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  • Chevron jobs: Group launches attack on oil pipelines

    Chevron jobs: Group launches attack on oil pipelines

    No fewer than three pipelines have been destroyed by a group, the Niger Delta Liberation Movement (NDLM), over purported “refusal” by Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to make available its recruitment quota for host communities, as well as adhere to the Nigeria’s Local Content Act.

    The group otherwise known as “Movement” in a syndicated statement by its secretary, Emmanuel Tagbanaraewumi, said the affected pipelines which are along the Olero-Dibi-Abiteye Fields/Flow stations were burst at about 2:00 am, Friday.

    The statement reads in part: “These multiple blasts are the start of the operations code-named CHEVRON DRAGNET. We promise a shocker as we vow to continue to hit facilities used for crude oil exploration activities in the whole of Warri areas, till Chevron does the needful as this is just the beginning of operation CHEVRON DRAGNET.

    “It would be recalled several host communities and organizations from the Itsekiri extraction, had called upon Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to make available their employment quota in the firm’s ongoing recruitment scheme, but to no avail.

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    “We had earlier made demands for the unconditional conversion of VTP5/OTP2 and VTP6 amongst others and these demands were not attended to.

    “The MOVEMENT is bringing to the notice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and Chevron in particular, that we are in support of these calls and therefore announce the launch of an operation, CHEVRON DRAGNET.

    “The operation CHEVRON DRAGNET has become unavoidable, because Chevron had refused to listen to her host communities and organisations from the Itsekiri extraction, calling for the implementation of Local Content Law and allocate to her the rightful quota of the ongoing Chevron Nigeria Limited recruitment by a consulting firm known as Dragnet.

  • 20 benefit from N12m ‘agripreneur’ grant

    Twenty graduates of an Itsekiri Regional Development Committee (IRDC) sponsored ‘agripreneur’ scheme have become beneficiaries of N12 million business support grant from the committee.

    The beneficiaries, who underwent one year intensive training in cassava, plantain and aquaculture production, were unveiled and presented with the grant of N600, 000 each, at a ceremony in Warri, Delta State.

    Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Chairman of IRDC, Austin Oniyesan, explained that the N12 million grant was given to the beneficiaries to enable them to use agriculture and agribusiness as means to generate income and provide employment for youths.

    Oniyesan commended Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the PIND Foundation and members of his executive committee for making the pilot programme a huge success.

    He advised the beneficiaries to reflect on the experiences they garnered during the training, even as he urged them to make good use of the start-up grant.

    In his address, the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA) of CNL, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, explained that the Agripreneur Project was specifically designed to empower youths, “in target RDCs to embrace agriculture and agribusiness as an income-generating activity, provide opportunities for stimulating socio-economic development in the selected communities, offering secondary benefits to the larger society as a whole”, as well as “boost the availability of agriculture produce for local community suppliers”.

    Mr. Brikinn, who was represented by the Area Manager, PGPA, Field Operation, Warri, Mr. Sam Daibo, noted that CNL partnered IITA in the Agripreneur Project, “to stimulate socio-economic development in the Regional Development Committees under the Global Memorandum of Understanding”.

    While noting that opportunities for large-scale employment of labour in the oil and gas industry are “extremely limited”, he revealed that another set of 40 people are set to commence Agripreneurs’ training.

    The Youth Consultant, IITA, Arome Alfa, stated that some of the graduates have already commenced agro-based production as a result of the training programme, adding that the Agripreneur initiative has the “production and design into value addition and service provision”, stages.

    Four of the graduates; Jemide Joseph, Austin Ikpi, Oris Ugbameta and Blessing Afini, shared their knowledge in plantain, cassava and fish production as well as plantain micro-propagation.

  • Chevron invests N35b on social development

    OIL major, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), said it invested N35billion on social development in the country over the last one decade.

    Its General Manager of Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Esimaje Brikinn, in a presentation titled: Strategic Social Investment: The Chevron Approach, at the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, explained that about  N21.6 billion of the cash has impacted over 600,000 lives in more than 400 communities.

    He said the other N13.7 billion was spent to support educational infrastructural (N2.5billion), 28 Chest Clinics (N2.8billion) while N8.4billion was disbursed to the Agbami Scholarship Awardees.

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    This, according to Brikinn, is designed to drive national development.

    He added that since the inception of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) in 2005, relative peace has been enjoyed between the oil giant and its host communities.

    “Community-induced work disruption reduced significantly since inception of the GMoU. Potentials for conflict reduced in communion and peace building is enhanced,” Brikinn stated.

    The presentation stated that the five Regional Development Committees spanning Bayelsa, Delta and Ondo states (Dodo River, EGCDF, Ilaje, Itsekiri and KEFFES), were established to foster the social investment of the company on host communities.

  • Chevron, GACN, Dangote seal gas supply deal

    Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Gas Aggregation Company Limited (GACN) and Dangote Fertilizer Limited have signed agreement to deliver Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Chevron’s facility to the Dangote Fertilizer plant.

