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It just becoming rampart these days....

@Brize, really our lives don't matter to these people anymore....

New York has formalized its ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas after a seven-year environmental and health review.
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced the decision Monday, saying a ban was the "only reasonable alternative" after "years of exhaustive research and examination of the science and facts."
The agency concluded that existing safety precautions are inadequate to protect against harm to water, air, ecosystems, wildlife, community character and public health.

New York is the only state with significant natural gas resources to ban fracking, which has allowed other states to tap huge volumes of gas trapped in shale formations deep underground.
While environmental groups praised the ban, drilling proponents have said the decision was based on politics rather than on science.
For me, this is the best news I have heard in recent times....
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Already started again in Liberia and Sierra Leone...

Statoil’s wildcat wells returned oil and gas finds near the Gina Krog field in the North Sea.
The wells were drilled about 250 kilometres west of Stavanger and directly northeast of the Gina Krog field.
The overall oil and gas columns for both wells totals 300 metres or 150m each.
Preliminary calculations of the size of the discovery are between one and two million standard cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable oil equivalents.
The Norwegian operator will now assess if the return proves the need for a possible development and tieback to the Gina Krog field. (s: Aberdeen Journals)
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Following new cases of Ebola reported in two West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone last week, concerned medical practitioners have called for more vigilance at the border posts in order to prevent a recurrence of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. They also called for the need of improved screening methods in order to forestall a return of the disease.
Remember that proper hand-washing practice particularly reduces the risk of getting infections by more than 60 per cent.

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This is the face of the man who laughed at slaughtered holidaymakers while they sunbathed on a Tunisian beach, killing 38 - the majority of them said to be British.
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Updated: Jun 26 2015
Employer:
Techniques International Corporation
Desired Expertise: QA / QC / Inspection, Rigger / Scaffolding, Valid Water Survival/ BOSIET Training Experience: 5+ years Minimum Education: Tech/Vocational Cert/Apprenticeship Location: Nigeria, Nigeria Employment Type: Full Time Contractor Job Status: Active / Open - See more at: http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/postings/851165/Scaffolding_Inspector.asp#sthash.Py3wCKbF.dpuf

Desired Expertise: QA / QC / Inspection, Rigger / Scaffolding, Valid Water Survival/ BOSIET Training

Experience: 5+ years Minimum Education: Tech/Vocational Cert/Apprenticeship

Location: Nigeria, Nigeria

Employment Type: Full Time Contractor

Job Status: Active

Preference given to Nigerian Candidates

Must hold CITB-CISRS Scaffolding Supervisor & Inspection certification

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Perform Scaffold Inspection and approval on FPSO on erected and or modified scaffolding.

· Provide guidance and training to scaffolding team as needed.

· To provide technical advice and assistance to contractor personnel and their subcontract personnel with regard to erection, modification and dismantle of all access scaffolding systems.

· To ensure that the correct selection of tools & equipment & FPE/PPE are being maintained, recorded on a regular basis and used in the appropriate manner.

· To demonstrate the correct use of steel tube & fitting scaffolding or system/modular scaffolding to main contractor personnel where the necessity for training or further training is required as per BS12811-1 standards

· To monitor and record the regular maintenance plan for scaffolding equipment by the contractor.

· To attend mandatory contractor tool box talk meetings on a daily basis to monitor the accuracy of the subject matter and to offer technical input where applicable.

· To attend daily meeting and offer assistance with the coordination of personnel, materials and provide technical advice where appropriate.

· To attend all pre-task meetings and ascertain contractor personnel roles and responsibilities prior to work commencement.

· To monitor the safe erection, modification and dismantling of all access scaffolding

· To perform regular checks that safety equipment such as Rescue from height packs, FBH and SRL's are being used correctly and maintained and periodically recorded within the required manufacturer's guidelines.

· To routinely monitor work performance and record all project scaffolding access activities using provided electronic or hard copy format

· To review e-PTW and JSA for contractor personnel prior to commencement and to ensure that activities are carried out

· To perform site surveys for scaffolding requirements and access solutions when requested and to estimate material requirements on behalf of the contractor.
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Following the oil industry reorganization, President Buhari has ordered the immediate dissolution of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
The decision was conveyed in a letter, dated June 26, 2015, signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi.
The letter quoted President Buhari as thanking members of the dissolved board for their services to the nation.
The NNPC is the state-run oil company which oversees Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. It’s board is statutorily headed by the minister of petroleum resources.
The corporation regulates the oil and gas sector, and also operates as a joint venture partner representing the government in deals with oil multinationals.
The NNPC has in recent years been accused of large scale corruption, the latest being the alleged disappearance of $20 billion oil money.
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Naija, we are too funny.....

Osun House of Assembly Speaker Mr. Najeem Salaam said the Assembly has received a petition from Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, calling for the impeachment of Aregbesola on the grounds of alleged financial recklessness.

The Governor has not been able to pay state workers for a couple of months as financial crisis is almost wrecking the state.

