This weekend saw the latest tragic incident involving an artisanal oil refinery, with over 100 people reportedly killed in an explosion on the border of Imo and Rivers States....
What is happening? Nigerian domestic oil companies (DOCs) are taking over the country’s onshore oil and gas industry, while international oil companies (IOCs) are steadily moving offshore, or out...
In February 2022, a large consignment of imported petrol had to be withdrawn from the market, after it was found to have excessive levels of methanol, which was causing...
The UN Climate Change summit in Paris is well under way, towards the agreement of decisive climate action plans which will lead the way towards greater protection of the...
SDN’s latest report, ‘Building Bridges’ investigates approaches to tackle the large scale issue of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta. A fractious relationship between oil companies, the communities and government...
Oil-producing communities desperately need their rights enshrined by the federal government with regard to oil-spill compensation, environmental clean-up and improved socio-economic development of the operating regions.
The yet-to-be passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) proposes a new fiscal regime for Nigeria’s oil industry which would governs the economic benefits derived from petroleum exploration and production. The...
The Petroleum Industry Bill: 14 years in the making Crude petroleum is Nigeria’s most important non-renewable energy source, contributing over 90 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings and...
Whatever strategy President Buhari chooses to address this program one thing is clear – he will be moving against very powerful forces, entrenched since the advent of democracy.
Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, is considering whether or not to end an expensive fuel subsidy programme, although many Nigerians see cheap fuel prices as perhaps the only benefit...
With insufficient refining capacity, Nigeria is forced to import almost all the fuel it needs – despite being the Africa’s largest and world’s 6th largest exporter of crude oil....
This report offers the first in-depth, independent analysis of how NNPC sells its oil. The main body of the report describes how oil sale practices have worsened since 2010,...
According to our independent analysis based on average domestic fuel consumption, subsidies claimed by fuel marketers cost Nigeria $2.9bn over the last year. Here we explain the Nigerian fuel...
'This is Bonny, transit town' is a documentary that shares the experiences of fishermen and women living on Bonny Island, home to Nigeria's largest export terminal for the oil...
The solar installation at Chicoco Radio’s Media Shed in Okrika Waterfront Port Harcourt is a means of demonstrating the viability of solar to residents of Port Harcourt’s waterfront slums...