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Alles Charis, a leading provider of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) solutions in Nigeria, has launched its internship programme for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members.The initiative which is aimed at providing young professionals with valuable work experience and skills development opportunities reflects the companys dedication to nurturing talent and fostering career growth.Committed to fostering talent innovation amongst Nigerian Youths, the oil and gas firm in a statement made available to Orient Energy Review said the internship programme will take place across its offices in Abuja, Ondo and Port Harcourt.Our NYSC Internship Programme is designed to empower young professionals during a critical phase of their careers and contribute to the development of a skilled workforce, said Adaugo Kanu, Head of People at Alles Charis.The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Internship Programme by Alles Charis is designed to support and empower young graduates during their mandatory one-year service in Nigeria.The initiative is aimed at providing young professionals with valuable work experience and skills development opportunities.Adding that the initiative reflects Alles Charis dedication to nurturing talent, fostering career growth, and contributing to the professional development of the nations youths.It further stated that the NYSC Internship Programme will offer selected participants the chance to work closely with experienced professionals across various departments and business units within Alles Charis.Through hands-on training, mentorship, and exposure to real-world projects, interns will gain practical knowledge, enhance their skills, and build a strong foundation for their future careers.Key features of the NYSC Internship Programme includes, diverse experience which will present the interns with the opportunity to rotate through the different departments and business units.Thus, allowing them to explore various areas of interest and gain a comprehensive understanding of Alles Chariss operations.Providing further details, it disclosed that programme will offer also mentorship and guidance, professional training and networking opportunities to the corps members.The interns will be assigned to managers who will provide guidance, support, and constructive feedback throughout the internship period. Mentors will help interns set goals, develop professionally, and navigate their career paths.Alles Charis will organise training sessions and workshops to equip interns with essential skills such as communication, problem-solving, and teamwork. These sessions will enhance their employability and prepare them for future endeavors.Adding that the interns will have the chance to network with professionals from diverse backgrounds. These connections can pave the way for future collaborations and career opportunities.We believe in the power of investing in young talent and providing them with the right opportunities to grow and succeed.Alles Charis invites eligible graduates enrolled in the National Youth Service Corps to apply for the NYSC Internship Programme. Interested candidates can submit their applications using this link: Alles Charis NYSC Internship ProgrammeAbout Alles Charis: Alles Charis Gas Limited is a leading operator within the downstream sector of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry specializing in the retail, distribution and storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), propane and butane for household and commercial use across Nigeria.It operates a network of nine (9) conveniently located retail stations across various neighborhoods and commercial areas.These stations serve as distribution hubs, providing easy access to our customers for refills and exchanges.With a growing presence in the market , Alles Charis Gas is establishing itself as a trusted provider of high-quality LPG and associated services.

Shoreline Natural Resources was incorporated on 10th December 2010. The company is a joint venture between Shoreline Power Company Limited, a Nigerian Company which has extensive interests in the power sector together with a strong network of relationships and Heritage Oil Shoreline Natural Resources (Nigeria) B.V, a subsidiary of Heritage Oil Limited.Job Type: Full TimeQualification: BA/BSc/HNDExperience: 10 yearsLocation: LagosJob Field: Safety and Environment / HSEApplication Deadline: Not SpecifiedResponsibilitiesProvides assistance with formal investigation of incidents and assessment of risk providing procedures and training to prevent future occurrences when required. Ensure identified actions are tracked to closed.Provide and manage consistent high-quality HSSE development work and services, and for Safety relating to onsite safe systems of work and to Technical Integrity in compliance with the Operating standards.Monitor, review, and report HSSE performance of the Operator, main contractors, and subcontractors to achieve the performance commitments.Drive and coordinate delivery of quality HSE expert advice, support, and services for Safe work systems.Carry out specific HSSE-MS implementation tasks and support all activities required to Ensure Safe Production.Monitor and advise GM technical, the site, and the Operator on HSE issues especially resulting from activities on site.Cascade Learning from Incidents, best practices, drive implementation of HSE practices according to company guidelineSeek to continuously improve HSE risk identification, assessment, and reduction in the location.Execute the location waste management and evacuation plan.Manage and Coordinate HSE Performance Measurement to ensure consistency in data reporting and interpretation.Support the build-up and delivery of HSSE plans towards realization of continuous improvement of HSE performance in the location.Test and maintain Area Emergency response procedures and plans.Develop and Deliver HSSE training for staff and contractors to ensure practices are in full compliance to the safe systems of work at site.Assists with the identification of HSSE training needs for the company and organizes delivery of training.Conducts regulatory inspection (e.g., Statutory facility inspections, chemical storage, eye wash stations, fire extinguishers, lifting straps, ladders etc.).Participates in industry Health, Safety & Environmental professional group(s) and maintain a current knowledge of industry HSSE direction and standards (agency & client).Knowledge and ExperienceScience or Engineering degree with at least 10 years relevant experienceSeasoned HSSE Professional with experience managing HSSE risk in the oil & Gas industry.Able to develop and implement industry policies, strategies, and standards.NEBOSH certification will be an advantage.Method of ApplicationInterested and qualified? Go toShoreline Natural Resources Limited on shoreline-natural-resources-limited.breezy.hrto apply.

