Chevron Funds Deep Water Technology Training for Nigerian Grads

As part of its efforts to assist Nigerians acquire necessary manpower in the deepwater sector of the oil and gas industry, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, is sponsoring qualified young graduates to a training course on Remotely Operated Vehicle, ROV, overseas. ROV, also known as an underwater robot, is commonly used in deepwater operations for offshore hydrocarbon extraction. Five Nigerians, nominated by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, under the Nigerian Content Human Capacity Development Initiative, NCHCDI, will benefit from the 7 – 13 week ROV training initiative. Two of them, Obaro Onotaniyohwo Pereke, and Tunbi Oluwakayode have left Nigeria for Scotland to commence the training. At their send forth ceremony, Mr. Mike Tierney, CNL Escravos-Gas-to-Liquid, EGTL Integration and Completions Manager, noted that the sponsorship is in line with Chevron’s human and business capacity development strategy. “ROV operations are required for deepwater operations and are highly specialized and critical to the development of the oil and gas sector. It is our desire that Nigerians acquire the competence to increase their successful participation in the oil and gas business,” he said. Raymond Wilcox, CNL’s Nigerian Content Development General Manager explained, “The intention of the program is to enhance the competence of Nigerians in line with CNL’s commitment to the Federal Government’s Nigerian Content development program.”