But the question: Can impeachment solve the problem?
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Indeed Nigeria is fortunate in cases like these....

African leaders and power intoxication......

This is unimaginable as heat waves continue to claim lives in Pakistan and death tolls top 1000. Cemetery getting filled up and same grave now use to bury more one person in port city of Karachi.

Searing temperatures, which have been as high as 113 degrees, fell below 100 on Thursday, but a sense of panic and crisis persisted in the city, the country's financial and commercial capital as well as the capital of Sindh province.


People running under the trees around the cemetery to shield themselves from the shield.

Now what is the cause of these extreme heat waves?
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One of Burundi's vice-presidents has fled the country, saying he felt threatened after opposing President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid.


Burundi has seen months of turmoil since Mr Nkurunziza announced that he would be running for office again in July's election.


Gervais Rufyikiri told France24 TV that a third term for the president would be unconstitutional.


A government spokesman denied that Mr Rufyikiri had been threatened.


There are also reports that Burundi's National Assembly Speaker Pie Ntavyohanyuma has left for Belgium, citing medical reasons. He had also criticized the president's bid for a third term.


Rights groups say at least 70 people have been killed and 500 wounded as demonstrators clashed with police over the past two months
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A woman (name withheld) was subjected to prolonged and appalling sexual abuse between the ages of four and nine by a ministerial servant.

It is the first civil case in the UK of historical sexual abuse brought against the Christian-based religious movement.
The woman who claimed Jehovah's Witness elders failed to protect her from sex abuse carried out by a paedophile has won a £275,000 payout.
The woman, now in her 20s, alleges she was abused as a child in Loughborough by ministerial servant Peter Stewart. A judge ruled the organisation was liable for the abuse because it failed to take "safeguarding steps" after Stewart admitted abusing another child.

The abuse took place at a number of locations, including Kingdom Hall, a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses, with Stewart forcing her to keep silent by telling her "she was sinning" and "she would not be saved".
In 1995, Stewart was convicted of separate child sex offences, including rape and indecent assault, and jailed for five years.
He died, aged 72, in 2001, shortly before police arrived at his home to arrest him for sexually abusing the woman.
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Tullow Oil has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a tax dispute with the Ugandan government out of court, almost half of the sum the east African country had originally demanded in tax relating to a sale of oil licences.

Legal proceedings have now been dropped, Tullow said on Monday. Shares in Tullow were rose 0.7 percent by 0942 GMT.

"The settlement of this long-running dispute is good news for Tullow and Uganda," said Tullow Chief Executive Aidan Heavey.
Financial disputes between oil companies and government always takes long time to resolve.
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Nairalanders, any oil company I mention in my articles or news is an opportunity for you to google and browse their websites for vacancies. Most of them are international oil companies.... You never can tell where the next job will come from..

Lets see where all these will actually take them....

Amaechi had accused Wike of embracing a fraudulent witch-hunt of his administration few days after the governor set up a judicial commission of inquiry to probe him. In this regards, Mr Henry Okah,Rivers State Commissioner for Housing,on Monday dismissed the claim by the former governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, that Governor Nyesom Wike was embarking on a witch-hunt and attempting to malign his (Amaechi) person.
But Okah maintained that there was nothing wrong or immoral for an administration that received and managed about N3tn on behalf of the people of Rivers State to explain some of its actions suspected to be fraudulent.
Okah explained that the simple thing Amaechi needed to do if invited by any commission of enquiry was to state his own side of the story and tender documents to buttress his case, adding that there was nothing to fear if his hands were clean.
The commissioner also said that certain things must be clarified by the Amaechi government, noting that the state could not close its eyes to some grave allegations of corruption against the Amaechi government.
(credit: Chukwudi Akasike)
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A coordinated attack by Taliban on the Afghan parliament in Kabul has ended with six gun men killed
Attackers detonated a hugh car bomb outside the gates, stormed the compound then entered a building close to the chamber.
Taliban say they carried out the attack to coincide with a vote to endorse a new defense minister
They were fought off and entered a building under construction next to parliament . It took nearly an hour before all the firing stopped.

