New deep water projects in Nigeria must set new records beyond in-country integration of the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Engr. Simbi Wabote has said. He spoke at the reception of the Total Upstream Nigeria’s Egina FPSO at the SHI-MCI yard in Lagos, […]
Despite the fast changing landscape of the global oil and gas industry, “Nigeria remains attractive for investments”, asserted Engr. Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at the BHGE 2018 Annual Meeting in Florence, Italy. Fielding questions at the Ministerial Panel, the Executive Secretary stated that Nigeria’s Oil and Gas […]
The Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel for the $16bn Egina deepwater oilfield project by Total Upstream Nigeria Limited has arrived in Nigeria from South Korea. The Egina FPSO, described as the largest ever installed in Nigeria (330-metres long), started the journey to Nigeria on October 31, 2017. The vessel berthed on Wednesday at the […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will partner the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to train victims of human trafficking with the aim of rehabilitating and equipping them with skills they would need to become self-reliant. The Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Wabote made the commitment at a […]
Members of the Federal House of Representatives have begun working with stakeholders in Power, Construction and Information Communication Technology sectors towards extending the Nigerian Content Act to the three sectors of the economy. The collaboration was firmed up at the recent workshop organized by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for members of […]
In fulfilment of its commitments to Nigerian Content Human Capacity Development initiatives, Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) has concluded the training of eleven engineers at Saipem yard, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The 24-month exercise was conducted as project based trainings on the back of the execution of the Umbilicals, Flowline and Risers (UFR) modules by […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has concluded plans to construct 90 homes in the North-Eastern region of the country. This is part of the oil and gas industry’s contributions towards rebuilding areas that were devastated by the activities of the Boko Haram sect. The Board is using the ‘Down To Earth’ (D2E) […]