1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480786103321

Autore

Olorunfemi Michael

Titolo

Nigerian Oil and Gas [[electronic resource] ] : A Mixed Blessing?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : BookBaby, 2014

ISBN

978-52842-5-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OlaiyaAde

AdetunjiAkin

Disciplina

338.2728

Soggetti

Gas industry -- Nigeria

Gas industry

Petroleum industry and trade -- Nigeria

Petroleum industry and trade

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; OIL PROSPECTING ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA; EMERGENCE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF THE NIGERIAN OIL INDUSTRY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF OIL AND OIL OPERATIONS; OIL AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF OIL MINISTRY; PANACEA TO MANPOWER SHORTAGE; LIST OF SUPERINTENDING MINISTERS OF PETROLEUM SINCE INDEPENDENCE TILL DATE; INDIGENOUS PIONEERS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF THE OIL INDUSTRY; CHAPTER TWO; THE PRE- AND POST-INDEPENDENCE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

FEATURES OF EARLY POLICY FORMULATIONSTRATEGIC PROMULGATION OF PETROLEUM DECREE 51 OF 1969; DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; Concession Policies; Acreage Delimitation and Allocation Formula; Petroleum Conservation Policy; Manpower Development Policies; Indigenous Participation; FRONTIER EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; OFFSHORE DEEPWATER ACTIVITIES; EVENTS LEADING TO GRANTING SPECIAL FISCAL INCENTIVES FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF



DEEP OFFSHORE FIELDS; THE JOURNEY TOWARDS GAS UTILIZATION AND COMMERCIALISATION

CONCEPT OF INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER (IPP) AS A GAS UTILIZATION POLICYGOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN DOWNSTREAM AND PRODUCTS PRICING; PETROLEUM UNIFORM PRICING POLICY; PARTICIPATION IN UPSTREAM THROUGH NNOC & NNPC; LOCAL CONTENT; CHAPTER THREE; THE FORMATION OF OPEC AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF CRUDE OIL PRICING; Structures and Operations; Nigeria's Membership of OPEC; ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF NIGERIA'S OPEC MEMBERSHIP; CHAPTER FOUR; THE FORMATION OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL OIL COMPANY.; The Internal Considerations; The External Considerations; NNOC - THE INITIAL ADMINISTRATIVE HICCUPS

CHAPTER FIVETHE FORMATION AND OPERATIONS OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION; TAKE-OFF STRUCTURE OF NNPC; ENGINEERING DIVISION; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION DIVISION; COMMERCIAL DIVISION; THE PETROLEUM INSPECTORATE; The Fields Operation Department; The Conservation Department; The Processing Department; The Marketing Department; The Planning and Management Department; Office of the Head of Inspectorate; SECTORIAL DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER SIX; EARLY PERSPECTIVES ON OIL REVENUE; MILITARY ADMINISTRATION AND ATTEMPTS AT POPULIST POLICIES

MILITARY ADMINISTRATION AND THE RISE OF POLITICAL PATRONAGEFEDERAL CHARACTER AND CORPORATION'S NEED FOR MERIT; DIVERTING THE NNPC FROM ITS CORE BUSINESS; IN-BUILT CONSTRAINTS TO SOUND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND THE MIRAGE OF DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER SEVEN; GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION OF REFINERIES; STRATEGIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE; OTHER METHODS INTRODUCED TO TACKLE FUEL SHORTAGE; PETROLEUM EQUALISATION FUND (PEF); SCARCITY OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND THE DISINTERESTEDNESS OF PRIVATE INVESTORS IN REFINERIES; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN PRODUCT PRICING, DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING

CHAPTER EIGHT

Sommario/riassunto

Nigerian Oil and Gas, A Mixed Blessing? is  an insider's chronicle of landmark policy events in the many incarnations of the Nigerian oil and gas industry under the administrations that we have had since before independence .