Daniel Terungwa The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Engr Simbi Wabote, has affirmed plans by the board to collaborate with Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN), to boost capacity in the Oil and Gas Sector. He made this known recently during a familiarisation visit by the newly elected…
Daniel Terungwa The Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Sarki Auwalu, has urged Africa to rise to the challenge of harnessing its oil and gas reserves for the development of the continent. Auwalu spoke recently at the opening ceremony of the 5th Edition of the Sub-Saharan African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference organised by…
By Jerome Onoja As part of its activities around the International Biological Diversity Day, Schneider Electric, a leading firm in energy management and automation has made commitments to actualize its pledge of combating the global loss of biodiversity by achieving a net zero loss of biodiversity from its operations, with a specific target of 2030. …
Lagos, Nigeria Pacegate Energy and Resources Limited (PEARL), an arm of Pacegate Limited recently launched an ultra-modern manufacturing plant where drilling chemicals, water and oil-based production chemicals are formulated and manufactured in Nigeria and accessible to clients. PEARL, an Integrated Management System (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO45001:2018) Certified will provide chemical treatment solutions, laboratory…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said on Tuesday that it had committed a total of US$332million under its commercial ventures partnership programme with a view to attracting project developments in-country valued at US$3.7bn. The Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote revealed this at the bi-annual Nigerian Oil & Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF)…
By Ikenna Omeje The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said that Nigeria’s oil sector dropped by 19.8 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2020, after a 13.9 percent year-on-year contraction in the third quarter of the same year. The largest crude oil cartel in the world, which stated this in its Monthly…
Social media recently went abuzz when news broke out that a Nigerian female geologist, Mrs Oghogho Effiom has been elected as the African Regional Director of the Society For Petroleum Engineers – SPE International, which makes her the voice of Africa on the SPE table globally.Oghogho has about 20 years of technical experience in the…
Some of the biggest shifts in business and investment is happening in the oil and gas sector, denominated in the clean economic development paradigm. This shift is underpinned by the competitive race for a green global energy transition as pushed and rapidly amplified under a new US-China race for Net-Zero transition. Nigeria cannot be left…
Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu Women in Energy Network (WIEN) and the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) have made a call for advocates of women to openly show solidarity in the signing of the African Gender Charter.The clarion call to sign the pro-women Charter was made by both associations at the recently held symposium themed “Light Up…
By Ikenna Omeje and Jerome Onoja The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the economy and the current global push towards energy transition, have necessitated the need for Nigeria to intensify its drive for building indigenous capabilities and capacity in the oil and gas industry by deepening the industry’s Research and Development culture. This write up examines…
