₦airaland Forum

Symphony007: i guess you deliberately ignore the okrika ring road: be informed that choba to ahoad is almost completed. I have driven that routh. You folks keep lying to undercut the achivement of a man with a criminal and disastrous predessesor called odili, if odili has done half of all ameachi is doing, won't he have a foundation to build on? Rubbish!!

pandriod: Hey you lying cuńt!!! 18 pillars??

PortHarcourtBoy: [size=15pt]See this Bingo!! u think say na to sidan for Lagos dey debate Rivers issues?

I sabi everything wey dey go on for Rivers State like the back of my palm[/size]

Abagworo: More Rivers

Prodeco developed quarters for NLNG is what you are showing as Amaechi's achievement?

Symphony007: honestly, you are a bloody fool...honestly! Some body is here comparing TWO hospitals built by a country with the HELP of aid agencies to TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY health care centers built by a state government without any help or partnership. And you tell me i'm defending mediocrity. Honesty! You are loosing it upstairs.

Symphony007: Why has'nt op mentioned the fact that between 2001 and 2010: rwanda recieved between 900 million to 1 billion dollars as aid money from the international community, is that up to rivers state budget for 50 years or even more......how much aid money has rivers state recieved from the international community.

By the time i am through with you,op. You will regret ever using this comparison.

Spiff20: like agbagworo said u re talking frm a bush man's perspective ph stil remain's d only nigerian city with 2 airports, 2 seaports, and 2refinery. Plays host 2 d tallest building in d south nd east.lemme nt go in 2 all dat nw. i cnt blive u cn b xo dumb 2 rate enugu above ph. Even d blind nd d mentally sick men knws

Symphony007: Only a fool like this poster rates development but beauty.....i guess when you marry a wife: beauty comes before brains, let me retrait what matter here; 250 primary and model secondary schools: 150 healthcenters, over a thousand students undergraduate and post graduate students studying abroad: the RSSDA, the largest state developmental agency in nigeria giving out billions in loans and the setting up of the shonghai fish farm. Every rivers child has the opportunity to go to school with worrying of uniform,sandal,bags,books or lunch because all is provided by the government, how amny states in nigeria can assure this to their kids? Can rwanda assure this to their kids? This is what matters; human development; investing in the future of tomorrow. Giving them all the tools they need to grow. I don't need to outline the other infastructural achievements of ameachi because it speaks volumes of your intellectual maturity when you judge development by beautifull buildings and flower. Harare, zimbabwe is a very beautifull city, even better than lagos or abuja....so by your logic i'm guessing zimbabwe who is in such economic decline they use the dollar and even batter is miles ahead of nigeria?

Abagworo: Work on Woji Road just started recently and I've not been there since July. Kigali is not even better than Port Harcourt going by the pictures being posted. Let me show some good side of Port-Harcourt.

Abagworo: Who is this bush man? In Nigeria we have only Lagos, Port-Harcourt and Abuja.

Spiff20: when last did u visit PH? mayb u shud come nd see 4 urself cos i dnt av tym 2 go abt taking pictures.

careytommy: @op, you have to understand that the federal form of govt/laws to be the major clog in the wheel of progress for most states especially southern states.
Lagos would have been doing well in terms of power generation...including others like abia, akwa ibom and rivers but for our useless power distribution law.

PapaBrowne: Ans: There is no Nigerian city besides Lagos and Abuja that are more developed than Port Harcourt forever. As in even when I was borne in PH yeears ago, it was the second most developed city in Nigeria.

But there are numerous Nigerian Cities that have been better improved than Port Harcourt over the last 5 years. Infact, PH has actually deteriorated while others have improved.
Uyo, Benin, Calabar, Enugu and a host of other have experienced much more improvements than Port Harcourt.

I repeat, I'm a PH boy of sorts as I was born there, grew up a little there and visit quite often. And PH is an Eyesore. The places that should give the city pride are not nice at all. Even GRA and its surroundings nothing to right home about. I was in Enugu around February this year and I met a pleasant surprise. There is pictures of beautiful Cities accross Nigeria and there is no Picture of Port Harcourt. Even Warri, PH's younger sister is beginning to be more impressive than Port Harcourt.

So my question to you: Amaechi has spent $20 Billion in the last 5 years. Can you show me a sinlgle picture of PH that says, money in billions of dollars was spent on me.

Abagworo: With the way things are going, I believe Owerri will look better than Kigali 3 years from today. That Amaechi does not go about with helicopters like Akpabio taking pictures of Port-Harcourt does not mean he has not done much more. Maybe I should help him with few pictures I'll take in coming weeks.

The Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo road is a notable achievement. Opobo was inaccessible by land since the history of mankind. The Trans-Kalabari highway is also a very big achievement. I don't want to go into upland area like Port-harcourt and environs, schools, hospitals, complete drainage designing and implementation, dualizing and as well upgrading previously deplorable roads etc.

Abagworo: Give him a four year score card. I've not felt much of the impact from FG in Rivers State. The 18hours power I'm enjoying is courtesy Rivers government, the road I travel on whuch is PH-Owerri is work of Rivers government. East-west road and Aba express are the worst major roads in Rivers State. A journey from Port-Harcourt to Obigbo which is 5km takes up to 4 hours. Choba to Eleme is not a better story.

Shine It: Poor people could only spend 36billion in one year chei!!

[size=15pt]Tinubu's owambe is 1billion a trick.[/size]

During his 60th birthday all the ACN governors were asked to contribute a third of their allocation.

Am sure it was during one of these Owambe that his friend or enemy gave him "parkinsons" to drink.

The result is history.

dustydee: What is your understanding of merit and quota system? A lot of people misunderstand the quota system. As long as they are qualified for the job, there should be no problem with quota system.

ping2ping: There is no doubt Honda makes good vehicles with strong engines and exquisite interior designs. Just consider Toyota Camry 2004 (Big for Nothing) and Honda Accord 2004 (EOD). In terms of the controls, driving pleasure, interior and exterior designs, Honda is clearly on top notch compared to Toyota and thats why Honda cars are classy.

But in terms of rugged and reliability, Toyota is clearly top notch. For example some Honda models are plagued with transmission problems and then the issue of discussion - the frequent ball joint failure in all model of Honda cars. Thats why you see Toyota products being used for commercial transportation more often than other brands and you can hardly see fragile Honda cars/mini vans used for commercial transportation.

The choice actually depends on the buyer, what do you want? You must sacrifice something for something. Where and how you want to use the vehicle may help decide on the product to buy.

I love traveling so i cannot use a car that i will keep listening to the front tyres while on the highway or driving with the mindset that the ball joint can actually pull out. Well thats for me

ping2ping: First of all, this ball joint issue can be considered design flaw from Nigerian point of view because of the nature of our roads.

But @lonelydora said using OEM parts could prevent it from happening. I wouldn't really know how true this is because even new honda cars are prone to having this problem.

It is also said that it doesn't happen on a high speed but a colleague in this office experience that on the Ibadan - Ilorin express way on high speed. Although i have seen some others on a rough road and one particularly while climbing a bump. We all know how our high ways are, can somebody drive without chance of entering one pot hole or the other? Or is it better to change it especially the steering ball joint each time you want to travel?

A couple of people say that before a pull out, you will hear an unusual noise from the front tyres which will serve as indicator to the problem. Considering that people drive around with AC on and the windows wound up and sometimes with radio/music on inside the car. This will not allow you to hear any of such sound. I just imagine travelling at 120/140Km/h with music of course, how on earth will one hear such noise from the tryes? Unless there is a sensor to alert the driver of problem else, it is practically impossible unless within the city

Worst of all, what if you notice the sign of imminent failure of the ball joint on a lonely area on highway? I wouldn't know if there is a guarantee that after changing the ball joint it is going to last for at least say 6 months before any chance of it pulling out on the road then one might consider that especially when travelling.

InvertedHammer: /
There is no way around it.

First thing first, you are driving a car in an environment that is not suitable for it. The intention of Honda is never that their vehicles will be subjected to such abuses as seen on Nigeria roads.

Nigeria roads are made for Off-road reinforced vehicles. Oyibo people pay money to join Off-road clubs so that they can drive their
Off-road SUVs in roads that are similar to Nigeria roads.

Solution is to buy a vehicle with due consideration to the gully and potholes you will be subjecting the unlucky vehicle.
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9ijaMan: I'll take you on just the above point alone and simply ignore the rest of your epistle. It's a fallacy to state that "majority of Shell staff come in through the SITP programme at entry level". Your postulate smacks of someone who can barely see beyond his nose. Shell is a world wide company which does not employ from Nigeria alone. I have tens of friends who went to SITP and were left in the lurch for graduates who got their MSc from schools abroad. Let me explain better so that I wont get misquoted again: While a few friends went to SITP and others went to schools abroad, Shell still preferred to employ those who schooled abroad to the SITP guys (the same guys Shell trained). This still happens to date. By the way this was not a one off occurrence, so please save yourself the trouble of trying to explain.

I've had the opportunity to work in different continents/countries and my experience working in the industry across the world remains the same. It's your choice if you decide to continue to live in self denial.