13 Win Wind Power Contracts To Decarbonize North Sea Oil OperationsThirteen firms have won contracts from Crown Estate Scotland, for offshore wind leases to support North Sea oil and gas decarbonization.The companies include British and French majors, BP and TotalEnergies respectively.Last Friday, Crown Estate Scotland, an independent commercial organization responsible for managing the British seabed, announced that it had awarded leases to 13 companies, including Big Oils BP and TotalEnergies, and several UK renewable firms.According to the mandates, the companies will develop offshore wind projects to supply power primarily to North Sea oil and gas platforms to reduce the sectors emissions.The report said out of 19 bidders, the 13 selected companies will commence offshore wind development work with an initial combined investment of approximately 260 million ($317.28 million).Also Read: FG Flaunts Scorecard On Maritime, Cross Border Oil Related Crimes Fight In 5yrsFlotation Energy and Cerulean Winds are set to be the largest investors in this endeavor, with investments of nearly 96 million and 138 million, respectively.BPs Alternative Energy Investments division is slated to initially invest 1,670,917, while TotalEnergies will contribute 200,000 towards developing these projects. Crown Estate Scotland aims to attract investment in innovative offshore wind initiatives in Scottish waters through a leasing process known as INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas).The primary goal of this strategy is to help decarbonize North Sea operations. Crown Estate Scotland has said that the maximum capacity for all awarded projects is 5 gigawatts (GW), with an additional 500mw allocated for smaller, more innovative projects.Successful bidders will be offered a seabed lease with a term ranging from 25 to 50 years. As a global leader in wind power, the United Kingdom experienced a record-breaking year in 2022, with wind energy supplying over 25% of the nations electricity, according to the National Grid.Also Read: Nigerias Oil Roam EU International Waters, Searching For BuyersOffshore wind, the largest renewable energy source in Britain, has the potential to power approximately 40% of UK households, as stated by the Crown Estate.Developing offshore wind projects to provide clean energy for North Sea oil and gas platforms is a significant step towards achieving the UKs decarbonization goals.This innovative approach aims to reduce the environmental impact of oil and gas operations while simultaneously promoting the growth of renewable energy industries.The offshore wind leases to 13 companies, including BP, TotalEnergies, and various UK renewable energy firms, highlight the countrys dedication to reducing emissions from the oil and gas sector.Also Read: UK Residents Warned To Prepare For Tight Power SupplyWith an initial combined investment of around 260 million, these innovative projects are expected to contribute to the decarbonization of North Sea operations significantly.

Tolls are beginning to fall in Frances energy sector with the lingering strike action by protesting workers. An extension of the current strikes at Frances Le Havre port has cut off crude oil deliveries to ExxonMobils nearby Port Jerome refinery, according to the CGT trade union.Argus said the 236,000bpd Exxons Port Jerome refinery, in northern Franceand the Gravenchon petrochemicals plant will stop operations today, Argus quoted the CGT.The refinery was originally expected to close earlier this week as the strikes drug on, but the refinery reportedly received a shipment of rude oil from Libya.TotalEnergies Gonfreville refinery also shut down earlier in the weeka refinery producing 246,90 barrels per day. Four workers from this refiner were tasked by police to release jet fuel stocks last night, intended for airports in Paris.Also Read: Four Of Frances 6 Refineries To Shut Down Operations Today As Protests EscalateOther refineries in France that are shuttered are Totals 219,000 bpd Donges refinery and Petroineos 207,000 bpd Lavera refinery. Strikes have shut down the refineries as French President Emmanuel Macron pushed through a controversial pension reform without a vote in Parliament under parliamentary clause 49:3.The pension reform would raise the retirement age in France by two years, to age 64. The strikes have disrupted power supply, refining operations, and fuel deliveries for nearly two weeks.Apart from refining operations, the strikes have disrupted LNG imports into France as LNG import terminals have been shut down. France has four LNG receiving terminals, Dunkirk, Montoir, Fos Cavaou, and Fos Tonkin.Also Read: Protests: LNG Import Terminals in France Grounded With Little Respite In SightReports say at least seven LNG cargoes heading to France have changed course since the strikes were implemented and are now headed to alternate ports in the Netherlands, the UK, and SpainBy Bosco Agbah