The Taliban have launched complex attacks on government buildings in the capital in the past.
Militant violence has increased across the country since the departure of most US and NATO forces last year.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening relocated to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He joined his wife, Aisha, who had moved in on Thursday.
Before he finally moved in, the President had, on Sunday afternoon, visited the Presidential Villa briefly.
Those who thought he had finally relocated to the seat of power were however shocked when Buhari left the premises after spending a few minutes.He later returned finally in the evening.
Since their inauguration, Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have yet to relocate to the Presidential Villa.
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Beehives, braids and curled hair raised up like an art installations wowed fashionistas at this year's Afrik show in the Ivorian city of Abidjan.
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An oil and gas giant has been fined thousands of pounds for health and safety failings which led to the death of a rigger.
David Stephenson, 44, was crushed to death on board the Wellservicer about three miles from Aberdeen Harbour on April 1, 2009 – the same day as the Super Puma helicopter disaster, which killed 16 people.
The vessel was operated by Technip UK, which previously admitted failing to ensure a safe system of work – ultimately leading to his death.
Fiscal depute Geoffrey Main told Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday that Mr Stephenson – an engineer with about 18 years’ experience – was part of a team carrying out repair work on a diving bell, a chamber used to transport sub-sea engineers into deep water.
While harnessed on top of the structure, the 44-year-old was hit and pinned against the bell by a four-tonne steel bell cursor which had been hanging overhead.
His colleagues frantically struggled to winch the cursor up and Mr Stephenson was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him.
A post-mortem examination concluded that his death had been caused by chest injuries, and that he had also suffered severe chest asphyxia.
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United Nations marks World Refugee Day on Saturday, Hollywood actor and director Angelina Jolie is lending her support by visiting a refugee camp in Turkey.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, has appeared in a promotional video to mark World Refugee Day .

She will be accompanied Saturday by U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Guterres warned that "a spreading global violence has come to threaten the very foundations of our international system" and urged the world not to turn its back on those who most need its help.
Around the world, almost 60 million have been displaced by conflict and persecution. Nearly 20 million of them are refugees, and more than half are children.
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Kelly, 34, carried seven-month old Titan Jewell in a bright yellow baby grow while the singer wore a floppy black hat to shield her eyes from the sun.
She was spotted leaving a studio in Hollywood.
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@dulux07. Yeah, you are right. Obama have been trying since last year to place gun restrictions but to no avail.....

This is the suspect, Dylann Roof 21yrs, who pulled the trigger and killed 9 people in the South Carolina historical church.
Presently in police custody, his uncle has said if he is sentenced to death he will be the one to push the button.
The killing of blacks has gone beyond hate crime. 'Hate' is a word we know does not involve killing or murder. But these days, it has developed to 'Prejudice' where black lives no longer matter.
The big question is, how many more blacks will go down before racism is stopped or will it ever stop?
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With the award of a rig contract to carry out the drilling and completion programme for the Aje shallow-water field offshore Lagos, the first oil production is expected to begin in the state by December this year.
The operator of the Oil Mining Lease 113 has, on behalf of the joint venture partners, entered into a rig contract with Saipem for the Scarabeo 3 drilling rig to carry out the drilling and completion programme for the Aje Field Cenomanian oil development, Panoro Energy said in a statement on Monday.

The joint venture partners led by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited (the operator) had in October last year taken the final investment decision to develop the first phase of the Aje field.
According to the statement, the Scarabeo 3 rig is a semi-submersible rig currently stationed offshore Lagos. The rig will be moved 18 nautical miles to the Aje drilling location and will be used to carry out well operations for the first phase of the Aje Cenomanian Oil field development that includes two subsea production wells....
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This is the wreck of soccer star, Arturo Vidal's red Ferrari after the car crash. Multiple media reports quote the Chilean National Police, and prosecutors, as saying that the football star had been under the influence of alcohol, and was at fault for the crash.
One side of Vidal's red shining Ferrari has almost been completely ripped away. He may face criminal punishment for being under the influence of alcohol.
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I know a lot of people will be wondering what kind of question is this, or why did I ask? If you think this is a dream, then you are dreaming. Yeah, after my graduation, I started searching for jobs in the oil and gas industry, I saw a thousand and one people struggling for the same opportunity and position applied for. This is just a couple of years back.. Some of these prospective employees have been in the so-called labour market for an appreciable number of years even before I arrived then. That means more job seekers but less companies to actually accommodate them.
Now, I have been working as a safety personnel in a servicing company run by a young vibrant, bold and thoughtful MD. I got interested to know how the company started and to my surprise they actually began as 'bolt and nut' suppliers to a O&G producing company but now has become a major player/specialist in Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Maintenance with close to a thousand onshore/offshore personnel. Let me not bore you with those magnitude of details....
Well, I thought to myself one fateful day in the office, if this man (the MD) had not actualize his vision to run an indigenous O&G servicing company, maybe a lot of his workers now would have still been in the streets looking for jobs. I understand quickly that oil producing companies alone can not absorb a greater percentage of these job seekers but the servicing companies can carter for that.
In this regards, over the years a lot of visionaries have seized this opportunity to open their own servicing company thereby
making wealth for themselves and most importantly creating thousands of jobs opportunities. I have seen applicants turned contractors, entrepreneurs and so on. You know the major players in this industry try dig into their background and you will be surprised on how they started small.

My point here is that you job seeker or worker may have the potentials to start your own company today or tomorrow. Two things are deeply beneficial;
1. You will create wealth for yourself
2. Create job opportunities for others including host communities
Therefore, you can see that the answer to the above topic is simply 'YES'.
I am charging you today to start your servicing company. Go out there, seek for oil and gas investors, ask questions here and there. The oil and gas sector is very large, so your own additional company will not make it shut down.
Own an O&G servicing company and become your own MD!!!
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