Energy

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...

By ELS William The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in collaboration with the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), has concluded the third stream of its Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Installation and Maintenance Training Programme in Rivers State, further expanding efforts to build local capacity in Nigeria’s renewable energy sector. The close-out ceremony marked another milestone in the Board’s human capital development drive aimed at equipping young Nigerians with practical skills for employment and entrepreneurship in the growing solar energy value chain. Speaking at the event, Director General of NAPTIN, Ahmed B. Nagode, commended the NCDMB for sustaining the initiative, disclosing that the programme had already trained more than 300 y...

By Ali Elias The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has declared that Nigeria’s next phase of industrial growth, employment creation and competitiveness would be driven largely by opportunities in the midstream and downstream segments of the oil and gas industry. Ogbe made the assertion in his keynote address at the 2026 Nigerian Oil and Gas Midstream and Downstream Summit held in Lagos, where he stressed that the future of Nigerian Content implementation now lies beyond upstream activities into gas infrastructure, refining, petrochemicals and domestic energy value addition. The Executive Secretary, represented by his Special Technical Assistant, Engr. Austin Uzoka, opened the engagement with a strong ...

By Ali Elias President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, is targeting a valuation of about $50 billion for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals ahead of a planned stock market listing later this year, in what could become the largest public offering in African capital market history. The proposed listing, expected to involve the sale of up to a 10 per cent stake in the refinery business, could raise approximately $5 billion and significantly deepen investor participation across African markets. According to a report by Bloomberg, the refinery company is exploring a landmark cross-border public offering that would allow shares to be traded on multiple African stock exchanges, marking one of the continent’s most ambitious capital market transactions to date. A...