Tinubu Make Four Fresh Appointments Into NCDMB Governing Council

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the nomination of four new members to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), reinforcing the board’s capacity to drive local content growth in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The new members include Mr. Olusegun Omosehin from the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and Engr. Wole Ogunsanya of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). Also appointed are Mazi Sam…

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PETAN Proposes 1.5 Billion Dollars in-contract Awards To Indigenous Firms

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN, wants a review of in- contract awards on Shell’s Bonga North Project to indigenous Companies Petan’s Chairman, Engr Wole Ogunsanya, made the Association’s position known in a keynote address at the on-going Sub-Saharan Africa International Conference and Exhibition (SAIPEC) in Lagos, with the theme ‘Building Africa’s Future: Advancing Local Content and Sustainable Development in the Oil & Gas Industry’. Engr. Ogunsanya, who expressed optimism about several Final Investment Decisions (FID) recently signed in Nigeria, emphasised the vital role of indigenous companies. “Our members…

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‘Weed Them Out,’ PETAN Exposes Antics of Oil Sector’s ‘Middlemen Businesses’

. ‘How they (‘middlemen businesses’) cast shadow on the competencies and integrity of Nigerian oil and gas operators,’ PETAN’s Wole Ogunsanya talks on deepening ties with NCDMB, NUPRC   Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has reaffirmed its commitment to Support the federal government’’s effort to weed out ‘Middlemen Businesses’ ,as it advocates for local content in the nation’s oil production. Platforms Africa reports that PETAN Chairman and CEO, Geoplex Drillteq Limited , Engr. Wole Ogunsanya, made the statement while speaking during a panel session where he was one of…

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