Olaniwun Ajayi LP

June 30, 2025

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum (Commercial) Regulations 2025

New Commercial Regulations in Nigeria’s Upstream Petroleum: Key Obligations under the 2025 Framework

On 5 May 2025, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (the NUPRC or the Commission), further to its powers under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 (the PIA), issued the Nigerian...

June 19, 2025

Legal Considerations for Cross-Border Pipeline Project in Africa

Legal and Practical Considerations for Cross-border Gas Pipeline Projects In Africa

The global energy landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, fueled by factors such as the energy transition drive and geopolitical tensions, notably the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Whilst these factors have contributed...

January 22, 2025

PIA Oil & Gas Newsletter

The PIA and Midstream Host Communities Regulations

In accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and in a bid to provide a clear framework for implementation of host communities development provisions in the PIA, the Nigerian Midstream...

April 29, 2020

Impact on oil prices

COVID -19: Impact on Oil Prices; Implication on the Nigerian Oil Industry

In the wake of the fight against Covid-19, many countries were faced with no other option than to take drastic measures to contain the spread of the deadly virus. Most...

April 27, 2020

Local Content

Local Content in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector: A Watershed 2010s

Efforts by the Nigerian government to address the domination of the sector by foreign oil and gas companies commenced with the establishment of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation in 1971,...

November 2, 2017

Tax disputes in the Oil & Gas Sector – Are they subject to arbitration?

The relevance of arbitration in an increasingly globalized economic structure cannot be overemphasized. However, the question of arbitrability of tax disputes has long been the subject of sustained debates in...

June 30, 2025

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum (Commercial) Regulations 2025

New Commercial Regulations in Nigeria’s Upstream Petroleum: Key Obligations under the 2025 Framework

On 5 May 2025, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (the NUPRC or the Commission), further to its powers under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 (the PIA), issued the Nigerian...

June 19, 2025

Legal Considerations for Cross-Border Pipeline Project in Africa

Legal and Practical Considerations for Cross-border Gas Pipeline Projects In Africa

The global energy landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, fueled by factors such as the energy transition drive and geopolitical tensions, notably the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Whilst these factors have contributed...

January 22, 2025

PIA Oil & Gas Newsletter

The PIA and Midstream Host Communities Regulations

In accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and in a bid to provide a clear framework for implementation of host communities development provisions in the PIA, the Nigerian Midstream...

April 29, 2020

Impact on oil prices

COVID -19: Impact on Oil Prices; Implication on the Nigerian Oil Industry

In the wake of the fight against Covid-19, many countries were faced with no other option than to take drastic measures to contain the spread of the deadly virus. Most...

April 27, 2020

Local Content

Local Content in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector: A Watershed 2010s

Efforts by the Nigerian government to address the domination of the sector by foreign oil and gas companies commenced with the establishment of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation in 1971,...

November 2, 2017

Tax disputes in the Oil & Gas Sector – Are they subject to arbitration?

The relevance of arbitration in an increasingly globalized economic structure cannot be overemphasized. However, the question of arbitrability of tax disputes has long been the subject of sustained debates in...