Shell wins PETAN’s Industry achievements award

14 Majorwaves Energy Report JANUARY 2020, Vol 3 No 1 S h el l c om p a n i e s l a t e November won the Industry Achievement award at the 2019 awards night of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), the umbrella body of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Osagie Okunbor, was also honoured at the event with the Aret Adams Award for Excellence for leading a formidable team in Shell to deliver value to its partners, stakeholders and particularly the country. PETAN President, Bank-Anthony Okoroafor, said the Industry Achievement Award wa s in recognition of Shell’s consistent outstanding contributions to the development of local content in the Nigerian oil and gas industry over the years. Okoroafor acknowledged the leadership role of Shell companies in Nigeria and described the award was well-deserved. “Indigenous companies look up to Shell and other industry leaders to leverage growth opportunities in the industry,” he said. Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Bayo Ojulari, received the Shell awards on behalf of Okunbor. Speaking on the awards, Ojulari said, “At Shell, we see local content as a critical business enabler, not just a regulatory requirement, and that is why we take cogent steps to encourage community and Nigerian contractors even before the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act was enacted in 2010.” According to Ojulari, the many ‘intentional steps have matured as contracts and funding and other capacity building initiatives as well as highly rewarding collaborative engagements with Nigerian oil and gas professionals in Scotland and suppliers in China. We are pleased that the milestones have been recognised by PETAN and other organisations.” The PETAN awards came barely a week after Shell companies in Nigeria emerged the top companies to work for in Nigeria according to a survey by Jobberman, an international recruitment website with over 2 million job applicants and 40,000 employers in Nigeria.

Crude production efficiency: DPR launches four new guidelines

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has launched four new guidelines for operation in the upstream sector of the oil industry, with the aim to promote efficiency, transparency and accountability. Speaking at a sensization workshop organized by the department for key stakeholders in the upstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry, held in Lagos recently, the new Director of DPR, Engr. Sarki Auwalu said that the guidelines will guide operators on what is expected of them at every stage of their operations. Sarki who was represented by Engr. Enorense Amadasu, Deputy Director and Head of Upstream Division, DPR at the event said, “The essence of our meeting is to engage the industry and sensotize them on the programmes we have embarked upon for the past one year and also to seek more collaborations and for them to buy into our initiatives. “The initiatives will promote efficiency in the industry, promote transparency and meet up with government aspirations by keying into government’s agenda on exploration and to achieve the three million barrels per day (bpd) target by year 2020 and to improve reserves to 40 billion barrels from 37 billion barrels as at today.”

He noted that the use of technology has the capability to reduce cost and improve efficiency, especially now that there is uncertainty in the price of crude oil, couple with other challenges like crude theft and vandalism that operators are facing. Giving the stakeholders assurance on the willingness of the department to support them to improve their efficiency, Sarki said,”We will give you all the necessary supports that you need.” The four guidelines launched by the department are: Work Program and Budget Automation; Rig and Vessel Work Process Automation; Drilling/Completion/ Re-entry Work Process Automation; and Nigerian Oil & Gas Content Advertising Portal (NOGCAP).