Opportunities and Challenges of Effective Inspection Industry in Nigerian Petroleum Sector
Nigeria plays a key role in the Gulf of Guinea, which has recently assumed remarkable importance in the global energy market. Effective deployment of appropriate inspection technology to the existing infrastructure and the upcoming ones are undoubtedly indispensable in ensuring the reliability, safe and economic use of these facilities, as well as, pivotal to achieving reserves target of 40bbl and daily production of 4mbd. Furthermore, the Nigerian content of 70 per cent by 2010 would also be enhanced. However, there are a number of challenges that must be addressed in order to actualise the expected aspirations. Among these challenges are technology transfer mechanisms, market intelligence, searching for technologies offering competitive advantage, keeping up to date with scientific / technological changes, and establishment of clear national policies and regulations. These challenges could best be seen as opportunities for ensuring safe engineering components and systems, and hence, a sustainable development. Such opportunities include: NDT education and research, training and certification, sales and services of NDT equipment, devices and consumables, transportation,storage and handling. Undoubtedly, a reasonable measure of economic independence would have been earned; this is the thrust of the Nigerian Content Initiative. This paper reviews the current trends and challenges in the inspection industry in the Nigerian petroleum upstream sector with a view to exploiting the opportunities towards achieving national aspirations.
Nigerian Content Upstream Petroleum Sector Inspection Industry
Michael A. ADEGBITE Okiemute G. ERHIMONA
National Centre for Non-Destructive Testing Petroleum Training Institute P. M. B. 20, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria.
国际会议
第十七届世界无损检测会议(17th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing)
上海
英文
2444-2448
2008-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）