The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Heritage Energy Operational Services and Global Oceon Engineers launched a programme to train 48 Nigerians in subsea engineering at a ceremony in Port Harcourt on 16 October. NCDMB published its account on 19 October. The curriculum includes risers and hydrodynamics, offshore-structure design, pipeline engineering and computer-aided design and drafting.

The programme is structured for six months of classroom instruction followed by six months of workplace training. NCDMB said the course is part of its Top 10 Field Readiness human-capacity initiatives, intended to address specialist skills gaps and expand Nigerian participation in offshore and deepwater work. The announcement describes a training launch; it does not report completion or subsequent employment outcomes.