Gom Mirian
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has nominated 60 of its top scientists to attend a five-day sequence stratigraphy workshop at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria to help enhance their expertise in the petroleum industry. The training is aimed at boosting the country’s oil and gas sector by equipping the participants with specialist knowledge in geological research, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy.
The workshop with the theme, “Application of Sequence Stratigraphy to Petroleum Exploration: A Case Study of the Sokoto Basin”, slated for August 20th to August 24 will be conducted by experts in related fields with years of experience in the industry.
The NNPCL hopes that the training will enable the scientists to develop advanced skills in their respective academic and career paths, as well as help them contribute to the growth of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
Malam Auwalu Umar, ABU’s Director, Public Affairs Directorate, said in a statement signed on Monday in Zaria that the 60 participants are drawn from 30 universities across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, added that the NNPCL-sponsored short hands-on Train-the-Trainer (TTT) workshop targeted geologists, scientists, reservoir engineers and other professionals.
“The Centre is expected to share at the training workshop some reflections on the benefits of the application of sequence stratigraphic techniques (SST) for the delimitation of petroleum systems of inland sedimentary basins, with special focus on Sokoto Basin.
“The workshop aims at helping participants gain a thorough understanding of the concepts and practical application of sequence stratigraphy to hydrocarbons exploration using the Sokoto Basin as a case study. The five-day course would combine classroom lectures with practical exercise that illustrated the application of sequence stratigraphy as a tool for hydrocarbon exploration, “he added.
