Offshore staff

CAMBRIDGE, UK -- AVEVA Solutions has joined with Lonadek Consulting for a new training and development program in Nigeria. The company has received Nigerian-government backing to train 320 Nigerian engineers in the use of its PDMS software.

Funding for the training and development program comes from the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), a department responsible for "capacity, capability and competence development within the Nigerian oil and gas industry." According to AVEVA, the new training program is in preparation for over 2.5 million man-hours of engineering design work planned to be carried out in Nigeria over the next two years. Lonadek Consulting is the main contractor on the PTDF project, providing computerized technology and CAD support services.

"For the successful completion of front-end engineering design and detailed engineering of the huge oil and gas projects in Nigeria, it is fundamental that the long-term capacity, capability and competence development programs focus on the development of highly skilled process, piping, civil/structural, mechanical, vessels, electrical and instrumentation engineers, designers, and technicians who can successfully execute projects using AVEVA PDMS," says Dr. Lola Amao, principal consultant for Lonadek.

10/25/2007