PETAN set to hold 2017 clients’ appreciation, and Industry awards
The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) is organising its annual 2017 Clients’ Appreciation and Industry Achievement Awards Dinner in Lagos, on the 30th November, 2017.
PETAN made this known in a statement signed by Publicity Secretary of the Association, Nik Odinuwe,
adding that ‘The 12th Oil Industry Achievement Award Ceremony’ is themed, “Nigerian Independent Operators’ Value Maximization: Opportunities for Indigenous Services Companies.”
“The event provides a unique platform for close interaction between leading Nigerian oil service companies, senior executives in international oil companies, government policy makers and top political leaders to share ideas on the Nigerian oil industry in a relaxed and conducive atmosphere, “ he said.
“Some of the honoured awardees will include; IOCs, NOCs, services companies, individuals and personalities that have impacted the industry positively and have made outstanding contributions to the development of local content in the oil & gas industry”, he added.
He stated that the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru will be in attendance.
“PETAN is made up of Nigerian indigenous oilfield service companies and was founded to utilize the technical know-how acquired in the oil and gas industry by Nigerians as a springboard for economic and technological advancement”, he stressed.
PETAN companies employ over 20,000 engineers and other technical personnel with a direct employment of over 80,000 people. PETAN companies also offer 250 distinct technical services to the Nigerian oil industry and many of these companies now parade similar services in Mauritania, Ghana, Cameroun, Equitorial Guinea, Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, Mozambique, Chad, Angola, South Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and the United States.
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