DR GUSAU RECEIVES ASSOCIATION OF ENERGY ECONOMICS…reiterates closer engagement with bodies, associations within the oil industry Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau is determined to forge closer engagement between PTDF and various bodies and associations within the oil and gas industry to facilitate effective manpower development in the sector. The [...]
EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP By Kalu Otisi Ibrahim Labaran Bashar is a PhD scholar under the sponsorship of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). His research work acclaimed globally to be novel and capable of breaking new grounds in engineering soils and rocks, stands him out as a scholar of Excellence. During the recent monitoring visit [...]
PRESS RELEASE EXPLORING NEW OPTIONS FOR TRAINING OF PTDF SCHOLARS With the successful institution of educational partnership and collaboration agreements with universities in Brazil, France and Germany, leading to a tuition free regime for Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) scholars, the Fund is exploring the possibility of not only extending such collaborations to top universities [...]
PRESS RELEASE ROLL OUT OF 2017/2018 PTDF SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME The process for the award of the 2017/2018 PTDF scholarship scheme, both local and overseas, has commenced with the invitation of applications from suitably qualified candidates. The scholarships which are in MSc and PhD categories will be awarded for studies in the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, [...]
PTDF TRAINS MORE NIGERIANS IN ADVANCED WELDING PROCESSES Nigeria has taken a step forward towards attaining self-sufficiency in the required manpower for all welding processes for the oil and Gas industry and allied sub-sectors. This is as a result of the progress made by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund in the creation of the relevant [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW PTDF LEADERSHIP INSPECTS INTERVENTION PROJECTS IN PTI, EFFURUN, WARRI DELTA STATE The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is under a new leadership and going by his first engagement on assumption of duty there is a renewed emphasis on proper implementation and delivery of PTDF Institutional capacity development projects, spread across the country. [...]
PRESS RELEASE 130 NIGERIANS TRAINED BY PTDF IN ADVANCED AND SPECIALISED WELDING PROCESSES RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WELDING CERTIFICATION 130 Nigerians participated in a four month PTDF sponsored advanced and specialized Welders Training and Certification programme to acquire proficiency in five high-end welding processes of Flux Core, Tungsten inert, gas welding, metal inert gas welding, [...]
PRESS RELEASE MINISTER OF STATE, PETROLEUM RESOURCES INSPECTS PTDF UPGRADE PROJECTS IN PTI, EFFURUM, DELTA STATE The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has challenged Parastatals under the Ministry to develop a roadmap that will lead to self funding of the agencies within the next three to four years. The Minister who [...]
The new Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau took over the management of the Fund today with a promise to build on the successes achieved by the former leadership of the Fund towards achieving the mandate of capacity building for the oil and gas industry. Dr Gusau took over from [...]
The Federal Government on Monday, the 26th of September 2016, announced the appointment of Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau as the new Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). This was contained in a statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Bello Aliyu Gusau holds a Doctor [...]
