Nigeria

To avoid costly interventions like sidetracking or wellbore abandonment, a check-valve system was installed near the sandface within three injector wells which prevented the mobilization of fines from the reservoir into the wellbore by stopping backflow.

Oghogho Effiom is honored along with other women in various industries.

This paper presents the mitigation of drilling challenges encountered in the Niger Delta through a technique that relates shale resistivity to shale porosity and vertical effective stress to predict pore pressure.

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This paper investigates the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria contribute to the development of host communities across the region.

The aim of this paper is to discuss the various safety programs adopted by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to reduce accidents in swamp and offshore areas, in which the bulk of the oil and gas operations occur.

This paper discusses the importance of modular refineries and their effects on the availability of petroleum products in Nigeria.

The authors of this paper describe a project in which retrofitted autonomous inflow control devices were deployed successfully in a field to minimize water production and maximize oil recovery.

This paper reviews the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission's Safety Case Guidelines for Oil and Gas Facilities with a view to unearthing its content in the light of risk governance in the petroleum sector.

This paper discusses an effort to prevent permanent loss of mangrove habitats using a long-term restoration strategy based on the transplantation of fertilized seedlings produced at mangrove nurseries in partnership with local communities.