By Victor Uchechukwu
- Winners were selected from over 1,500 applicants, with extra-ordinary academic performance especially during the company’s recently conducted computer-based testing as yardstick
Eni’s subsidiary, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE), on behalf of NNPC Limited and NAE PSC, said it has awarded scholarships to 30 Nigerian graduates for post graduate studies in both the Nigerian and overseas Universities under its 2025/2026 Scholarship Awards Scheme.
Under the scheme, 10 beneficiaries according to Eni will undertake the postgraduate studies in various universities in different parts of the world, while the remaining awardees will be studying in any Nigerian universities of their choice but in the following disciplines like Engineering, Geosciences, Petroleum and Environmental Technology, Energy Economics, Renewable Energy and Energy Transition.
During the award ceremony in Abuja, the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of NAE Mr. Fabrizio Bolondi congratulated the awardees, stating that the scholarship award will offer them the opportunity to pursue their dreams and achieve their career objectives. He said: “The award ceremony highlights our continuous commitment to the future of education, innovation, and capacity building in Nigeria”. He also encouraged the beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity for the benefit of the country and its energy industry.
The Chief Upstream Investment Officer of NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), represented by the Manager of External Relations Mrs. Edith Bunmi-Lawson, and the Deputy Manager PSC Asset A3 Mr. Paul Duke, were also present at the ceremony.
According to Eni, the postgraduate scholarship scheme was instituted by NNPC-NAE PSC partners in 2007 as part of the company’s human capital development initiatives aimed at promoting knowledge while bridging the gap in specialized and relevant fields like in the deep offshore oil and gas operations in Nigeria in particular.
Energy Window International (Media) gathered that till date, 350 graduates have benefitted from this scheme established by the company to help the local professionals to gain knowledge and acquire skills which are desperately needed in the country’s energy industry at the moment.
Eni also said that it has also implemented, through NAE, other sustainability initiatives in Nigeria in areas such as health, education, access to water and infrastructure development, and this was while carrying out specific initiatives aimed at stakeholder and local communities empowerment.
Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE) according to Eni was incorporated in 1996 to manage the company’s deep offshore exploration and production assets. For Eni, NAE has the distinction of being the first oil and gas company in Nigeria to produce oil from the country’s deep offshore. It has interests in 6 deep offshore blocks in Nigeria, either as Operator or as Co-Venturer.
Eni says it operates in Nigeria through Agip Energy and Natural Resources (AENR), holding a 5% participating interest in the Renaissance Joint Venture, and via Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE), with a 12.5% interest in OML 135 and 118 (Bonga field) and a 10.4% equity participation in Nigerian LNG.