agreement, the Indian state-owned engineering firm will deliver a second processing train

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Eni, NOC, and BP Begin Deepwater Drilling in Libya’s Gulf of Sirte Eni North Africa and its partners, including Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), BP, and the Libyan Investment Authority, have begun drilling their first deepwater exploration well offshore Libya in the Gulf of Sirte, marking a significant step forward in the country’s offshore energy development. According to the NOC, drilling operations are being carried out using a drillship owned by Italian energy services company

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TotalEnergies Agrees to Sell 10% Stake in Nigeria’s SPDC Asset to Vaaris After Failed 2024 Deal TotalEnergies has reached an agreement to sell its 10 percent non-operated stake in Nigeria’s onshore SPDC asset—now restructured as the Renaissance joint venture—to Vaaris, reviving its strategy to divest from mature onshore oil operations in the country. The deal comes after the collapse of a proposed sale last year to Mauritius-based Chappal Energies, which was blocked by Nigerian regulators

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Dangote Refinery Deal with 20 Oil Marketers Falls Through, Fuel Imports Surge The Dangote Refinery’s pilot supply arrangement with 20 oil marketers, designed to distribute 600 million litres of fuel monthly, has reportedly collapsed. The deal, established in October 2025, aimed to streamline domestic fuel distribution by allocating approximately 30 million litres of gasoline per month to each selected marketer. According to anonymous sources, the breakdown of the agreement was primarily due to disagreements over

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