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CODAF Calls For Establishment of Zero Waste Dept In Nigeria Institutions

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    THE Community Development Advocacy Foundation, CODAF, a nongovernmental organisation, has called on tertiary institutions to create an ecosystem where responsible consumption, waste reduction and recycling are given top priority. Executive Director, CODAF, Mr. Richard Benin made the call at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, FUPRE, during the launch of Zero Waste Campus Project, put together by the NGO. Speaking at the event, Mr Richard Benin said, “Today, we are starting a journey that will change the world and lead to sustainability, that empowers our university community…

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FUPRE Senate Approves Energy Business School

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  Senate of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), at its 65th Meeting held on Wednesday 19th of April, 2023 approved the establishment of FUPRE Energy Business School (FEBS) to contribute to the sustainable and optimal utilization of energy, mineral and water resource endowments and leadership capacity building for the oil and gas industry. The Vice-Chancellor who is also Chairman of the University Senate, Engr. Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh FNES, disclosed that the FUPRE Energy Business School was a result of initiatives between FUPRE and three other business partners…

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Onose Deep Oil /Gas, FUPRE Set To Build Modular Refinery In Agbarha-Otor

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By Kobiruo Joseph The management of Onose Deep Oil and Gas Limited, in collaboration with Federal University of Petroleum has concluded plans to build a 60,000 bpd modular refinery at Omavovwe-Agbarha-Otor community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. Speaking to newsmen after meeting with the management of FUPRE, the Managing Director of Onose Deep Oil/Gas, Chief  Jim said, “We are here on the existing agreement we have with the school management to build the 60,000 bpd modular refinery, the Russia are willing, and desirous by our agreement…

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Opinion: FUPRE, A Dream Delayed Or Denied?

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  By Sunny Awhefeada     The Federal University of Petroleum Resources, (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State was founded in 2007 and it caught news headline as Nigeria’s nay Africa’s first specialised university, dedicated to the study of petroleum resources.   The idea of FUPRE was novel and many thought that in no distant time the university will take its place in the global commune of scholarship, technological innovation and economic advancement. Since it bears the imprimatur of petroleum, which spews forth dollars, many had imagined that the university will approximate…

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