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NCDMB to prioritize technical capacity building in oil industry
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has restated its resolve to invest full efforts in building local capacity for solving technical and engineering challenges in the operations of the petroleum industry in Africa. Executive Secretary, Engr…
NCDMB plans bigger intervention fund, sharper skills for big projects
Presidential orders helping NOGID implementation Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has declared plans to forge collaborations in building the Nigeria Content Intervention Fund (NCIF) to a size that would be adequate to propel big ticket…
Komolafe reveals new strategy to curb oil theft
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Commission Chief Executive (CCE) of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr Gbenga Komolafe, has declared that the successes recorded in combating crude oil losses in the country was the result of presidential directive on agencies…
Dangote’s crisis with PENGASSAN deepens as NUPRC urges rapid resolution
Sopuruchi Onwuka The lingering confrontation between Dangote Refinery and senior oil industry union, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may lead to industrial action, even though the company has indicated that it is prepared to run…
WIEN engages presidency, pledges contribution to energy goals
* As activists demand reserved seats for women in politics Sopuruchi Onwuka Africa’s most effective gender equity and capacity development advocate, Women in Energy Network (WIEN), has restated its resolve to assist the federal government position Nigeria as a global…
FG pledges rapid development, resumption of oil production in Ogoniland
Federal government weekend declared commitment to rapid development of Ogoniland as part of measures to reconcile with the communities and resume petroleum exploration and development years after Shell was forced to abandon operations in the area. President Bola Tinubu received…
NLNG, NCDMB celebrate122 graduates of Train 7 HCD programme
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), closed-out the Train 7 Project Human Capital Development (HCD) Advanced Training Programme. General Manager in charge of Corporate Communications at the NCDMB, Dr Obinna Ezeobi,…
Local refining capacity set to drive Nigeria’s crude oil output
Exports hit 24.42 Mbbls in August Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s crude oil and Natural gas production is expected to follow demand lead from growing number of small scalable refineries in the country, while new propositions for multiple modular refining projects forecast…
NUPRC nullifies TotalEnergies/Chappal divestment deal, stakes still open to new deal
Faults report on N8.4trn oil theft Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government has declared that the divestment of the 10 percent stake belonging to TotalEnergies in the joint venture operated by Renaissance Africa Energy Company (RAEC) Limited would no longer progress following…
WIEN counts impact as members sweep awards, recognitions and appointments
Sopuruchi Onwuka Africa’s leading gender equity advocate and supporter of female-led enterprises in the energy industry, Women In Energy Network (WIEN) has posted significant accomplishments by its members who attained notable milestones. Executive Secretary, Engr Asanimo Omezi, declared in a…
