PETAN to Coordinate Nigerian Pavilion in OTC 2018

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) will coordinate the Nigerian Pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference ( OTC) holding at Houston, Texas from April 30 to May 3, 2018.

The association’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Ranti Omole, said in a statement in Lagos that the OTC is the premier gathering of professionals and opinion leaders in the global oil and gas industry.

According to him, it provides excellent opportunities for positive portrayal and promotion of the great potentials of Nigeria and the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

Omole added that it also provides a unique platform for close interactions with leading international and major Nigerian oil service companies, indigenous oil companies, industry executives, government policy makers and political leaders, to share ideas on improving the Nigerian oil industry.

“PETAN member companies and many other indigenous oil service companies will be part of a robust contingent, to showcase the dynamism and potentials of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry. About 2,500 professionals and industry leaders from Nigeria and beyond her shore will attend this year’s event. PETAN has been organizing and hosting the Nigerian pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas since 2005,” the statement said.

He identified the key highlights of OTC 2018 to include 50 years of OTC- programming which reflects on our history, the current state of the industry, and what is on the horizon; faster deployment of new technologies - solutions to reduce the development timeline and create project-ready technologies which meet current industry challenges; an cost reducing tools and techniques - ways to decrease costs and improve overall value, while maintaining high standards for safety, operationability, and reliability.