    The agreement was signed by the companies at the Department of Petroleum Resources’(DPR) Office in Lagos. According to statements issued by Chevron and Dangote, the fertilizer company will start operations soon.

    The contract under the Gas Sale and Aggregation Agreement (GSAA) was part of Chevron’s gas obligation to the domestic market through the Gas Aggregation Company Limited.\

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    Dangote Fertilizer Limited will be commissioned before the end of the year and expected to produce three million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) of Urea. The fertilizer plant consists of twin train with each single train having a capacity of 1.5 million tons per annum of Urea and Ammonia.

    The fertilizer plant a total capacity of three million tons per annum and sits on an area of 500 hectares.

  • Chevron bags NIPS awards

    Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture, has won two awards at the   industry dinner and awards night, organised by the Nigerian Nigerian International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja. The awards were in recognition of the company’s outstanding performance.

    The awards won by CNL are: “for contributions to the hydrocarbons industry, and the Foreign Investment Network’ (FIN)“.

    CNL Chairman and Managing Director, Jeff Ewing, received the two awards. The first award was presented by the Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, while the second was presented by FIN Chief Executive Officer, Michael Dragoyevich.

    The event was attended by dignitaries such as Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; Petroleum Ministers from other countries, including Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Cote D’Ivoire, Chad, Niger Republic, Togo and Norway. There were others such as NNPC representatives, industry regulators, participants from other African countries, and other industry players.

    CNL General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA) Esimaje Brikinn, who spoke at the event, expressed joy over the awards.

    He explained that the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture is a major oil and gas producer and has provided substantial revenue to NNPC, the Federal Government and state governments for over 50 years.

    He also said the company is the leading domestic gas supplier and has made great strides in putting out gas flares and increasing supply to the domestic market through its integrated gas development projects.  “Chevron is the largest domestic gas supplier in Nigeria,” he said.

    On corporate responsibility, Mr. Brikinn said CNL has demonstrated its commitment to the ideals of meeting the needs of the community in health, education, economic development areas.

    “CNL has provided thousands of scholarship awards worth billions of naira to Nigerian students. CNL has also established the scholarship for the Blind to cater for the visually-impaired students,” he noted

  • NNPC, Chevron sign $1.7bn deal to increase crude, gas production

    NNPC, Chevron sign $1.7bn deal to increase crude, gas production

    Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) have executed the final phase of an Alternative Financing Agreement to increase crude production by about 39,000 barrels per day.

    The agreement, signed in London, is also expected to achieve an incremental peak production of about 283mmscfd of gas, NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday.

    The statement was issued by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division  of NNPC.

    Baru said the increment to be achieved by the agreement would spread “over the remaining life of the asset ( 2045 ).”

    According to him, the project, which is about 92 per cent completed, will cost 1.7 billion dollars, with 780 million dollars and is expected to be funded by third-party.

    He said it would produce natural gas liquids and condensate extracted from the Sonam and Okan fields located in OML 90 and 91 in the Niger Delta.

    Baru described the deal as a step in the right direction which would grow the nation’s daily production and support the Federal Government’s strategic domestic gas-to-power aspirations.

    He said the project would include the completion of the Sonam non-associated gas (NAG) well platform and Sonam living quarters platform; drilling of seven wells in the Sonam field and the Okan 30E NAG well.

    It will also include the completion of the 20” x 32Km Sonam pipeline and Okan pig receiver platform and development of the associated facilities, Baru added.

    “As we speak now, the facilities are 100 per cent completed while wells are 40 per cent executed,” he  said.

    In carrying out the project, the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture (JV) adopted a two-stage financing approach: Stage 1 which provided 400 million dollars sourced from Nigerian Commercial Banks achieved financial close on Aug. 1, 2017.

    Stage 2, (signed on Nov. 17), is set to provide 380 million dollars from International Commercial Banks (ICBs).

    Out of the 780 million dollars total financing for both stages, Chevron’s co-lending totals 312 million dollars while NNPC’s portion of the total facility stands at is 468 million dollars.

    Speaking further on the Alternative Financing approach, Baru explained that it was aimed at plugging NNPC’s shortfall in funding JV cash call obligations including settlement of pre-2016 cash call arrears.

    “It will also enable full funding of NNPC’s JV obligations to restore investors’ confidence and stimulate further Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) as we are beginning to witness,” he noted.

    The Managing Director of CNL, Mr Jeff Ewing, said his company supported the Federal Government’s aspirations to sustain oil and gas production.

    “We know the important role gas supply to the domestic market plays in growing power generation.

    “We also understand government’s need to seek alternative sources to fund profitable and bankable JV Projects,” Ewing added.

    In August, two sets of alternative financing agreements on JV projects were executed between the NNPC/CNL JV (project Falcon) and the NNPC/SPDC JV (Project Santolina).

    Both are aimed at boosting reserves and production in line with the Federal Government’s aspirations for the Oil and Gas Industry.

