Exploration in Nigeria's oil industry has suffered a setback following a report by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC confirming a drop in the country’s oil rig count, a ...

Nigeria's state-owned NNPC reported an increase in crude oil production to 1.6 million barrels per day in November 2025 and ...

The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe, says Nigeria’s upstream oil sector has witnessed a great turn around in the last four years. This is as ...

Nigeria’s crude oil rigs have risen astronomically from eight to 69 in the past four years. The 762.5 per cent leap, said Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), indicates renewed ...

Fresh data released by the <strong>Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries</strong>, OPEC has shown that despite Nigeria’s increasing oil output in February ...

From the eight crude oil rigs in 2020 of COVID 19 days, the Nigerian crude oil rigs have now risen to 44. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, made this ...

Mart Resources, Inc. announced that Rig 201 was shipped from the Port of Houston on March 21, 2007, destined for Nigeria. Mart Resources, Inc. announced that Rig 201 was shipped from the Port of ...

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria -- Nearly 100 expatriate staff remained trapped on four oil rigs off Nigeria today, more than two weeks after striking junior oil workers blocked access to the platforms. Rig ...

Transocean said today that two of the four rigs seized last month by striking Nigerian workers were back at work as the local oil union called for urgent talks to head off a resumption of the ...

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- Many of the hostages left the offshore oil rigs where striking Nigerian oil workers held them captive for weeks -- signaling a peaceful end to the standoff Saturday.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Oando Plc said on Saturday it has taken delivery of a $53.5 million oil rig, enabling Nigeria's top fuel retailer and gas distributor to drill in depths in excess of 30,000 feet in ...