Dangote’s 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) oil refinery project has been identified as one of the oil distillation companies that would boost global refining capacity by 6.9 million barrels per day between 2021 and 2026. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which made this disclosure in its 2021 World Oil Outlook released recently, said Africa’s…
Reports reaching us confirm that Nigeria’s nominee for the post of secretary general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Mohammed Barkindo, has been given the plum job. Aproko247 gathered that OPEC approved the appointment of Barkindo as the new secretary-general of the international body. Barkindo’s appointment was rectified at a meeting of the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke, has been elected as President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Diezani becomes the first female to be elected into that position. She was elected on Thursday at the 166th ordinary meeting of OPEC in Vienna, Austria. Diezani now replaces Libya’s Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman…