LOCAL CONTENT The Executive Secretary remarked that the Egina Project remains “the benchmark of upstream project delivery considering its recordbreaking performance in local content practice in the oil and gas industry. The project served as a veritable tool to raise the bar in the development of our in-country capacities and capabilities.”
manufacturing: study, to determine what it will take to produce all the gasket requirements in-country.
He added that “the Board is also happy with Total E&P on the implementation of the ‘Adopt a Faculty and the various actions it had taken on the programme.
The Executive Secretary also noted that the Board has made significant progress with the development of Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme in Bayelsa and Cross River states and requested the operating companies to encourage their key suppliers to set up manufacturing shops in the NOGAPS sites as they become operational by end-2022.
Wabote also solicited the support of the chairman of the Oil Producers Trade Section towards the conclusion of the categorization of in-country oil and gas capacities and capabilities, covering engineering, fabrication yards, testing facilities and training facilities. Another area of collaboration with OPTS is in the study for local gaskets
He also asked OPTS companies to prove feedstock for newly established modular refineries to increase value addition, local refining, demotivate illegal refiners and stealing of crude.
The Total MD had remarked earlier that the company had operated in Nigeria for 60 years and is the only IOC that operates in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
He indicated that the company developed the last three Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platforms in Nigeria and Egina created new records, one of which is recording 40 million manhours in-country. Sangster also reported that the company had made significant progress with the development of the Ikike Oil Field and would record first oil before the end of 2021. He admitted that “it had been difficult developing the project, particularly with the pandemic, but we are making progress and we appreciate the support from the NCDMB.” Commenting on the PIB, which underwent public hearing in the National Assembly in January, the OPTS lead advised federal legislators and policy makers to ensure that the fiscal provisions in the law are fair to key stakeholders, so as to stimulate new investments in the industry.
NLNG Train 7: Uniport to Get US$6M Gas Research Center headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The NCDMB is a key stakeholder in the NLNG project and played an active part in the determination of the Capacity Development Initiatives (CDI) from the project. Wabote outlined the objectives of the investment in the university to include the establishment of LNG & Gas Research center that will run sustainably and provide solutions to the Oil and Gas industry, equipping selected engineering laboratories and expansion of some facilities.
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s part of the Human Capital Development Programme for the NLNG Train 7 Project, over three billion Naira (US$6m) has been set aside for the strengthening of the LNG and Gas Research Centre at the University of Port Harcourt.
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The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Co ntent D evelo p m ent an d Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote made this known recently when the acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Stephen Okodudu paid him a courtesy visit at the Board
The intervention would also train some lecturers to operate the facilities as well as establish digital laboratories linked to simulations at the center. He hinted that under the Human Capital Development for the Bonga North West project by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO),
