In an unprecedented move, Schlumberger Technologies of France, at the
\nweekend, offered automatic employment to most of the 29 delegates of the
\nPresidential Amnesty Programme that successfully completed a 12-month
\nspecialised course in Oil Drilling at the base of the company in Melun,
\nFrance.<\/p>\n
At the formal graduation event of the 29 Niger Delta youths in France on
\nSaturday, the Business Manager for Europe and Africa of Schlumberger\/NEXT,
\nMr. Pierre Bihan, said the firm decided to retain the Nigerian youths in
\ntheir employ following their brilliant showing in all the courses they
\nundertook over the one-year period their training lasted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is true that we have been training students from several countries of
\nthe world but I must confess that these Nigerian students are exceptional.
\nTheir level of discipline is very high. Their ability to cope under
\nimmense pressure is second to none and, more important, their good showing
\nin both theory and practice is irresistible. Schlumberger has decided to
\nemploy most of them for their facilities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have gone through the best training possible in drilling engineering
\nand it is our hope that they will now put to practical use what they have
\nbeen taught in oil drilling,\u201d Mr. Bihan said, adding that all the external
\nassessors of the delegates scored them very high.<\/p>\n
At the event, a visibly elated Special Adviser to the President on Niger
\nDelta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, lauded the trainees for being true ambassadors
\nof Nigeria by excelling beyond the expectation of even their trainers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am the happiest man on earth today. Our efforts have been bountifully
\nrewarded. I am grateful to God Almighty that 29 of them have not just
\ngraduated in oil and gas drilling but they have been acclaimed as the best
\nset of trainees this globally revered Schlumberger facility in Melun,
\nFrance, has produced. On behalf of our President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan,
\nwho made this training possible, I want to thank the trainees for making
\nus proud,\u201d the Special Adviser said.<\/p>\n
Kuku praised Schlumberger for offering to employ most of the graduates.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what we call practical support. Schlumberger has shown today that
\nit is a true friend of Nigeria. Schlumberger has also shown that reward
\nabound at all times for excellence. Our delegates came here and excelled
\nand you have not shied away from saying that they are the best you have
\ntrained. You went further to offer to employ most of them. Nigeria is
\ngrateful to you. We shall continue to collaborate with Schlumberger and
\nNEXT,\u201d Kuku enthused at the well-attended graduation event.<\/p>\n
The Special Adviser disclosed at the event that his office and
\nSchlumberger will collaborate later this month to organise a job fair for
\nthe delegates in Nigeria where all the oil and gas companies operating in
\nNigeria would be offered the opportunity of snapping up the remainder of
\nthe graduates.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the first class training you have received, you have become hot
\ncakes in the industry. But we are not going to sit back and wait. We have
\ndecided to bring potential employers to meet all of you in Lagos this
\nmonth,\u201d Kuku told the graduates.<\/p>\n
At the event, the Chairman of Schlumberger Africa, Mr. Shola Oyinlola, and
\nthe Head of Schlumberger West Africa, Engr. Eke Eke, both commended the
\ndelegates for making Nigeria proud.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have personally gone through the commendation notes from the assessors
\nof the Nigerian trainees and I was very impressed. I commend the Federal
\nGovernment of Nigeria for getting this one right. This is what government
\neverywhere in the world must do: build capacity. I challenge the graduates
\nto quickly begin to reap from the benefits of divestment of a number of
\noil and gas multinationals from Nigeria\u2019s downstream sector. It is your
\ncountry and you now have the requisite training; you are now truly
\nprepared to fly,\u201d Mr. Oyinlola counseled the graduates.<\/p>\n
In the same vein, Engr. Eke explained that the Nigerian graduates stand
\nvery good chance of being employed given that their training duration of
\none year is the longest ever he could recall, which he said is a very good
\nthing.<\/p>\n
“You have trained here, the acclaimed university of oil and gas, for one
\nyear. This, on its own, is amazing. It does not happen often. Most
\nemployers anywhere in the world will be glad to hire you. So make good the
\nopportunity your training has afforded you. You now have all that it takes
\nto even rise to become the Managing Director of Schlumberger,\u201d Eke
\nadmonished the graduates.<\/p>\n
The graduates also received high commendations from the Nigerian
\nAmbassador to France, who was represented by a Minister in the Embassy,
\nMr. Alani Bello, and the representative of the French Ministry of Foreign
\nAffairs, who pledged continued support of the French Government for the
\ntraining programmes of the Office of the Special Adviser to the President
\non Niger Delta in France.<\/p>\n
In their remark, the delegates who spoke through their team leader, Oba
\nAsime Charles, thanked Hon. Kuku and President Jonathan for offering them
\nthe opportunity to benefit from the first class training at the
\nSchlumberger facility in France.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have become living evidences of the transformation agenda of President
\nGoodluck Jonathan,\u201d the excited team leader said.<\/p>\n
Schlumberger is the world\u2019s leading supplier of technology, integrated
\nproject management and information solutions to customers working in the
\noil and gas industry worldwide. Employing approximately 120,000 people
\nrepresenting over 140 nationalities and working in more than 85 countries,
\nSchlumberger provides the industry\u2019s widest range of products and services
\nfrom exploration through production.<\/p>\n
Schlumberger partners with NEXT to deliver complete oil and gas training
\nand career development solutions for organizations and professionals
\nworldwide.
\nNEXT has access to well-equipped, global Schlumberger training centers
\nand technical facilities, where participants gain practical, hands-on
\nexperiences. These facilities run multidisciplinary theory and practical
\ntraining programs, which encompass classrooms, practical workshops,
\ndiscipline-special simulators of field operations including but not
\nlimited to a mock up drilling rig, mock-up training wells for cased and
\nopen hole logging, production stimulation pads, cementing pads and
\ncompletion pads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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