Former deputy oil minister Timipre Sylva of the APC came second with 110 308 votes to Diri's 175 196...
After defeating Timipre Sylva of the APC in the recent Bayelsa governorship poll Diri specifically thanked President Tinubu and Wike for the role they played in his victory...
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Vol 64 No 6 |
- MOROCCO
- NIGERIA
Nigeria's oil minister Timipre Sylva has confirmed that a start date has not been set for the construction of the pipeline...
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But as minister of state for oil Timipre Sylva laments of the $70 billion that has been invested in the continent's oil and gas over the last decade just $4bn has come to Nigeria...
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Deputy oil minister Timipre Sylva's forecast that Nigeria's production would reach 2 mn b/d by the end of the year looks far-fetched...
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He chaired the committee that drafted the new law and will also sit on the steering committee that will oversee the transition period for the industry under Timipre Sylva the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (AC Vol 62 No 9 Oil reform gathers pace)...
Timipre Sylva Minister of State for Petroleum Resources has regularly forecast the imminent passage of the bill...
Vol 62 No 8 |
- NIGERIA
- ECONOMY
Even if the repeatedly promised but much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed in the coming weeks as petroleum minister of state Timipre Sylva predicts and the Department of Petroleum Resources launches a bidding round for major oil licenses to follow the nearing-completion marginal fields round investment could remain below that required to replace Nigeria's hydrocarbon reserves and boost future revenues...
The Bill is being shepherded by Mele Kyari the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) who has been chairing the reform project since July 2019 with political support from Timipre Sylva the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and a former Governor of Bayelsa state in the Delta...
But the announcement on 7 October by Timi Sylva that the assembly would shelve debate until next year may provide an opportunity for vested interests to try to dilute delay or even destroy the bill...
Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva claimed that the official elimination of fuel subsidies could save Nigeria up to N1 trillion ($2...
Timipre Sylva's meeting with Nyesom Wike at the governor's mansion in Port Harcourt on 23 August bore all the signs of an old friends' reunion...