Don't Miss


Home   >   Market - Finance   >   Finance   >   First Bank hosts oil and gas professionals in Texas

First Bank hosts oil and gas professionals in Texas

By on May 8, 2013

First Bank of Nigeria is hosting oil and gas professionals at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston Texas. A statement from the bank yesterday said the programme which commenced on Monday and ends tomorrow will facilitate exchange of ideas on ways to boost local capacity and align the nation’s oil and gas sector with global trends.

The statement quoted the bank’s Executive Director, Corporate Banking Group, Mr. Kehinde Lawanson, as saying that the event provides a platform to engage Nigerian and foreign attendees on issues relating to the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection.

He said, “It will also throw up meaningful strategies for maximizing the potential that is abound in the sector. The event would also deliberate on generating funding for the sector and boosting local capacity to take advantage of the local content laws”.

According to him, the bank was working with the Association of Nigerian Petroleum Professionals Abroad (ANPPA) and Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) to ensure that the event would produce meaning partnerships between Nigerian petroleum operators and their foreign counterparts.

 

( National Mirror)