January 2023 Volume 13 Number 1

ECONOMIC VIABILITY RE-ESTIMATION OF HYDROCARBON RESERVE OF EMAKPE-FIELD, NORTHERN DEPOBELT, ONSHORE NIGER DELTA SEDIMENTARY BASIN, NIGERIA

Auduson and Ayinde

This paper presents the report of the hydrocarbon reserve investigation carried out using the data set for the Emakpe-field, in the Northern Depobelt of the Niger Delta Sedimentary Basin. The objective of this work was to map out the hydrocarbon reservoir(s)…

EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE LOCAL CONTENT POLICY AND HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: CASE FOR PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FUND

Neeka et al.

This study was carried out to find solutions to three fundamental questions: “to what extent has PTDF contributed towards achieving human capacity development in Nigeria?” “to what extent has PTDF intervention impacted the oil and gas industry in the…

REVIEW OF THE EFFECT OF CHARCOAL COMBUSTION ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

In 2014, about 53 million tonnes of wood charcoal were produced worldwide, this number unsurprisingly keeps increasing especially in African countries like Nigeria, this is due to a lack of electricity, high inflation, and expensive cleaner cooking utilities…

ON THE ISSUE OF THE RESTART TIME OF A CORE ANNULAR FLOW OIL PIPELINE AFTER SHUT-DOWN OPERATIONS

There is a growing number of proposed models for the estimation of the time needed to restart a core annular flow line after shutting down, pertaining the improvement of core annular flow (CAF) technology for transportation of high viscous oil. Existing…

A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE INDEPENDENT STATUS OF REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA’S PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACT 2021

Oil and Gas have become an integral part of today’s global economy and a key component of many national economies including Nigeria and the nature of institutional, legal and regulatory framework tends to have significant economic, developmental, and…