Nigeria Minister for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has charged the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to ensure that the Nigerian oil and gas industry is able to produce all its needs by the year 2027. The Minister set the target in Owerri, Imo State at the just-concluded Nigerian Content Workshop, organised by New […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, yesterday charged Bayelsa businessmen and women to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to grow and sustain their businesses. Dickson, who identified the development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as critical to jump-start any economy, gave the charge […]
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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has said that the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act is not meant to kick out foreign companies or expatriates. It said the act was aimed at supporting foreign and local firms to invest and domicile facilities in the country and create skilled and professional jobs […]
Read More The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Kesiye Wabote is a man bubbling with ideas but challenged by paucity of funds, tough operating environment and other institutional factors that frustrate efficiency in the public sector. However, the oil and gas professional with over two decades of cognate experience […]
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Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), the operator of the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture has completed a 12-month on-the-job-training of seven Nigerian graduates at CNL’s office and field locations. The training was part of CNL’s efforts to assist with building organizational capability in the oil and gas industry. This is the second batch of trainees that have gone […]
Read More Nearly seven years after its establishment, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is yet to commence the disbursement of about $100 million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF) set aside to develop indigenous enterprises. The NCIF has faced consistent criticism from stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, who are lamenting that the NOGICD […]
Read More The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has announced a collaboration with Dangote Industries Limited aimed at ensuring maximum utilisation of local capacities in the construction of the company’s 650,000 barrels per day oil refinery. The NCDMB, in a statement on Sunday, said the company also pledged to utilise certified Nigerian service companies for the […]
Read More International oil companies and promoters of new deepwater projects in Nigeria must deliver Nigerian Content milestones that will exceed in-country integration of Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading platforms, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr. Simbi Wabote, has said. He said Total Nigeria’s Egina deepwater project, which would be integrated at the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday challenged members of the newly inaugurated boards in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to ensure decency and transparency in the management of the nation’s oil industry. The inaugurated boards included the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA). Buhari […]
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THE Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, has assured that Nigerian content scopes for new and ongoing oil and gas projects will not be reduced because of the substantial drop in crude oil prices, the Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Denzil Kentebe has revealed. The Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry […]
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