Kamfanin NNPC Limited, ta hanyar sashen Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI) tare da haɗin gwiwar Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), a yau ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna (MoU) da Sonatrach, kamfanin man fetur na ƙasa na Aljeriya, domin haɗin gwiwa a fannin bincike, ci gaba da kirkire-kirkire.
Yarjejeniyar, wacce aka sanyawa hannu a Abuja tsakanin Sophia Mbakwe, Mataimakiyar Shugaban NNPC Ltd. mai kula da Business Services, da Khodjah Mohamed, Manajan Daraktan Sonatrach, ta kafa tsarin aiki na haɗin gwiwa a fannin bincike da musayar fasaha tsakanin kamfanonin man fetur na ƙasashen biyu.
An gudanar da wannan taron ne a lokacin buɗe taron na uku na African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) Forum for R&D Directors a PTDF Tower, Abuja, wanda ya haɗa daraktocin bincike da ci gaba daga ƙasashen mambobin APPO.
Sanata Heineken Lokpobiri, Ministan Jiha na Albarkatun Man Fetur (Mai), wanda Omar Farouk Ibrahim, tsohon Sakatare Janar na APPO ya wakilta, ya bayyana cewa wannan dandalin bincike da ci gaba yana daga cikin matakai huɗu da APPO ta ƙaddamar don fuskantar ƙalubalen sauyin makamashi na duniya, musamman a fannin kuɗi, fasaha da kasuwanni.
“Dandalin R&D yana magance bukatun fasaha da ƙwarewa, African Energy Bank yana magance matsalolin kuɗi, yayin da Central African Pipeline System ke tallafawa haɗin kasuwar man fetur da gas na yankin,” in ji Lokpobiri.
A nasa jawabin, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, Shugaban Kamfanin NNPC Ltd., wanda Adedapo Segun, Babban Jami’in Kuɗi ya wakilta, ya jaddada cewa bincike da ci gaba dole ne su kasance a tsakiyar dabarun masana’antar man fetur da gas na Afirka.
“Haɗin gwiwa a fannin bincike da ci gaba yana da matuƙar muhimmanci. Kuɗin kirkire-kirkire na iya zama mai tsada, amma kuɗin tsufa da rashin amfani zai fi tsada,” in ji Ojulari.
Ya yi kira da a samar da tsarin dabarun haɗin gwiwa da zai ba da damar haɗa albarkatu, haɗa bayanai da raba haɗari a tsakanin ƙasashen mambobi. Haka kuma ya jaddada buƙatar hanzarta amfani da fasahar dijital, artificial intelligence da injiniyoyin zamani don inganta ayyukan upstream, midstream da downstream.
A nasa bangaren, Farid Ghezali, Sakataren Janar na APPO, ya yi kira ga ƙasashen Afirka masu samar da man fetur da su tabbatar da cewa binciken da ake yi a fannin man fetur da gas yana samar da mafita masu amfani kai tsaye ga nahiyar.
“Dole ne mu tabbatar cewa bincikenmu yana samar da mafita masu amfani kai tsaye ga Afirka,” in ji shi.
Haka kuma, Prof. Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu, Babban Sakataren PTDF, ya jaddada muhimmancin haɗin gwiwar NNPC Ltd. da PTDF wajen tallafawa ayyukan rage hayaki da kare muhalli a ƙasashen mambobin APPO.
A ƙarshe, Rasheed Ojulari, Chief Innovation Officer na NNPC RTI kuma sabon shugaban APPO R&D Directors Forum, ya bayyana cewa dandalin zai ba da fifiko ga shirye-shiryen haɗin gwiwa a muhimman fannoni kamar inganta upstream, artificial intelligence, hanyoyin rage hayaki da ci gaban tsarin masana’antu.