A report quoting unnamed four traders, has said that between 20 and 25 shipments of Nigerian crude for April loading are still floating on the high seas in Europe, searching for buyers.This development comes on the heels of another report that lingering strikes and protests in the French refining sector and seasonal maintenance at plants elsewhere in Europe cut into the OPEC producers sales.Observers say thats a much weaker position than normal for this time of the month when trade should be moving on to Mays barrels and the prices the shipments can fetch are dropping, they said. Each cargo is about a million barrels of crude.Rated as one of Nigerias biggest patrons, France took an average of 110,000 barrels a day of Nigerias oil over the past year, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.Also Read: NNPC Hires French/Swiss National To Head Trading TeamBut that demand has shriveled this month, with Frances overall crude imports dropping by half in March as the nationwide dispute over pension reforms escalates, according to Wood MacKenzie.Well over 80% of Frances 1.1 million-barrels-a-day processing capacity is halted or in the process of shutting down because of the industrial action, data compiled by Bloomberg show.The traders also assert that, in addition to the impact of the strikes, other plants in Europe are also buying less crude because of seasonal maintenance.Capacity is offline at some typical destinations for Nigerian crude such as Spains San Roque refinery and Italys Sarroch plant, Bloomberg said.Also Read: FG Flaunts Scorecard On Maritime, Cross Border Oil Related Crimes Fight In 5yrsFacilities that have halted capacity for work also include Shells Pernis refinery near Rotterdam, Europes biggest plant.The Nigerian backlog is a combination of higher freight costs, lower tanker availability specifically into Europe as well as lower overall demand for West Africa light sweet as crude from other regions is deluging markets, Viktor Katona, lead crude analyst at Kpler, was quoted saying.Northwest Europes reduced buying matters for West Africa because alternative outlets are limited, traders said. Mediterranean refiners can choose to skip Nigerian supply in favor of cheap North African barrels that ship more quickly to the region, or they can process some of the large volumes of US West Texas Intermediate crude that have been arriving in Europe in recent months.Long-haul buyers like Indian Oil Corp. and Indonesias Pertamina have been taking more discounted Russian volumes this year, easing their need for Nigerian supply. Chinas Unipec favors processing oil from Angola, where only around five April shipments are still available, the traders said.Also Read: Former NNPC Chief, Anibor Kragha, Re-Elected African Refiners Association HelmsmanSome people have identified another driver for the unsold glut; being the countrys revival of crude production that was shuttered in recent months by theft and technical issues, such as the nations Bonny Light stream.It is expected that Nigerias export capacity should now exceed what the market needs by end of 1Q, according to Katona.By Ken Okoye

A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a lawsuit alleging collusion with foreign companies and agencies, corruption and money laundering against Nigeria LNG, the managing director, Tony Attah, and three others.The others include the general manager commercial, Ufuoma Otemowo, former general manager commercial and non-executive director, Patrick Olinma.They noted that the court papers were initiated via a proxy company, Global Private Investigators Limited. This company was clearly acting on behalf of undisclosed principals as Global Private Investigators Limited has no contractual or other partnership relationship whatsoever with Nigeria LNG and its executive officers.Also Read: Former NNPC Chief, Anibor Kragha, Re-Elected African Refiners Association HelmsmanThe principals are most likely aggrieved contractors who have lost out on lucrative contracts or had had their contracts terminated by the board of Nigeria LNG.The proxy company had instituted the law suit seeking amongst other reliefs an order of the Federal High Court stopping Nigeria LNG from entering into new contracts with reputable international oil and gas companies like Gunvor, Trafigura, Royal Dutch Shell, Vitol, TotalEnergies Trading/Totsa, Glencore, and Eni for lifting of LNG alleging that they are involved in criminal activities in the US and other countries.The purported proxy petitioners equally Also an order of court awarding to them the sum of N5 billion against Nigeria LNG and its directors. They also wanted an order of court removing Mr. Patrick Olinma from the Board of Nigeria LNG.Also Read: Why European Oil Companies Face A Valuation Gap When Compared With US PeersSources say that Nigeria LNG and other defendants put up a vigorous defence through their lawyers which led to the Federal High Court dismissing the case. Nigeria LNG, Otemowo and Tony Attah were represented by Mr. Wale Akoni, SAN, whilst Patrick Olinma was represented by Mr. Babatune Fagbohunlu, SAN.Mr. Patrick Olinma has since voluntarily resigned from the board of directors of Nigeria LNG Limited, effective 31st July, 2021By Ken Okoye

