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SAIPEC 2026: PETAN pledges collaborative, African-led energy development
Sopuruchi Onwuka Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Engr. Wole Ogunsanya, has reaffirmed the association’s commitment to working with all stakeholders to build a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable energy industry that delivers prosperity for Africans and value…
PETAN companies invested N225 bn in asset capacity in 2025
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous oilfield services contractors in the upstream petroleum industry have in the in 2025 collectively invested significant $10 million or N225 billion inbuilding capacity for fast and efficient execution of industry jobs. Chairman of the contractors known as…
PETAN demands role in regulating project economics
Insists Nigeria’s petroleum industry services are cheapest in Africa Sopuruchi Onwuka The President of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, Engr. Wole Ogunsanya, says service costs in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry remain the lowest in Africa. But he stressed…
NCDMB, partners engage 100 graduates in internship programme
One hundred young graduates of diverse academic disciplines have begun a Graduate Internship Programme jointly sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Renaissance Africa Energy Company (RAEC) Limited, and the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). The…
FIDs Surge: NCDMB to empower 10,000 Nigerians with high-demand skills
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has launched a major Human Capital Development (HCD) initiative that will train more than 10,000 young Nigerians in the top 10 high-demand technical skills required in the country’s oil and…
PETAN commends Shell on local content support
* Honours Adams with Excellence Award Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s indigenous petroleum industry services group, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), has commended Shell for supporting Nigerian content development. The Nigerian Content policy which is supported by the Nigerian Oil and…
Namibia 2025: NCDMB’s technocrats lay local content strategies for Africa
Sopuruchi Onwuka The finest crop of technocrats from the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) laid veritable strategies that would propel evolution of pan-African local content policy in the petroleum industry. Also accompanying the team from the NCDMB to…
NCDMB asks African oil service providers to play niches
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) urged oil-producing countries to develop their competencies to the right specifications with which to specialise in different manufacturing and service niches in providing services for the petroleum industry. Executive Secretary,…
PETAN supports NCDMB on service capacity audit
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) is collaborating with the Nigerian Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to eliminate middlemen businesses and uphold the integrity of Nigerian oil and…
AGIS 2024 set to revolutionize Africa’s gas industry through innovation, collaboration
The inaugural Africa Gas Innovation Summit (AGIS 2024), a ground-breaking event aimed at reshaping the future of Africa’s gas industry, will hold from June 13-14, 2024, at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja. With the theme “Igniting the Future: Driving…
