PETAN Holds 2018 Clients’ Appreciation And Industry Achievement Awards Dinner
The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) is organising it’s annual 2018 Clients’ Appreciation And Industry Achievement Awards Dinner at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, on the 30th November, 2018.
The 13th Oil Industry Achievement Award Ceremony is themed, “Forging ties, driving growth stability through Nigerian Content cooperation”. This was made known by Ranti Omole, the Publicity Secretary of the group.
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.
Some of the honoured awardees include; Shell Petroleum for Local Content Operator Award, Seplat Petroluem for PETAN Capacity Development Award, Sterling Bank for Local Content Bank of the Year, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) for PETAN Corporate Social Responsibility Award, Laser Engineering and Resources Consultants for Distinguished Achievements Award (Corporate) and Oilserv Group for Distinguished Achievements Award (Corporate) too.
Others are; Engineer Emeka Okwuosa for Distinguished Pioneer PETAN Member Per Excellence, Mr Anthony Ellis for PETAN Chairman’s Outstanding Achievement Recognition Award, Mr Stephen Aribeana for Lifetime Achievements Award, Engineer Simbi Wabote for Local Content Personality of the Year and Yusuf Matashi for The Aret Adams Award for Excellence.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu gets the Distinguished Leadership Award and the NNPC GMD, Dr Maikanti M Baru bags the Oil and Gas Personality of the Year Award.
The Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwa Wike is the special guest of honour.
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 about 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, Chad, Angola, South Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and the United States.
