‘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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Imo Varsity Awards Wabote Doctor of Science, Celebrates Accomplishments

For his excellent contributions to the growth and transformation of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and the towering leadership he has provided for the development of local content in Nigeria and Africa, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, was on Saturday conferred with a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa at the 8th convocation of the Imo State University, Owerri. The award was received on his behalf by the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics,NCDMB, Mr. Patrick Daziba Obah, who dedicated…

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EXCLUSIVE: Major Shake up rocks DPR, 6 Deputy Directors Removed + FULL LIST

  A major shake up has rocked Nigeria’s oil industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum (DPR), affecting all deputy directors of the agency, Platforms Africa, gathered exclusively. Described by some staff of the agency, which has newly moved its headquarters to Abija, as a “compulsory but massive retirement of deputy directors,” the gale blew away six of the seven deputy directors. The deputy directors are Head, Corporate Services, Mr. Isah Tafidah; Head, Engineering and Standard, Engineer Akann Musa; Head, Downstream Monitoring and Regulation, Mr.Mohammed Alaku; and Head, Upstream Monitoring and…

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