NCDMB restates commitment to local capacity utilization
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has assured that patronage and deployment of indigenous oil and gas service companies would remain of strategic importance to take advantage of the massive development of operational capabilities since the implementation of…
NNPC Ltd, TotalEnergies adopt methane detection technology
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies for the adoption and deployment of a methane detection technology known as Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Application (AUSEA) in all its upstream…
FG commissions gas leak detection device factory
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Petroleum Resources on Thursday commissioned the Amal Technology’s production facility for Gas Leak Detection Device and Printed Circuit Board, at Idu, Abuja. The homegrown innovation was initiated by Amal Technologies Limited and supported…
NAOC JV delivers medical equipment to Niger Delta states
Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on behalf of NAOC Joint Venture has donated medical equipment to tertiary health institutions and hospitals in its four states of operations in Niger Delta, Nigeria. The commissioning and handover ceremonies were held recently during…
OANDO, ENERGIA build social infrastructure in host communities
Sopuruchi Onwuka Partners in the Oando/Energia oil and gas exploration and production joint venture have completed and commissioned a multi-billion Naira cluster of infrastructure development project in communities contiguous to the production sites. According to Oando Plc, the commissioned projects…
NNPC Ltd. mourns Thomas John
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced the death of a former Group Managing Director (GMD) and Acting Alternate Chairman of the Board of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Thomas Maurice Asuquo John, at…
Wabote cautions against relapse in local content drive
Sopuruchi Onwuka Erstwhile Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content and Development Board (NCDMB), Engr Simbi Wabote, has appealed to government not to let the guards down on the implementation of the Nigerian Content agenda, pointing out that a roadmap that…
Oando, Cross River Govt announce renewable energy plans at COP28
In line with its remit and COP28 theme “The time for promises is past; the time for action is now”, OCEL on Wednesday, December 6,2023, hosted a side event at the Nigeria pavilion to showcase its clean energy solutions and…
Ogbe hints at continuity at NCDMB, charges staff on high performance
Sopuruchi Onwuka The high anxiety that gripped the Nigerian upstream petroleum players over the sudden replacement of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has been dispelled by the new helmsman, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe,…
COP28: Industrial economies agree, oil factors decide
Sopuruchi Onwuka Whereas the nations that currently rely on petroleum income make vain efforts to assert the resilience of petroleum demand in the prevailing energy transition saga, industrialized nations of the world pushing climate agenda are also determined to migrate…
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