The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) is about to launch a Fire Academy to increase manpower for fire fighting with a specific focus on the oil and gas business due to anticipated losses of N41.54 billion from market fires in the last two years.
This is because the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the Institute intend to build integrated monitoring systems that detect theft of crude oil on pipelines.
Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer of NNPC Limited, dropped the clue yesterday in Abuja while addressing the Petroleum Training Institute’s 50th Anniversary.
According to Kyari, both organizations are already in discussions to work together on a variety of issues, including the development of new skills in the fields of modern technology, the transition to clean energy, and pipeline protection, among others.
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He said that in order to combat crude oil theft in Nigeria, NNPC would collaborate with the institute to implement the technology and increase the surveillance of its pipelines.
We must develop oil and gas, Kyari remarked. We are attempting to stop the widespread oil theft. We will conquer it, but it is obvious that in order for us to do so, we must cooperate.
Due to the activity of pipeline vandals who steal the nation’s crude in large quantities, Nigeria has been losing billions of dollars for several years.
“That’s why I’m pleased to learn that the PTI is developing systems that will be able to monitor pipelines,” the speaker said.
He said that the Federal Government’s security agencies and the NNPC were working together to apprehend and dissuade anyone from accessing Nigeria’s petroleum.
In regards to increased detecting capability, we will consult with the PTI to see how we may turn on those systems, Kyari said.
The head of NNPC stated that millions of Nigerians still lacked access to electricity and clean cooking fuel while discussing why energy was crucial for Nigeria.
Henry Adimula, the principal/chief executive of PTI, also spoke at the event. He said the Fire Academy, which will begin later this month as part of activities marking the PTI’s 50th-anniversary celebration, will contribute to providing a practical learning environment designed to give participants – both individuals and students – a stable career path in fire fighting; adequately trained to take up duties at any given time and place regardless of the type of fire and location.
He claims that the impact of fire events in the oil and gas sector has been severely harming Nigeria’s economy, with losses estimated at N41.54 billion over the course of two years.
Adimula added that in order to adequately monitor pipelines, the institute had created an integrated oil anti-theft monitoring system.
He said that this was one of the PTI’s most recent developments. “We’ve developed an air quality monitoring system and an integrated pipeline monitoring system for oil anti-theft.
Adimula issued a warning, saying that Africa shouldn’t rush to give up its vast deposits of oil and gas.
With over 600tcf of gas reserves and an estimated 125 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, he said, “Africa should not hasten to abandon fossil fuel but should strive to deepen research and development of local technologies that maximize the exploitation and beneficiation of our oil and gas endowment as the reality of global demand for fossil fuel is expected to linger for the next 50 years.”
He also revealed that the Institute has trained more than 50,000 technologists and technicians since it was founded in 1972.
The head of PTI clarified that the founding fathers’ main goal was to teach Nigerians in order to raise the local content in the oil and gas industry.
He continued by saying that the Institute is also working to advance the sector’s expansion and development through research.
He said that “about 50,000 technologists and technicians have been trained in the nation to date, and they are highly useful to the oil and gas business, which reduced the rush to train offshore workers, but the ultimate goal is to cease the training of personnel outside the nation.”
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Our alumni members “play key roles in the management and operations in the oil and gas and associated industries” not just in Nigeria but all around the world.
According to him, this is because of the excellent, hands-on knowledge that has been imparted to our graduates through rigorous training and education. “Our graduates continue to be the most favored choice for employment across industries,” he said.
