DOMESTICATING PETROLEUM INDUSTRY TRAINING AT PTI WILL SAVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR NIGERIA

Domesticating training in the petroleum industry at the Institute, according to Dr. Henry Adimula, Principal of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, aid Nigeria in saving crucial foreign currency, which will have a good effect on the country's economy.

The global press conference to announce the golden jubilee of the PTI, Dr. Adimula announced this.

During the press conference, they asked the oil industry captains to visit and take a tour of the necessary places, which allowed for training in all facets of Petroleum Industry operations.

“These facilities should domesticate industry training, conserving crucial foreign currency for the country's economy.” He spoke.

She showed her appreciation to the current Executive Secretaries of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) for their support, which led to infrastructure improvements and the acquisition of facilities, making PTI the Sub-Saharan Africa with lots of training facilities necessary to address the contemporary training of oil and gas industry workers on the continent.

The last 50 years of the Institute's life were golden years of great delivery.

Since the Institute's foundation in 1972, it has produced more than 50,000 technologists, technicians, and other technical employees in a variety of sectors in the oil and gas industry and adjacent industries.

“Our graduates continue to be the top choice for employment in companies across sectors related to and unrelated to the oil and gas industry because of the high quality confined them through rigorous training and education which place them at a decisive advantage over other candidates,” the company said.

Through the holding of specialized courses in underwater operations, “The Institute is equally actively engaged in the workforce development for deep offshore diving and deep offshore operations.”

“Our vision for the next 50 years is for PTI to be the Energy training hub in Africa where our training, research, and development efforts will be the world ambit of the energy mix shall be the subject of training, research, and development,” Adimula said in reference to the institute's future.

Through top-notch training, advice, and research, we aim to build workforce for the petroleum and related industries to maintain leading oil and gas technological institute.

The Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), and Eleme Petrochemical Company Limited (EPCL), which is now Indorama Petrochemical Company, were all responsible for training the take-off staff, according to Adimula.

The Petroleum Training over the next 50 years as it advances in training solution delivery, research, and development while fully comprehending the dynamics of the global oil and gas industry and the challenges posed by the shift to a sustainable global.

It was said by PTI head that events will be held in Effurun, October 21 to October 29, 2022, to celebrate the organization's golden year. On October 13, 2022, there will be a conference and awards ceremony to commence the festivities at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) in Abuja.

Mr. Onobrorhie Siakpere, the institute's registrar, and other members of the management team were available.