This is to notify candidates that applied for the 2019/2020 PTDF Scholarship Schemes that the screening process is on-going. Upon completion, the full list of shortlisted candidates for the interview phase will be published on PTDF website. The public will be duly notified in national daily Newspapers and other media platforms. Candidates are therefore advised [...]
Some National Oil Companies have started engaging the services of PTDF trained welders for the implementation of their oil and gas service contracts. This followed the exposure given to skills and competencies of the welders through PTDF organised Post Training Attachment (PTA) programme, a practical on-the-job internship scheme that prepares beneficiaries for absorption into the [...]
PRESS RELEASE A total of twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and seventy-four (27,474) candidates applied for the various platforms of PTDF scholarship scheme for the 2019/2020 academic year. These include application for the Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme under PTDF Strategic Partnership with universities in UK, Germany and France, and applications for the Undergraduate, Masters and PhD [...]
The application window for the PTDF Local Scholarship Scheme (LSS) closed November 16th, 2018 while the Overseas Scholarship Scheme(OSS)window closed December 31st, 2018. Each window was open for a period of 6 weeks. The Fund received applications for each of its programs as follows: (i) MSC Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS) [...]
Three staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) were among 29 officers and staff of the Ministry of petroleum Resources and its agencies that were recognized and honoured with the 2017 ministerial award for outstanding performance in their duties, exemplary character and service to Federal Republic of Nigeria. They include Olaleye Titilope Adetola of [...]
…. charges them to ensure home grown Zeolite is used by our refineries The Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau has inaugurated the first Nigerian Zeolite Working Group with a charge to ensure large scale production of home grown Zeolite catalyst that would be utilized by Nigerian refineries for refining [...]
PRESS RELEASE A leading Australian academic and research institution, the University of New South Wales, (UNSW), Sydney, is seeking to collaborate with the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) in petroleum and energy research and related areas of academic activity. The University’s Vice President, External Relations, Fiona Docherty who led a team of the university faculty [...]
PRESS RELEASE Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau wants Nigerian Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) experts to look beyond the business and technical issues involved in the production of LPG for household use to proffering solutions to the political and social challenges which create energy crisis that threatens the socio-economic well-being [...]
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) National Board of Trustees (NBT) Meeting is the highest policy decision-making body where discussions on critical issues on Endowment programme are deliberated. The Meeting will review the current operational strategy of the Endowment programme and make recommendations on new areas of research to be sponsored by PTDF. The Fund [...]
PRESS RELEASE PTDF COMMENCES APPLICATION PROCESS FOR 2019/2020 OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME. Qualified Nigerian youths desirous of acquiring advanced degrees in oil and gas related fields, now have the opportunity of achieving their dreams as the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) rolls out the application process for the 2019/2020 Overseas Scholarship Scheme for M.Sc and [...]
