{
  "id": 16553528,
  "title": "FG: Era of Holding Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Assets as Souvenirs Over",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/fg-era-of-holding-nigerias-oil-gas-assets-as-souvenirs-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T03:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/26/fg-era-of-holding-nigerias-oil-gas-assets-as-souvenirs-over/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigerian government has declared an end to the era of oil companies holding petroleum assets without developing them, enforcing the drill-or-drop provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). According to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, this policy has empowered the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to recover undeveloped assets and make them available to investors willing and able to develop them. Former NNPC GMD, Prof. Ibe Kachikwu, noted that cumbersome approval processes and government interference during his tenure delayed decisions and constrained investment. Meanwhile, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, emphasized the need to translate Nigeria's 215 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves into higher domestic supply, stronger infrastructure, and industrial growth over the next five years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}