Notwithstanding the challenges undermining the attainment of production targets, the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has advocated the adoption of innovative technology in hydrocarbon exploration and production. According to the professionals, technological innovations will be critical not only in ensuring the supply of affordable hydrocarbons, but also in mitigating the
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For many years, deep learning technologies have been successfully applied in many different sectors—civil engineering included. In fact, machine learning technique took the center stage in the industry long ago with the emergence of complex buildings such as skyscrapers. Now more than ever, we see the application and development of
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The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, said Nigerian banks would soon start operations in China to facilitate trade and investments. Jianchun who disclosed this during a roundtable discussion with newsmen in Abuja said he was working hard to actualise the banks’ operations in both countries. He also said that he was
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Nigeria has, in the first 152 days of this year, flared about 85.4 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas, translating to monetary loss of about $510 million (N209 billion), a figure, averaging the three per cent funding to host communities in the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act. Coming amid pressure to
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Good sleep can be hard to come by. But a new study finds that if you can make up for lost sleep, even for just a few weekend hours, the extra zzz’s could help reduce fatigue-induced clumsiness, at least in how you walk. There’s plenty of evidence to show sleep, and
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MIT researchers develop a new way to control and measure energy levels in a diamond crystal; could improve qubits in quantum computers. Physicists and engineers have long been interested in creating new forms of matter, those not typically found in nature. Such materials might find use someday in, for example, novel
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“We plan to expand our capacity about three times by 2026 to meet customers’ needs as much as possible by expanding capacity in Pyeongtaek as well as considering establishing a new plant in the U.S.,” says Samsung’s Han Seung-hoo. Han said that Samsung will be producing 3nm foundry chips in H1
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New research on the ways fake news spreads via social media refines conventional wisdom and offers potential solutions to a vexing problem. In the last decade or so, much handwringing has transpired over what is quaintly described as “fake news” — stories that are not factually accurate that seem to get
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There are many uncertainties about pathways to mid-century carbon neutrality in China and other major emitting nations, but one fundamental aspect is certain: they will require massive expansions of wind and solar power to displace coal- and gas-fired power. The problem is not the cost and feasibility of sufficient renewable
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Giving autonomous vehicles the 'green light' to break road rules is tackled in a new research in Ethics and Information Technology. International experts including from Flinders University say a solid, collective ethical framework developed by government, citizens and other stakeholders must be built to steer the introduction of new road rules
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