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Oando Acquires Oil Block In Angola

Oando Plc  Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  Oando Plc  says it has completed and won the bid for the operatorship of oil block KON 13 in Angola. The firm which recently acquired Eni of Italy’s oil assets in Nigeria, said that the award of the oil block located in Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin followed a competitive bidding process by the country’s oil and gas sector regulator. It further said hat the asset in which it owns 45 per cent participating interest, has estimated prospective resources of 770 to 1,100 million barrels of oil. Oando is handling its operations relating to the asset through its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER). “Oando Plc,  Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER), has been awarded operatorship of Block KON 13 in Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin, following a...
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LPG's Cylinders of below 15 years are good, says SON

LPG's Gylinders

By Favour & Akinola Ajibade

Standards of Organisation of Nigeria) has advised Nigerians, whose Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) cylinders are below fifteen years  from the date of manufacturing) not to panick about their their expiration period.
This coming on the heels of recent reports in the social media tools including facebooks, whatapps, Instagramms among others, that many LPG's cylinders may expire soon, coupled with the fact that the issue if left unchecked would cause dangers to the owners and the communities in particular. 
SON,  in a recent report titled: Public Alert On Expiration of LPG  Steel Cylinders In line with Nigeria Industrial Standard( NIS:69:2013) of which a copy was sent to the News Mirror through the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Association Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), Mr Basset Essien, said that
LPG cylinders of less than 15 years are yet to outlive their usefulness as many Nigerians concluded. 
In the report, the agency further said that the expiring date of clinders differ from one country to another in accordance with their relevant National Standards, adding that cylinders, which are obsolete and destructive are far above the ones of 15 years.
" In Nigeria manufactured locally or imported into the country must carry the manufacturers brand's name, country of origin, test pressure,  tare weight among other features.
It in realisation of these facts that SON wishes to guide the general public  on the use of LPG Steel Cylinders as provided for in the Nigerian Industrial Standard NIS 63: 2013 as follows. 
The LPG Steel Cylinders life span differs from country to country in accordance with their relevant National Standards, that the standards for Steel Cylinders specifies a maximum of 15 years among others.


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