The Price Watch of Nigerias National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said that a combination of high petrol and diesel costs, added profiteering activities of Point of Sales [POS] operators kept energy prices high in February.According to the group, the average retail price of Premium Motor Spirit [PMS], popularly known as petrol, rose by 54.76% Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) from N170.42 per litre in February 2022 to N263.76 per litre in February 2023, a deviation from the recently approved price of N185 per litre.Comparing the average price with January 2023 price, the average retail price climbed 2.58%. Market reports suggest that petrol prices were much higher across major cities, especially from independent marketers, in February when prices ranged between N220 and N250 per litre and worsened as POS costs nudged by a cash scarcity hurt consumer pockets.Also Read: Former NNPC Chief, Anibor Kragha, Re-Elected African Refiners Association HelmsmanWhile petrol price has risen despite price regulation, some analysts note that petrol price may more than double in the next few months as the government removes subsidy from the retail pump price.The average retail price of Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) increased by 168.26% Y-o-Y from N311.98 per litre recorded in February 2022 to a higher cost of N836.91 per litre in February 2023. On a month-on-month basis, the diesel engine fuel increased by 0.98% from N828.82 per litre in January to an average of N836.91 in February 2023. Analysts reckon that the higher diesel price could be attributed to exchange rate shortages, port-related dollar charges, and the high cost of vessel leasing.By Ken Okoye

ENGIE Energy Access, one of the leading off-grid providers in Africa and CarbonClear a data-driven and innovative carbon offset certification company, have announced a partnership in a pioneer agreement to accelerate the use of climate finance by the off-grid sector in sub-Saharan Africa through issuing and selling data-driven and impactful carbon credits.Also working in the partnership is ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) the energy management and sales division of the ENGIE GroupUnder the terms of the agreement, CarbonClear will be using its innovative and fully digital model to certify the carbon offset generated from the solar kits distributed by ENGIE Energy Access to rural and off-grid communities living in sub-Saharan Africa.ENGIE GEMS will then assist ENGIE Energy Access in selling these credits to climate-conscious organisations wanting to offset their greenhouse gas emissions with projects that have a high social and environmental impact. The partnership targets to issue 500.000 tCO2e of offsets.Carbon credits are an important lever to optimize the affordability of our products. We are therefore excited that the partnership with CarbonClear will enable us to mobilize additional climate finance and accelerate our growth declared Steven Fleurus, head of finance at ENGIE Energy Access.Vincent Verbeke, Excom member at ENGIE GEMS comments: By leveraging on the efficiency and transparency of digital tools, the CarbonClear platform provides robust and transparent evidence of the environmental benefits ENGIE Energy Access brings to rural African communities and provides a unique opportunity for corporates to participate by purchasing carbon credits.Through an IT integration between CarbonClear and MySolGo, the last-mile distribution software used by ENGIE Energy Access to monitor its PAYG operations, Micro Carbon Avoidances (MCAs) are created, which are made available to corporate buyers wishing to compensate for their CO2 footprint.The carbon calculations applied are based on the established UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) methodology, and are third-party verified by DNV.This partnership with ENGIE Energy Access and GEMS happens at a time when a number of global initiatives are exploring ways of strengthening the integrity of the voluntary carbon market, as well as its liquidity.By scaling CarbonClears proven data-driven model, this partnership will provide measurable carbon finance to impactful solar off-grid deployments throughout the marginalized areas of the world where ENGIE Energy Access operates. said Karim Jabbar, CEO and co-founder of CarbonClear.This timely initiative responds to an emergency situation. Due to the Covid crisis and demographic evolution, the number of people living without access to electricity is now worsening, impacting 600 million people in Africa alone. Even more alarming, the Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022 published by GOGLA is even anticipating that this figure will stall throughout the end of this decade, if the sector does not receive additional funding. As such, the World Energy Outlook estimates that an additional 26 billion dollars per year are required to meet SDG7.The recently launched Africa Carbon Market Initiative (ACMI) during the COP27 highlighted the important role the Voluntary Carbon Market could and should play in addressing this situation.It builds on the observation that access to energy companies face significant difficulties to mobilise funding from the VCM due to inadequate validation and certification methodologies and particularly long lead times.Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 of a universal access to energy by 2030 is largely falling behind. With this pivotal agreement, we ambition to contribute as a leader in the sector to catch-up while exploiting to its full potential the 2 billion USD Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).Thanks to increasing traditional and, in this specific case, alternative funding means we will meet our target to impact 20 million people by 2025. said Gillian-Alexandre Huart, CEO of ENGIE Energy Access.By Bosco Agba