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Orient Energy Review | Unsubscribe Be sure to add info@nigerianorientnews.com to your address book or safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. Orient Energy Review is a monthly journal designed to present a general survey of Local Content Development in Nigeria and across Africa. Business Transport Energy Banking The Economy Life & Style Features COVER STORY Brighter Days Ahead for Nigerians, As Power Changes Hands The successful privatisation of Nigeria's Electricity Generation Companies, GENCOs and Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs is expected to create many opportunities in the power sector. Ubong Akpan who has been following the process reports that the development has... Read more Nigerian Content Act: Three Years On And Still Counting Three years after the Nigerian Content Act was enacted by President Goodluck Jonathan. Industry experts say the Act has no doubt recorded many achievements as the scope of oil and gas industry jobs... Read more INDUSTRY NEWS NCDMB Wins 'Nigerian Risk Award' The Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board on Thursday won yet another accolade-Recepient of The Nigerian Risk Award-for its successful implementation of the Nigerian Content Act, which is impacting positively... Read more Heritage Oil Enters Into Strategic Alliance with Bayelsa Oil Company, Nigeria Heritage Oil has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has entered into a joint venture agreement with Bayelsa Oil Company, owned by the Bayelsa State government, to establish an indigenous Nigerian oil company... Read more LOCAL CONTENT Agip Empowers Indigenous Contractors As part of its commitment in developing local content Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, said its Nigerian content Development Division, NCD has commenced plans to promote a Vendor Gap closure Opportunities engagement with its indigenous... Read more Shell, PETAN Collaborate to Boost Innovative Technology Transfer The PETAN Team in Aberdeen Establishes knowledge sharing framework through online portal to boost Nigerian content development and employment SHELL Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC)... Read more MARITIME & LOGISTICS LADOL to begin FPSO construction, integration in 2015 The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base, LADOL, in LADOL Free Zone is poised to begin the construction of its fabrication yard where floating production, storage and offloading, FPSO, vessels will be built and integrated. Its Project Manager, Phaethon Payiatis said... Read more NIGERIAN CONTENT SUCESS STORIES HARRYBEAT INTERNATIONAL: Another NCD Success Story HARRYBEAT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED is a Nigerian Oil and Gas services Company which has been involved in mainly maintenance services of the upstream assets for major operators in the sector since official inception in 21st May, 2003. Although Harrybeat core... Read more NCD SUCCESS STORY OF NIGERDOCK NIGERIA PLC Nigerdock Nigeria PLC FZE is West Africa's leading industrial corporation focused on Oil and Gas EPC Contracting, Offshore Fabrication, Offshore Logistics and Shipyard Repair Maintenance Services and has been in... Read more KAZTEC – CHAMPIONS & BENCHMARK IN LOCAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Showcasing The Company's Capacity for Local Content Development Kaztec Engineering Limited is a 100% indigenous Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Construction, and Management (EPIC-M) Company. Incorporated in 2005, Kaztec has become the pace setter and a bench mark EPIC-M... Read more Embee Jay Global Services Limited: An NCD Success Story Embee Jay Global Services Limited (Embee Jay Global) came into being as a direct product of the Nigerian Content movement. The company was incorporated in December 2009 and commenced active business this year (2013). The formation of Embee Jay Global ... Read more DRILLING, EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION CAMAC Energy Confirms Hydrocarbons in Miocene Offshore Nigeria CAMAC Energy has announced that it has been informed by Allied Energy that the Oyo-7 well offshore Nigeria in OML 120 has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in the Miocene formation. This marks the first time a well has been... Read more Afren eyes further Ebok expansion offshore Nigeria Production from the shallow-water Ebok field offshore Nigeria has averaged more than 35,100 b/d of oil, boosted by three new development wells. Two were drilled in the north fault block (NFB) and one in the west fault block (WFB). A water ... Read more Eland Oil & Gas Provides Operations Update For OML 40 Onshore Nigeria AIM-listed Eland Oil & Gas, an oil & gas development and exploration company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, has announced an update on activities for the OML 40 licence, located onshore Nigeria. Highlights The Opuama... Read more CAMAC Energy Reports Positive Results From The Oyo-7 Well In OML 120 Offshore Nigeria CAMAC Energy has announced that it has been informed by Allied Energy that the Oyo-7 well offshore Nigeria in OML 120 has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in the Miocene formation. This marks the first time a well has been successfully drilled into the Miocene formation... Read more ALTERNATIVE ENERGY Nigeria's Vast Renewable Energy Largely Untapped, Say Experts The unused abundant renewable energy resource endowed Nigeria has reinforced clamour for its integration into the nation's energy mix, particularly the electricity sector which reform is on-going. While the global renewable energy industry is growing rapidly as investment in the industry... Read more Boeing, South African Airways Fly on Biofuels Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) signed a MoU to develop biofuels for aviation use in southern Africa. The American aerospace company began researching biofuels in the aviation industry as a cheaper solution in 2011. Boeing partnered with Ecole Polytechnique... Read more INTERVIEW The Adaptation Rate Of Solar Has Risen To 37 Per Cent - Oye The President Goodluck Jonathan's administration has taken bold steps to harness many energy resources, especially water and gas for improved public power supply in Nigeria. In this interview with Ubong Akpan, the Chief Architect, GoSolarAfrica and Co Founder/CEO... Read more GHANA CONTENT STORIES Ghanaian Content: Walk The Talk On Local Content -ACEP Challenges Government By Gilbert Boyefio The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has challenged the government of Ghana to walk the talk on local content provisions for the oil and gas industry of the country. According to ACEP's Director of Programs, Benjamin... Read more Ghana: Civil Society Wants Local Content LI Maintained The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas has urged Parliament, the Minister for Energy, and President John Mahama to resist any attempt by the international oil companies to "kill" or "dilute" the country's Local Conten... Read more UPCOMING EVENTS Offshore West Africa 21st - 23rd January 2014 Accra, Ghana www.offshorewestafrica.com Organised by Pennwell Offshore Security in Oil and Gas January 23rd-24th, 2014 Eko Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria Organising Company: Nispana Contact person: Mohita Bhimsaria Contact telephone: +91 80 49331000 Contact email: mohita.bhimsaria@nispana.com Event website: www.nispana.com/offshoresecurity Published by:

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