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Peace ObiAs the largest oil and gas country in Africa, with the most up to date technology, services, thought leadership and best practices, outward-looking Nigerian companies have identified Uganda as the latest frontier market to invest…

Peace Obi The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said that it has acquired equity in the 12,000barrels per day Azikel Hydroskimming Modular refinery being constructed by Azikel Petroleum Limited at Obunagha,…

NOGOF 2019  Over 1000 delegates including the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu; Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Mr Osagie…

By Elizabeth Uwandu The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have set plans to finalise the draft of Nigerian Content Ministerial Regulations. At a forum that held recently…

Shell Companies in Nigeria have emerged the International Oil Company with the most impactful Local Content Initiatives in the upstream category at the 2019 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) held in Yenagoa,…

Peace Obi and Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa.   The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote on Thursday advised indigenous companies to position themselves to take advantage…

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB Engr. Simbi Wabote, has said that the members of the recently inaugurated Project Management Office (PMO) of the Project 100 were carefully selected in view…

The 8th Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum that held in Yenago, Bayelsa State ended on a high note with impressive records of landmark achievements by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). This is in addition to…

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) unique strategies in overseeing the implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act has resulted in an ever-growing success story of improved…

By Chibisi Ohakah Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has issued a notice to release the Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the NLNG Train 7 project in April this year. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and…

It would certainly not be out of place for anyone to allude that Nigeria appeared jinxed at a point in her economic life. What with the depressing fact that after 50 years of oil exploration and production, there was little or nothing to…

Peace Obi  The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB has said that adherence to the Local Content Requirements (LCRs) in the implementation process of Local Content policy in the West African sub-region’s oil and gas…

Peace Obi The Niger Delta University (NDU), Bayelsa State has sought for closer collaboration with the, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) particularly in Research and Development. The Vice…

The Rivers State Government says not less than 18,000 youths will be engaged during the construction and completion of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Train 7 project. The Rivers State Commissioner for Employment Generation and…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG, have held a knowledge sharing capacity building workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The workshop is an initiative of…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB have committed to growing local content in the oil and gas industry from the current 40 percent to 70 percent by 2027 as…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to deepen Nigerian content in the oil and gas industry. Kachikwu, represented by Mrs Folashade Yemi-Esen,…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has awarded Schneider Electric in Nigeria the Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate (NCEC) in recognition of its commitment to the local content policy. Schneider Electric in a…

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote was conferred with a global award of excellence for outstanding contributions to sustainable local content development in Nigeria and…

Peace Obi The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, went global on Wednesday with Nigerian Content Advocacy, when he addressed delegates at the 2018 African Oil Week (AOW)…

The new modular fire field and emergency response training centre built by Tolmann Allied Services Limited has been commissioned by the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote.…

Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa. The Niger Delta Youths Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYCPP) on has said that the group is collaborating with stakeholders in oil industry to ensure the participation of youths in the NLNG Train-7.…

Egina FPSO sails away to Egina offshore field after completing works in SHI Nigeria’s Lagos facilities; Source: Samsung Heavy The Egina oil field is located some 130 kilometers off the coast of Nigeria at water depths of more than 1,500 …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Seplat Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Monday, signed five agreements for the construction of a gas processing plant with an initial capacity of 300 million standard…

By Oge Obi As Nigeria celebrates the successful anchor of Egina FPSO, a major breakthrough in Nigerian Content policy, the Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company, SNEPCo, recently hinted on an ongoing collaboration with the…

Says govt won’t permit monopoly in maritime, oil sector By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo (fifth right); with Deputy Managing Director, Total (E&P), Musa Kida (left); Managing Director, Nigerian Ports…

Nigerian distributor to represent Viper Innovations Viper Innovations, a UK company specialising in maximising the operational life of subsea controls and electrical distribution equipment, has appointed a new distributor to improve its…

…signs MoU with CWC on PNC Workshop The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has been conferred with the first 1st Dr Alirio Parra Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. The award…

Slot Engineering, is an indigenous engineering, fabrication, construction and procurement company founded by a civil engineer. The company since inception has continued on a path of success, leading to its fast growth and expansion into…

“Success is better depicted when solutions are innovatively created and subsequently curated around perennial challenges; thereby enabling collective capturing of value within an ecosystem, that ultimately results in forward momentum for…

Dr Theo Okeke, Executive Director and Chief Technical Officer, Eroton Exploration & Production Company speaks to Orient Energy Review In line with Dr Ibe Kachikwu’s (Minister of State for Petroleum Resources) ambition to up Nigeria’s…

