lYearnings by oil and gas industry stakeholders for easy access to the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF) will soon be addressed by the new guidelines to be released by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). This was part of the outcomes of the 6th Practical Nigerian Content Conference which ended in Abuja Thursday. The conference […]
The new Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Simbi Wabote, has said the implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act of 2010 has attracted investment commitments worth $2 billion. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the sixth edition of the Practical Nigerian Content Conference, Wabote […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Friday commissioned the Engineering Laboratory of the Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW) located in Obayantor, Edo State. The Laboratory has the capacity to conduct Destructive and Non-Destructive testing. The project which was sponsored by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) will help domicile 100 […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja inaugurated the boards of the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA). Buhari said the new boards were coming at a time when the global petroleum industry was witnessing a […]
The Nigerian defence community has been advised to adopt the Local Content Policy in their operations, particularly in the manufacturing and maintenance of security equipment and development of software. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja when he delivered a lecture to […]
A major Nigerian Content feat was recorded on Thursday when Saipem Nigeria achieved the loadout of the Egina project’s Umbilicals, Flowlines and Risers (UFR) fabricated at the company’s facilities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Egina oil field is being developed by Total Upstream Nigeria in partnership with CNOOC, Sapetro andPetrobras. It is the third […]
President Muhammed Buhari on Monday appointed Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote as the substantive Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB). His appointment, alongside 12 other chief executives for Federal agencies was announced in a statement by the Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the […]