THE Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, the regulatory agency in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry, has cancelled the operating licences of two oil firms; NOV Oil and Gas Services Nigeria Limited as well as Nov Oilfield Solutions Limited (National Oilwell Varco) over alleged breach of
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The federal government will October 28 launch the made in Nigeria Barite which is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s effort to diversify the nation economy through non-oil sector. Government, through the ministry of Mines and Steel Development has also received the preliminary reports of the National Integrated Mineral
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To understand how we could make self-healing concrete possible in Construction industry, we have to understand how the concrete works, how it is researched, and how it could benefit the construction industry. What is "Self-Healing" Concrete? The term “self-healing”, when applied to cement-based materials like concrete, refers to a material which can
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AI Voice cloning was recently used in a bank heist in the United Arab Emirates in which $35 million was stolen as cybercriminals continue to expand the tools they use to dupe unsuspecting targets. Forbes reports that in early 2020, a bank manager in the United Arab Emirates received a phone
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Music is everywhere. You could be in a cab or a café, or sitting on your couch, when a new song finds its way into your head and takes up residence. But the sweet joy of discovering a fresh favorite can turn bitter in an instant when you can’t name
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The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) said the adoption of the Outcome Based Education (OBE) in the training of new set of engineers in the country would make them employable globally. The move, according to the regulatory body is to improve the quality of trained engineers to
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The acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz has commissioned the Port Harcourt Regional Office, in Rivers State, 11 years after it was initiated. In his address shortly before he commissioned the ‘Transmission House’, Abdulaziz said the Port Harcourt Regional
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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has stated that it is planning to unveil about 35 new ISO standards for the nation’s oil and gas industry. The Director General, SON, Farouk Salim, stated that the move was apt in keeping Nigeria abreast of global trends in its bid to remain competitive
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Over 66 percent of domestic gas supply in September 2021 was produced locally, according to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). The General Manager, Corporate Services, Mr. Kimchi Apollo, who made this known in a statement on Sunday explained that Nigeria produces locally, a major portion of the LPG consumed in
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Engineers from Rice University have created nanostructures of glass and crystal for electronic and photonic devices, using a sophisticated 3D printer and unique ink. The electronics industry is built on silicon: the basic semiconducting substrate for microprocessors. There are certain limitations of top-down semiconductor manufacturing, which this study sought to address
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