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Courtesy: Getty Images By Rareview Energydesk For decades, China has been known as the world's largest consumer of coal, accounting for more than half of global coal usage. Yet, in a striking paradox that reflects the country's evolving energy strategy, China is simultaneously leading one of the world's most ambitious renewable energy expansions. Nowhere is this transformation more visible than on the high-altitude plains of Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau, where vast solar installations stretching to the horizon are doing far more than generating electricity. They are helping to reshape fragile ecosystems, support local livelihoods and challenge long-held assumptions about the relationship between renewable energy and land use. At the centre of this transformation ...

By PR An intensive three-week empowerment and human capacity development (HCD) programme began at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Training Centre, Effurun, on Monday as 100 youths of Delta Central Senatorial District underwent appropriate formalities for training in scaffolding and rigging. Sponsored by Senator Ede Dafinone (Delta Central) in partnership with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the programme covers training on equipment handling, installation methods, maintenance practices, safety procedures, and workplace hazard prevention. Each participant is to receive an internationally recognised certificate of competency as well as starter packs, which include important working tools, safety equipment, and other materials at the end of the ...

By PR The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Thursday charged 30 outstanding young engineers and geoscientists to ready themselves to assume problem-solving roles in and out of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The 30 job-ready youths were beneficiaries of the 12-month intensive project-based human capital development (HCD) programme of Chevron Nigeria Limited, implemented in connection with the supply of Zicornia perforated tiles and molecular sieve by Geoscape Nigeria Limited in support of the Escravos-Gas-Liquids operation in Delta State. Speaking at the close-out ceremony in Port Harcourt, the Executive Secretary, represented by the Manager, HCD, Mrs. Tarilate Teide-Bribena, said the training, w...

By PR The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has unveiled a fresh industrial growth agenda for Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, rallying stakeholders to deepen indigenous participation across the midstream and downstream value chain. The renewed push took center stage at the 2026 Nigerian Oil and Gas Midstream and Downstream Stakeholders Summit in Lagos, where regulators, investors, operators, manufacturers, financiers and indigenous service providers gathered to develop practical strategies for unlocking investments, strengthening local capacity and sustaining growth across Nigeria’s energy industry. The two-day summit, themed “Unlocking, Growing and Sustaining Nigerian Content Development in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Midstream and Downstream Sectors”, undersc...

By PR The University of Port Harcourt, represented by innovation Team PROTRONICS, and the University of Benin, by Team VHORDE, on Monday at the Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), Yenagoa, emerged winners from the South-South region in the Nigerian Engineering Olympiad (NEO). The competition is a nationwide engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship competition launched in 2025 by a non-profit organization, Enactus Nigeria, in partnership with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, First Exploration & Petroleum Development Company and the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE). The two teams eclipsed their counterparts from the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUP...

By Ali Elias LAGOS — The lubricant industry has called for deeper engagement with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to reverse the sector’s heavy dependence on imported raw materials and stimulate local manufacturing capacity, describing the segment as one of the least recognised but strategically important components of Nigeria’s oil and gas value chain. The call was made by the Executive Secretary of the Lubricant Producers Association of Nigeria (LUPAN), Mr. Emeka Obidike, during his presentation at the just-concluded NCDMB Nigerian Oil & Gas Midstream & Downstream Summit 2026 held from May 19 to 20 at Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos. Addressing stakeholders, Obidike painted a picture of an industry rich in opportunities but constrained by...

By Els William The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reiterated its commitment to building a skilled and future-ready workforce for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry as it participated in the close-out ceremony of a Human Capacity Development (HCD) training programme in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The programme, delivered in collaboration with Chevron Nigeria Limited and Geoscape, was concluded on 21 May, 2026. Speaking at the ceremony, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe FNSE, who was represented by Mrs. Tarilate Teide-Bribena, underscored the strategic intent behind the initiative, noting that it went beyond certification. According to him, the programme was deliberately structured to develop a new generation of industry p...

By Els William The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening security architecture in Bayelsa State with the donation of operational equipment to the Bayelsa State Police Command. The donation ceremony took place on 21 May, 2026, at the Bayelsa State Police Command Headquarters in Yenagoa, where the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) formally presented operational equipment to the Command as part of its ongoing support for strengthened security operations in the state. Representing the Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe (FNSE, FIPS), the Acting Director of the Project Certification and Authorization Division, Mr. Austin Uzoka, commended the Nigeria Police Force for its sustain...