The Company was presented with the award at the SAIPEC 2025 Dinner and Award event in Lagos, in recognition of its outstanding contributions to the
development of energy in Nigeria and the
continent of Africa.
TotalEnergies Local Content Strides drew
excitement at SAIPEC 2025 as Mr.Cyprian
Ojum, Deputy General Manager, Nigerian
Content, who represented the company at the SubSaharan Africa lnternational
Petroleum Exhibition and Conference
(SAIPEC) 2025 panel session on Local
Content Private Sector, highlighted
TotalEnergies’ trail-blazing contributions
to local content development in Nigeria and the continent.
Ojum drew repeated applause as he
spotlighted the unique foresight of the
company in setting up the Institute of
Petroleum and Energy Studies (IPES)
established in 2003 to develop world class
manpower; exemplary Nigerian content in projects like O.U.R, OML 58 Upgrade, NOPL and Egina field development; the plastic
recycling plant in Port Harcourt, and zero
routine flare on all company operated sites
amongst several local content and
sustainability initiatives by TotalEnergies.
Explaining the commitment that made
Total transit to TotalEnergies long before
others startedadopting“energies,”
he noted that sustainability is at the heart
of the company’s business and initiatives like the IPES which has turned out 705
world-class graduates, were made long before the focus on Nigerian content today
“Graduates from this school (IPES) are
world class. They fit into the oil and gas
industry on the day they start work; they hit the ground running because of the curriculum they are trained with,” Ojum said.
TotalEnergies, he added, has continued to
keep faith in Nigeria even at momens
when it was doubtful to invest and today it is yielding results.
The panelists included Lanre Olawuyi, GM Nigerian Content, Shell; Edwina Kentebe-Oluwakayode, GM Nigerian Content
Ventures and Requlatory Affairs
Chevron Nigeria ;Abimbola Oni, Lead
Government relations and Local Content,
AOS Orwell; Arthur Ename,VP Corporate
Africa NOV and Dr Timi Austen-Peters,
Chairman DormanLong Engineering.
It was moderated by the Obi Uzu, Vice
Chairman, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) and Managing Director, Global Process and Pipeline Services
