The
petroleum industry has been identified as a catalyst for employment generation
and economic development, especially in the areas of the gas, petroleum
refining, petrochemical and fertilizer.
This
is one of the observations made at a recently concluded international
conference on the gainful employment potentials in the oil and gas sector, in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Speaking
more on the success of the conference, Prof Godwin Igwe, of the Centre for Gas,
Refining & Petrochemicals, Institute of Petroleum studies, University of
Port Harcourt, said a number of other observations were made.
According
to Igwe, the following observations were made:
