Participants at the 3rd Practical Nigerian Content Workshop held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last week have advised the Federal Government to continue driving the oil and gas industry with an “in-country value” focus as opposed to the previous strategy which was “revenue focused.” This was one of the key resolutions at the two-day workshop attended by over 400 […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Presidential Amnesty Programme are to collaborate towards integrating ex-agitators from the Niger Delta into the Oil and Gas Industry. This was mooted when the Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Ernest Nwapa hosted the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential […]
In furtherance of its commitment to increase the participation of Nigerian companies and individuals in its supply chain and operations to ensure that as many Nigerians as possible benefit from its operations in tandem with the objectives of its Nigerian Content Development Policy and the NOGICD Act, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria Limited […]
Operators of oil and gas free zones in Nigeria should encourage the manufacturing of components for the oil and gas industry and spearhead research activities on their facilities, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Ernest Nwapa has said. Speaking in Port Harcourt at the just concluded Nigerian Oil and Gas Trade […]
In its quest to fulfill commitment in developing indigenous competence and grow in-country value chain through engaging financial institutions, TOTAL E&P Limited & TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Limited hosted a forum on Nigerian Contractors Development Initiative recently in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The forum which had as its theme, “Discipline and Excellence in Service Delivery: The […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the recent spate of divestments of onshore oil blocks by some international oil companies (IOCs) is in the best interest of indigenous players in Nigeria’s oil and gas production mix. It equally dismissed the perception that the development may lead to a crisis in the nation’s oil […]
The Nigerian oil and gas industry celebrated another milestone in the development of indigenous infrastructure for the delivery of world class well construction service which has demonstrated that with Nigerian Content policy and law, it is possible to attract investment in-country and domicile real value creation within the Nigerian economy. Delivering a keynote address at […]