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FG in rush for more barrels as oil prices soar
Sopuruchi Onwuka Beyond prevailing pressure on operating companies to rapidly pump more barrels into the market to meet up with revenue aspirations projected in the 2026 fiscal plans, the upstream petroleum industry regulators are in sync to accelerate approval process…
NCDMB, Edison finalize deal to boost Bayelsa tourism
Radisson brand anchors in Yenegoa Sopuruchi Onwuka Bayelsa State is poised for a significant boost in tourism, hospitality and business activities as plans progress for the commissioning of a Radisson-branded hotel developed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
NCDMB trains 33 engineers on pipeline maintenance
Sopuruchi Onwuka Thirty-three young graduates of engineering, geology and related disciplines have started a 12-month training program in pipeline engineering, corrosion control and monitoring. The training organized under the Nigerian Content Human Capital Development (NC HCD) Training Program is geared…
NCDMB’s 204 room Radisson Hotel and Conference center ready by December
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is working with key private sector partners to commission a 204-room hotel and conference center near its headquarters in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. The agency which is currently developing capacity for…
NCDMB deploys technical team to enforce NCD law in downstream oil sector
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has deployed a five-directorate technical team to deepen compliance enforcement in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum industry, warning operators to fully comply with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD)…
NCDMB says capacity building targets full industry ecosystem
Builds health sector capacity with hi-tech equipment, simulators at BMU Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has declared that capacity building in the energy sector is conceived to create an enabling ecosystem that enhances optimization, operability…
NCDF: FG warns oil firms, contractors of non-compliance consequences
Defaulters deny themselves all regulatory support Sopuruchi Onwuka Players in the upstream petroleum industry who fail to make mandatory legal payments into designated accounts of the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF) might lose their entitlement to all regulatory support and…
WIEN wants women capacity integrated into upstream growth strategy
Sopuruchi Onwuka As Nigeria intensifies efforts to raise crude oil production and attract fresh upstream investment, the Women in Energy Network (WIEN) is calling for deliberate policy reforms to ensure women-led exploration, production, and oilfield service companies are not excluded…
NCDMB demands collaboration on African local content policy
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, FNSE, has emphasized that collaboration remains the most critical factor in achieving effective local content policy implementation across Africa’s energy sector. Speaking…
AfCFTA can push local capacity to continental markets __Ogbe
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Ogbe, has said that effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in the oil and gas industry will be critical to unlocking Africa’s…
