Admin l Monday, November 20, 2017
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) is organising it’s annual 2017 Clients’ Appreciation and Industry Achievement Awards Dinner at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on the 30th November, 2017 by 6:30pm.
The 12th Oil Industry Achievement Award Ceremony is themed, “Nigerian Independent Operators’ Value Maximization: Opportunities for Indigenous Services Companies”.
The event, according to Nik C. Odinuwe, Publicity Secretary, PITAN, 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 & personalities that have impacted the industry positively and have made outstanding contributions to the development of local content in the oil & gas industry.
He said 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.
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.
