ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA. The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry. Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...
Century Power Limited,a subsidiary of Obijackon Group,owner of Nestoil Limited,pplans to start the construction of a-2000megawatts {Mw} thermal power plant in Anambra State,it was learnt.The power plant,hich will be sited at Okija in Anambra State,has been structured in such a way that the first phase,which will give an output of 465Mw and will commence operation in 2018.Its Assistant General Manager {AGM},Group Business Development,Mr Simeon Tor-Agbidye,told news men that the firm iss tidying up arrangement for gas pipeline also known as the Obiafu/Obrikom-Oben {OB3} gas pipeline.The gas will be taken from the eastern part of the pipeline.He also noted that a subsidiary of the Obijackson Group-Energy Works Technology Limited,is fabricating part of the topside facilities off Total's Egina floating production,storage and offloading {FPSO} vessel.He said: ''A feww weeks ago,we had a sail off for the Oil Loading Terminal {OLT} piles for the project.We sailed them off to South Korea where they will be integrated on the FPSO.We have finished that.We are at the final stages of completing K2s pipeline for Shell Petroleum Development Company {SPDC}.The project is an engineering,procurement and Construction {EPC} contact for the 40km x 20 inches export pipeline to re-route Kolo Creek gas to Soku Gas Plant.We are also progressing ssmoothly with the OB3 Pipeline.Obiafu/Obrikom-Oben is an EPC contract for the 64.5km x 48 inches gas pipeline project.We will soon complete that too.He explained that the scope of OB3 was actually split between Nestoil and Oilserv,'' he said.
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