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote and other top Federal Government officials were at the Silicon Valley,…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, is targeting in-country retention of $14 billion out of the $20 billion annual oil industry capital spending by 2020. By this move, the NCDMB hopes to localise about 70 percent…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery have inaugurated a joint committee that would develop a framework for the implementation of Nigerian Content in the development of the 650,000…

..As Laser Commissions Multi-Million Dollar Petroleum Research Lab By Jerome Onoja Laser Engineering, Managing Consultant, Prof. Mike Onyekonwu, has said the only reason why the International Oil Companies, IOCs, have refused to…

By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu, Oge Obi The Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has promised to support Kabelmetal Nigeria Plc (a Nexans affiliated company), with funds required to manufacture shipboard, umbilical,…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and stakeholders of the oil and gas industry recently celebrated with TechnipFMC on its successful completion of the 44th and last subsea tree for the Total Egina field…

Addax Petroleum rolled out the drums on Friday in Lagos to celebrate the feats it had recorded in the implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. This year’s edition of the Nigerian Content…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has commended Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) for awarding the contract for the provision of a new build Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) ship to a fully indigenous company, E.A. Temile…

Aveon Offshore has recorded a new Nigerian Content feat with the fabrication of another Offshore Loading Terminal, OLT, Buoy made in Nigeria and the first to be delivered ahead of schedule and launched on a dedicated slid way. The…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Friday in Lagos signed a $10m equity investment agreement with Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited for the construction of a 5000 barrels per day modular…

By Oge Obi The Senate Committee on Local Content has said that it would investigate the non-patronage of an internationally certified Nigerian pipe manufacturing and coating company, SCC Nigeria Limited, by Nigerian National…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will before the end of 2018 start using a one-stop shop arrangement for reviewing and approving oil industry projects and…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu on Friday performed the ground-breaking of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park being developed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at Emeyal-1,…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will support the Nigerian Army with it plans to increase the level of Nigerian Content in the manufacture and procurement of military hardware and accessories. The Executive…

The Executive Director,(Engineering), Morpol Engineering Services Limited, Engineer Felix Ayejunikanwa has described the company as changing the nation’s local content narrative by its activities. Speaking with our correspondent…

Besides the need for capacity building in relevant areas, government agencies commitment and willingness to strictly adhere to the principles of the nation’s Local Content policy implementation is an important factor in the attainment of…

Members of the Senate Committee on Local Content have lauded the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for its strategic implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act and the steady…

… Justices must refer to the NC Act in Oil and Gas cases – CJN Oil and Gas companies that fail to comply with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act will henceforth be dragged before the law…

The National Power Training Institute of Nigeria, NAPTIN, says it plans to train young Nigerians desirous of seeking careers in the power sector. Acting Director General of NAPTIN, Mr. Ahmed Nagode, who stated this, said beneficiaries…

By Oge Obi         Besides the need for capacity building in relevant areas, government agencies commitment and willingness to strictly adhere to the principles of the nation’s Local Content policy implementation is an important…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has begun the construction of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park at Odukpani, Cross River State, with the goal of creating a regional low-cost manufacturing hub that would produce…

By Oge Obi The adoption of the local content policy in the Nigerian oil and gas industry as well the Federal Government's commitment to its implementation has remained progressively evolving. The Local Content Policy (LCP), primarily…

Crude oil production may be affected if the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), were to enforce full implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. The Executive Secretary,…

In fulfillment of their commitments to the development of Nigerian Content in the Oil and Gas Industry, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and Cameron Flow Control Technology Nigeria Limited recently concluded on the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed Executive Order 5 to improve local content in public procurement with science, engineering and technology components. This was made known to journalists by the Senior Special Assistant…

New deep water projects in Nigeria must set new records beyond in-country integration of the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…

Dirisu Yakubu with agency reports The second edition of the West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (WAIPEC) 2018 will focus on new ventures in West Africa by driving oil and gas production through innovative…

Amidst plans to wind up some of its global operations, Addax Petroleum on Sunday said it is ready to recommit to its operations in Nigeria. The troubled oil firm confirmed in April that it was shutting its corporate offices in…

By Obineme Ndubuisi Micheal ExxonMobil Training Centre in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, is currently offering Nigerian graduates the opportunity to acquire oil and gas skills through various technical training. The training was part of…

By Gilbert Borketey Boyefio Orient Energy Review magazine, Africa's most widely read energy publication on local content development across Africa, has been awarded by the Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI) in…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) will collaborate to deepen Local Content implementation in the oil and gas industry. Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr.…

