Financial Energy Review
by James Ikenna……………
The Department of Petroleum Resources has shut down Offshore Safety Training Centres in Warri and Port Harcourt operated by Opeans Nigeria Limited.
It is said that the shutdown was occasioned by the failure of the company to meet the DPR requirement for operating such Offshore Safety and Emergency Response training centres in Nigeria
Opeans Nigeria Limited it is said had been conducting courses and trainings on Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency, Helicopter Underwater Escape without proper guidelines. Also the firm has been conducting other offshore emergency training at Warri and Port Harcourt.
In an official letter signed by its Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sarki Auwalu, and addressed to the Managing Director of Opeans Nigeria Limited, stated that the centres did not comply with the DPR Guidelines.
The DPR Guidelines and Procedure for Travel to Offshore/Swamp Location and Obtainment of Offshore Safety Permit, which took effect in June 2019, stated the mandatory requirements that operators of Offshore Safety and Emergency Response Training Centres must strictly adhere to.