No where in my entire posts have I said a graduate from any school in Nigeria does not stand a chance to work in the O&G industry, how you came to such a funny conclusion tells me a lot more about you. I'm fully aware that lots of school cert leavers work in the industry, as such it'll be foolhardy for any one to state that only specific Unis' grads work in the industry.

This will certainly the last I'll respond to your post. Peace!

9ijaMan: The first criteria at getting a shot into an O&G firm is to finish first with a 2:1. At least a lot of interview doors will easily open for you. UniLag and UniBen have for long ranked among the top schools in Nigeria. UniPort obviously enjoys the advantage of location. I know some here feel schools don't matter, they are very much entitled to their opinion. My almost 15 years in the industry, shows clearly that Schools do really matter. Arguing that they don't matter amounts to self denial. In the UK and the US it's the same. In fact, it does happen too in the middle east.

Back to your questions, those three schools have an almost equal ranking within the industry in Nigeria, once again UniPort enjoys location advantage, hence it just about ranks equal with the other two heavy weights.

Since there will be no significant "school factor" advantage, it then boils down to individual performance, members of the interviewing panel and finally luck.

My response above is based on real life experience and not some "equal opportunity employer" hogwash.

kika41: @Godakpan,but sometimes,school matters

Cuche: I didn't mention the name of any bank. Mr Peter remained a front during that era, he saw money in Anambra State Government. He should stop the story of his Sainthood. I may agree with you Fidelity did not go for outright merger but a faceless white investors entering into some partnership.... then public offer with all the illegalities that went on at the stock exchange at the time.
What about four other banks where he's claimed to be a major shareholder. Guardian Express for instance had to go through some untold humiliation all the name of saving face while the 'Dangote' could not help.
He is now rich thanks to 8 years in Anambra Government House. Now he can afford to float businesses home and abroad, finance properly the existing names . He should be in Forbes list
My annoyance is his going about villages/churches telling people how there existed no Saint like him in Anambra who loved the future of 'our children'.
If you know him personally, tell him to stop that rubbish

femishow2005: @ 9ijaman, jpphilips et al.. pls kindly mention some kind of certifications or professional course will you recommend for a fresh graduate in petroleum engineering can embark on in order to boost himself in this competitive market. thanks

Chaleeee: An idle mind is thr devils workshop.
Either we like it or not, the present economic state of the nation is responsible for this. The banks too should employ youths that are computer savvy in other to secure their database. First to comment though.

Chief,
I didn't know this happens to be an English tutoring class. I suppose each individual has got his own way of viewing issues and we need not resort to implied insults.
In any case, FPSOs are built mainly to store crude side by side while producing and do some bit of processing. You can drill and complete an offshore well without the need for an offshore platform nor the need for an FPSO. I was part of the team that drilled a good number of the wells in the fields you mentioned (Akpo - Total, Bonga - SnepCo, Erha - Exxon and some others). I repeat, and stand very much to be corrected, FPSOs are classified under the Midstream sector of the industry. The internet is awash with the right info if you care to learn more.

FPSOs are meant for storage, hence outside the upstream sector, but not necessarily in the downstream sector.

On the issue of old Unis, you are essentially saying the same thing I've said all along. Perhaps you should return back and read some of my previous posts.

The reason, I'm here is simply to share experience with the up-coming ones and not to engage in a shouting match with anyone

9ijaMan: My brother you are certainly right. No HR department will publish in the dailies that they only recruit from certain Unis and not from others. It's during the selection process that those schools they consider not to be top notch are left out.

In my final year at school some of our lecturers specifically told us that some Oil majors (names withheld) wrote them that the standards of the graduates the school was churning out from the Faculty of Tech and the department of Geology were dropping. Of course na my set our lecturers take do experiment as we went through a very crazy final year in the school. How many Unis in Nigeria do you really think these companies will send such letters to?

As per the bold in your comment, FPSOs fall into the purview of a transition between the Upstream and Downstream sections, often referred to as midstream. Upstream essentially ends once the oil is on surface. Midstream takes over with surface storage and transport facilities. FPSOs are meant for storage, hence outside the upstream sector, but not necessarily in the downstream sector.

In layman terms, bringing crude from subsurface to surface: Upstream
At the surface, crude storage (with minimal processing to remove poisonous gasses) and raw crude transportation: Midstream
Crude processing and all refined output fall under Downstream.

I originally left out the midstream 'cos it's not as obvious as the other two.

I do see you point on the choice of specialty. However, you should take into cognizance that no gas or hydro turbine can operate without an instrumentation and control engineer. These are the guys who'll (again in simple terms) regulate and control the flow of fuel (gas or water) to your turbines. You cannot set up a hydro or gas power plant without them else there'll be disasters all over the place.