A total sum of $200m (N61.18bn at the official exchange rate of N305.9 to a dollar) has been released to the Bank of Industry as intervention fund for indigenous oil and gas service providers, the Nigerian Content Development and…

LONDON, United Kingdom, -- It has come to our notice that some fraudsters running a reports-for-cash syndicate, about whom we raised alarm so very recently, are suggesting that a portion of the shareholding of the company that holds the…

*Nigeria to lead Drive for Local Content in Africa  By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has advised African countries to see…

By Obineme Ndubuisi Micheal Over 20 years, EnergyNet have a business portfolio from across the world and has been organising investment summits, business meetings focused specifically on the power and industrial sectors across Africa.…

By Oge Obi The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kackikwu has said that inspite of the seemingly challenges Nigerian business environment might be faced with, the country remains an irresistible business destination for…

By Oge Obi The Federal Government has disclosed that it would conclude the selection processes and announce the chosen private companies for the repairs, revamp and maintain of the country’s three refineries in the first quarter of 2018.…

According to NNPC's monthly report, the Gas flare rate in Nigeria stands at 12.00 per cent. The monthly report which was released said that the 12.00 per cent gas flare rate which translates to 919.73mmscfd was at August 2017 compared to…

Monday, October 2017 - The Director of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan along with members of DPR’s top management, hosted members of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Downstream Petroleum led by its…

By Obineme Ndubuisi Micheal Over 20 years, EnergyNet have a business portfolio from across the world and has been organising investment summits, business meetings focused specifically on the power and industrial sectors across Africa.…

By Obineme Ndubuisi Micheal President of the ECOWAS commission, Marcel de Souza, has revealed plans to invest in the Nigerian power sector. The presentation was made by Dr. Morlaye Bangoura, Commissioner for Energy and Mines, ECOWAS,…

By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu In its drive to promote local content policy in the nation’s oil and gas industry, the Eterna Oil Plc recently secured the exclusive right to blend and distribute Castrol Automobile and industrial lubricants at…

Oge Obi To provide support for project financing, management, logistics and encourage capacity development for local companies, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Wabote has…

By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja, FCT The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, is mooting the idea of increasing the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund by as much as 100 per cent. The fund, domiciled in the Bank of…

By Dirisu Yakubu with agency reports The cost of Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Nigeria’s four refineries from year 2000 to date is nearly the total cost of building the refineries, report has shown. A total of 1.853Billion dollars…

…Board set establish Nigerian Content Bank … says local companies default on remittance of NCDF The Nigerian Oil and Gas industry will between now and year 2027 aspire to domesticate the full capacity and capability required for the…

....NCDMB warns against single sourcing, selective tendering Compliance with the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act is not only a legal and moral obligation for operating and servicing oil and gas companies but also a good strategy…

The Petroleum Technology Association  of  Nigeria  (PETAN) has advised that an infrastructure  Deficit  Map  be create as the county looks forward to attracting investment in the oil and gas sector to  show  areas and opportunities…

The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (NOGICD) 2010, years after its passage, has brought about some significant gains in the nation’s local content drive in her oil and gas sector and its value chains. However, industry…

- Set to pass bill extending Local Content Act to Construction, Power before end of 2017 Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Local Content have commended the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for…

Lafarge Africa Plc, a leading building solutions provider in Nigeria, has increased local sourcing of critical materials to lower foreign exchange component of its operational costs. Michel Puchercos, Country CEO of Lafarge Africa…

Aveon Offshore is a fully-owned Nigerian company, established in 1999 to provide Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Fabrication services primarily to the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. Formerly…

Hon. Emmanuel Ekon is the Chairman, Nigerian House of Representative’s Committee on Local Content, at the recently held Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunities’ Fair in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, he spoke extensively on the need to review the…

By: Sola Akingboye The organizers of the Upstream and Downstream Exhibition and Conference, annually organized to bring key players in oil and gas sector around the world to synergize on policies, technologies and innovations has…

...sets up Integrated Fire Field Response System and Major Emergency Centre By Jolly Adjevwe,Port Harcourt Tolmann Allied Services, a leading international risk…

…Board to organize knowledge sharing sessions Total Upstream Nigeria’s Egina FPSO undergoing construction at Samsung Heavy Industry (SHI)’s yard at Geoje, South Korea …

Data on Upcoming Oil Industry Projects Ready in Two Weeks – NCDMB  By Margaret Nongo-Okojokwu The Federal Government has underscored the importance of security to the development of local content and reported efforts he and other top…