Capacity Building

Workshops

Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL)

This workshop delivered to HEOSL delegates (OML Asset Management Teams (AMT)) was designed to equip participants with essential skills and knowledge for excelling in oil & gas project delivery. The workshop covered a comprehensive range of topics, providing valuable insights into various aspects of project management. Key highlights included:

  • Defining and articulating project scope and requirements in oil & gas projects
  • Describing the stages of the oil & gas project life cycle
  • Justifying project selection with well-structured business cases
  • Utilizing industry-specific methods for accurate project estimation
  • Understanding key stakeholder influence in decision-making
  • Accessing how external factors impact project selection and success

         NNPC Gas & Power Investment Services  (NGPIS)

This workshop, delivered to the NNPC Gas & Power Investment Services (NGPIS) explored the concepts of climate change and energy transition. It focused on building energy security, low-carbon innovation, and practical approaches to driving resilience in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.

The workshop emphasises the critical need for NGPIS to develop a clear roadmap for decarbonisation, energy diversification, climate finance, and sustainable growth. It also highlighted the importance of building climate-resilient petroleum infrastructure and developing a strategy towards net-zero.

The workshop includes:

  • Climate science and the petroleum industry
  • Energy systems, emissions, and the path to net zero.
  • Energy transition strategies and corporate adaptation
  • Climate adaptation, resilience and sustainable infrastructure
  • Governance, policy and future outlook for companies in the sector.

This workshop delivered to the NNPC Gas & Power Investment Services (NGPIS) was designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the Nigerian electricity market, its licences, industry codes and standards, and the Electricity Act (2023).

This workshop delivered to the NGPIS was designed to give insight on; 

  • Nigeria’s electricity sector
  • The Electricity Act (2023) – administration and governance
  • Key electricity markets and governance
  • The Grid, Distribution and Metering Codes
  • The Market Rules

This workshop delivered to the NNPC Gas & Power Investment Services (NGPIS) emphasizes crucial aspects of power commercial business to enhance gas and power profitability.

The workshop covers the following areas:

  • Project development frameworks
  • Risk allocation 
  • Tender processes for power purchase agreements (PPAs)
  • Tender processes for put-call option agreements (PCOAs)

         NNPC New Energy Limited (NNEL)

This workshop was designed to equip participants with the understanding of renewable energy technologies, sustainable sources, policies, concepts and current evolutions of renewable energy.

The workshop provided the NNEL/Renewable Energy Division (RED) participants valuable insights in solar power systems planning, trends and operational issues related to bioresources for power systems and operational issues of national grid integration. The workshop outline included:

  • Prospects, planning, and challenges of solar power systems
  • Basics and trends of bioresources for power systems
  • Health hazards of renewable energy generation
  • Operational issues of bio-resource power systems
  • Operational issues of national grid integration
  • Design, operation and challenges in planning solar mini-grids

         NNPC Energy Services Limited (EnServ)

This workshop is designed to showcase the processes involved in planning and construction of a wellbore from the surface to the reservoir formation. It also provides understanding of auditable procedures for planning, preparation, and execution phases of well operations, including well design, equipment specification, and operational management.

The objective of this workshop is to equip participants to make informed decisions for assessing drilling-related costs and organising wellbore construction in the most efficient manner.

The training includes the understanding of:

  • The Importance of drilling programs in constructing a well
  • Drilling operations, choice of rig and blowout preventer (BOP)
  • Drilling cost management & well planning
  • Drilling optimisation
  • Drilling bits, hydraulics and geo-mechanics

         NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML) 

This workshop provides a comprehensive approach and set of practices aimed at ensuring the reliability, safety, and operational effectiveness of gas industry assets throughout their lifecycle. 

Businesses in the oil & gas industry can minimize the risks associated with asset failures, enhance operational efficiency, extend asset lifespan, reduce downtime, ensure regulatory compliance and ultimately safeguard the reputation and profitability of the organization..

Key aspects of the workshop includes:

  • Risk assessment
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Data management and analysis
  • Training and competency development
  • Continuous improvement

The workshop explains the gas plant optimization process, which involves utilizing information to determine the set of economically optimising operating conditions.

Participants were with the understanding and basis for making all critical technical choices for natural gas processing before it can be moved through long-distance pipeline systems for use by customers.

The following are highlights of the workshop:

  • Concept of natural gas, development, processing and transmission
  • Concept of phase separation, separator types and design
  • Natural gas compression, types and operating principles
  • Gas dehydration and concepts of refrigerators

This workshop is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the process involved in managing the lifecycle of contracts created and administered by an organization, to ensure that parties meet their respective commitments as efficiently and effectively as possible, and to achieve the intended outcomes of the contracts.

The Contract Management framework provides a clear standardized approach to managing and administering contracts and includes;

  • Contract administration and management
  • Procurement management
  • Contract management best practices
  • Contract management challenges
  • Contract risk challenges
  • Digital contract management

Microsoft Office is a critical computer application used to organize, manage, present and communicate ideas, information, data and figures. This workshop was designed to give the participants an in-depth understanding of key features used in essential Microsoft Office applications in order to enhance business administration.

The workshop includes:

  • Personal use of computer hardware and software
  • Hands-on use of Microsoft Office applications
  • Reference articles for further reading
  • Digital security and system maintenance
  • Practical assignments and group tasks