    NAN

  • Jeff Ewing is Chevron’s new Managing Director

    Jeff Ewing is Chevron’s new Managing Director

    Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has announced the appointment of Mr Jeffrey Ewing to the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron companies in Nigeria, effective January 1, 2017.

    Its General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA), Mr Esimaje Brikinn disclosed this in a statement issued and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday.

    Ewing succeeds Clay Neff, who has been named the president of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production (CALAEP), with effect from January 1, 2017.

    Jeff, who is currently the Director, Deepwater and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for the Nigeria Mid-Africa Business Unit, will be responsible for Chevron’s upstream operations in Nigeria and West Africa in his new position.

    Jeff joined Chevron in 1985 as a Drilling Representative in New Orleans after graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering.

    Since then, he has held numerous technical and management positions of increasing responsibility in different locations; including Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Kuwait, Scotland, the United States of America, Venezuela and Nigeria.

    According to Clay Neff, the current Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron companies in Nigeria, Jeff Ewing was appointed to the position based on his “demonstrated leadership, breadth of experience and proven ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders.

    NAN reports that Chevron Nigeria Limited is an operator of the joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

  • Pipeline attack: Another 40,000 bpd of crude oil lost

    Pipeline attack: Another 40,000 bpd of crude oil lost

    Nigeria late Thursday lost over 40,000 barrels per day of crude oil to another attack on three of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) operated swamp flow stations in the Warri South-West council area of Delta state.

    Thursday night’s incident was the second consecutive-day’s mishap, which responsibility had been claimed by a new insurgent group, which called itself the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).

    Saturday Nation gathered from reliable community sources that three platforms in Makaraba, Otunana and Abiteye were damaged, leading to the loss of more than 40,000 barrels per day.

    According to the source, another attempt by the hoodlums to sabotage three other platforms in Dibi, Olero and Opuekeba was successfully repelled by security forces. The other major incident was on the company’s Okan offshore manifold.

    “Very serious blast at Abiteye, Otunana. Our Otunana axis occurred around past 10pm, there is still fire in Azama gas line now, but we don’t know the cause or what the people want or who they are fighting for. We don’t know where they are going or where they are coming from.

    “The production cut is put at over 40,000 barrels per day from the Makaraba, Otunana and Abiteye swamp operations, three out of six. The attack towards Dibi, Olero and Opuekeba was resisted by the Nigerian armed forces so that side couldn’t be blown up. The Okan manifold in the offshore was also attacked. This is the one that goes to the FSPO offshore.

    “What this means is that Dibi, Olero and Opuekeba will still be pumping product to Chevron’s tank farm for storage, but they won’t be able to discharge because of the attack on the Okan manifold in the offshore.

    “For gas, although the blew gas pipeline too, the impact was not much because according to them, their production for Chevron gas is on, but only their production for NNPC/NGC gas line is the only one affected and that is the fire that is still on at the back of Azama”, the source said.

    The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a new insurgent group, sworn to destroying the nation’s oil and gas economic base, had yesterday claimed responsibility for the Thursday night attacks, just like those of the Wednesday’s midnight attacks.

    In its statement issued yesterday by its spokesman, Col. Mudoch Agbinibo, claimed that its attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC) crude and gas lines in an undisclosed location was in the fruition of an ultimatum demanding an apology from wanted ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo).

    “To keep to our promise, the three (3) days ultimatum given to Chief Government Ekpemupolo has elapsed and he fails to apologize to the Niger Delta Avengers, at 2200hours Thursday, May 5, 2016, our strike team 4 hit the Nigerian National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC) crude and gas lines

    “The Crude line feeds the Warri and Kaduna refineries respectively, while the gas line feeds the Lagos and Abuja electricity power supply. With this development the Warri and Kaduna refineries will be shut down and all cities that depends on the gas line for power will all be in total darkness like the creeks of the Niger Delta.

    “In same vein, the Niger Delta Avengers strike team 7 at same time 2200hours Thursday, May 5, 2016, blew up Well D25 in Abiteye. A major gas Well belonging to Chevron. And also blow up major pipe lines to effectively put the Abiteye, Alero, Dibi, Otunana and Makaraba flow stations that feed the Chevron tank farm out of operation. As at now Chevron operation in the Niger Delta is zero”, the group claimed.

    Meanwhile, the management of the oil giant, Chevron, disputed facts of the incidences that occurred and the company’s spokesman, in a terse response to questions from Saturday Nation, said only the Okan manifold was breached.

    According to Deji Haastrup, General Manager, Policies, Government and Public Affairs of CNL, only the Okan platform was breached, but later said in another short message that new information on sabotage, promising to get back later with more details. He never did till this report was filed, more than three hours later.

    “Not true, only Okan offshore platform is breached. Not sure yet what has been shut in”, he responded to a text message inquiry. He later sent another message saying ” just got information on new sabotage. I will get back to you shortly. I will revert to you when I have additional information,” he never did.