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PTDF 2025/2026 List
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The State of Energy Sector in Nigeria: A 2025 Overview
1. Progress and Reform Momentum 2. Tackling Legacy Debt and Financial Strain 3. Generation Sources: Fossil, Hydro, Solar, and Beyond 4. Oil & Gas Landscape: Turbulence and Transition 5. Barriers Still Loom Large Looking Forward: Nigeria’s Energy Horizon What’s working: What remains fragile: Nigeria’s energy sector is transitioning to a period of commendable progress. Guided…
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My worries for Energy Transition implications in Sub-Saharan Africa
Background The energy transition is a pathway transformative process of the global energy sector from fossil fuel based to zero or near zero carbon by the middle of the century [1]. The transition is mostly driven by the move to renewable energy sources and electrification of the transport sector in Europe and America. However, developing…
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Energy Analytics for AMI Distribution Transformer Metering Data
Introduction/Background Electric utilities/Distribution Network Operators (DNOs)/Distribution Companies (DISCOS) are always finding alternative ways to better serve their customers and optimally operate their electricity distribution business while finding alternative planning and network expansion plans to satisfy changes in electricity consumption patterns. The Distribution Transformer (DT) is seen as the last mile in the electricity distribution value…
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Strategizing for Nigeria’s Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure
Introduction Nigeria with over 200 trillion standard cubic feet (TSCF) of proven gas reserves has an opportunity to develop its gas resources and increase utilization for domestic and international markets vis a vis the energy transition and the Russian-Ukraine war.Utilization of stranded gas resources using gas processing facilities and increased gas supply to the main…
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Analyzing public web-based data using Power BI: A case study of PTDF 2022 Scholarship List
I was a previous beneficiary of Nigeria’s Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) oversees scholarship scheme (OSS) on two occasions: (1) MSc scholarship in 2010 (University of South Wales (UK)) and (2) PhD scholarship in 2012 (Cardiff University, UK). The PTDF is “a special purpose fund established to train and make available skilled, competent, and qualified…
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The need for Joint optimization of Gas and Electricity Supply Systems in Nigeria
Introduction This article examines the complexity of increasing interaction of gas and electricity systems in Nigeria. Nigeria with about 200 TSCF [1] of proven gas reserve is pursuing gas markets reforms that is expected to usher competition through private sector driven investments. Gas and Electricity Systems Gas and electricity systems are operated currently separately by…