Tag: NCDMB

4 Days, 20 Speakers, 6 Sessions, 50 Industry Leaders, 750 Delegates; Facts, Figures About PNC 2024

ADEOLA YUSUF

. All roads lead to Bayelsa where who-is-who in Nigeria’s oil industry assemble in the state known as the glory of all lands as NCDMB introduces new Contracting Cycle Guidelines for the industry . Wemimo Oyelana, Portfolio Director – Africa & Country Director – Nigeria at dmg Nigeria events, speaks on what to expect between December 2 and 5, 2024     Spanning four days, the Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) forum, starting on Monday, December 2, 2024, would feature 20 distinguished speakers across six sessions and welcome over 750 delegates,…

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Over 300 Youths Benefit As NLNG Begins Nigerian Content HCD Trainings

ADEOLA YUSUF

NLNG, on Tuesday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, kicked off its Nigerian Content Human Capacity Development (NC-HCD) Basic Training Programme for the NLNG Train 7 Project, a major NC programme aimed at reskilling young graduates and developing human capital. A total of 331 young graduates from diverse academic disciplines, who emerged successful out of 848 previously shortlisted from the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content (NOGIC) Joint Qualification System (JQS) portal of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), are undergoing the 12-month programme. Areas of training include ICT,…

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NCDMB, Butane Energy, Boost LPG Supply as Kaduna Plant Is Commissioned

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Butane Energy Limited on Friday recorded a significant milestone in their collective drive to make liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) a widely accessible, cleaner, and more cost-effective fuel option for cooking in the country, with the commissioning of a 180-metric-tonne LPG Filling Plant in Kaduna, Kaduna State. The Filling Plant, the second after the commissioning of another 100MT LPG Storage and Bottling Plant in Kabukawa Layout, Katsina, Katsina State, in 2021, is part of a joint venture to establish five of such…

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PNC 2024 Forum To Spotlight New Frontiers For Content Implementation, Rallies 950 Stakeholders

ADEOLA YUSUF

. ‘Africa Energy Bank, Reduction of middlemen and fixing contract price inflation,’ organisers highlight forum’s feats, speak on what to expect at NCDMB-backed PNC 2024   About 950 experts and stakeholders across the oil and gas ecosystem will participate at the Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) 2024 Forum to advance solution-driven conversation on the Nigerian Content Implementation. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)-backed event holds its 13th edition in Bayelsa State with the theme “Defining The Next Frontier Nigerian Content Implementation.” After Platforms Africa Report,…

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NCDMB, Shell JV Partners Deepen CSR, Donate Engineering Studio, ICT Hub to FUTO

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), with its joint venture (JV) partners, on Thursday unveiled world-class engineering design studios and an information and communication technology (ICT) hub at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). Platforms Africa reports that the facilities were conceived and donated in furtherance of the Nigerian Content Human Capacity Development (HCD) programme which had focused lately on institutional strengthening, equipping universities and revamping select technical and vocational schools across the country, in a bid to develop competent technical…

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NCDMB, Triple Helix To Host Research And Innovation Conference

ADEOLA YUSUF

In a bid to create a platform for critical stakeholders to share ideas, explore opportunities for collaboration and co-create pathways for the commercialisation of research outputs, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is partnering Triple Helix Nigeria (THN) to host the maiden edition of the SciBiz Annual Conference 2024. Themed “Integrating Research Innovation and Policy: Triple Helix Pathway to a Digital Nigeria,” the event, slated for Abuja between 23rd and 25th October, brings together the academia, industry and government – known as the three arms of the Triple…

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NCDMB, Petroleum Commission Ghana Begin Technical Cooperation

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In furtherance of its long-standing support to African oil and gas producing countries and development of local content in the continent, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday in Lagos began a five-day knowledge sharing programme with the Petroleum Commission of Ghana. The engagement seeks to establish technical cooperation between the NCDMB and the Ghanaian Commission through capacity building and learning from the Board’s rich experiences, best practices and procedures in local content development. Part of the objectives are to foster the Petroleum Commission of Ghana’s efforts…

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NCDMB, UBEC Explore Opportunities for Capacity Building, Support for Basic Education

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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) have agreed to collaborate towards upgrading basic education in the country and building capacities of young Nigerians towards meeting the needs of the ever-changing oil and gas industry and the linkages sectors. The partnership opportunities were explored on Tuesday when the Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe hosted his counterpart from UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi at the Board’s Abuja liaison office. The leaders agreed to set up a joint committee that would finalize details…

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NCDMB’s Obinna Ezeobi Bags PhD in Communications

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How thesis by the NCDMB’s deputy manager titled; “Nigerian Oil and Gas Content Communication Campaigns and Selected Oil Companies’ Awareness and Compliance,” earned him the highest academic degree at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State   One of the founding staff of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Obinna Joseph Ezeobi, on Friday, successfully defended his thesis that earned him a Doctorate Degree in Communication Studies at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. At the external examination conducted by renowned academics, Ezeobi, Deputy Manager at the…

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

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. ‘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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