The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited NNPCL has floated an innovative state-of-the-art crude oil Centralized Monitoring and Real-Time Tracking Centre which is christened the NNPC Ltd Production Monitoring Command Centre (PMCC).

According to NNPC Ltd, the PMCC is built under corporation’s five - key actionable initiatives which have culminated to transformative hydrocarbon operations will invariably boost crude oil Production and accountability. These five – key actionable initiatives includes:

1. Centralized Monitoring and Real-Time Tracking: The NNPC Ltd Production Monitoring Command Centre (PMCC) consolidates data from all operators, providing a unified and real-time view of hydrocarbon production and transport. This ensures prompt identification of anomalies and minimizes unplanned disruptions.

2. Enhanced Decision-Making: By leveraging advanced analytics and integrating data, the PMCC equips stakeholders with actionable insights, enabling proactive planning, risk management, and improved operational efficiency.

3. Effective Maintenance Planning: The PMCC supports predictive and preventive maintenance, ensuring asset reliability and reducing downtime through coordinated tracking of maintenance activities.

4. Collaboration and Communication: The PMCC fosters seamless stakeholder collaboration by providing a secure data-sharing platform, enhancing problem-solving and operational efficiency.

5. Increased Revenue and Efficiency: The PMCC contributes to increased production and revenue by minimizing downtime and improving integrated planning, benefiting all stakeholders in the oil and gas value chain.

Describing the immeasurable functions of this magnificent edifice, the Chief Upstream Investment Officer at NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS) Mr. Bala Wunti stated that the objective of this center is basically to have one control room where you would be able to monitor and track all our production activities.

“Our production comes from onshore, swamp, from shallow and deep waters. What you see on the screen in the far-right is a depiction of our floating depots in form of FPSO. They are all littered and they are approximately located based on their geographical positions in the country. When we structure this nobody believed we could do it,” He illustrated.

“From this room, we monitor every molecule of hydrocarbon that we produce. From here, we can detect pipelines that are functional and non-functional, from this we can monitor which terminal is Operational, and which is not Operational. From this, you can see how much you are producing and what we are exporting.,” He added.

The corporation’s Executive Vice President Upstream, Mr. Udobong Ntia in his remarks placed the equivalence of the project on what is currently operational in the Saudi Aramco a Saudi Arabian state – owned oil company, emphasizing that the project will increase transparency and    undoubtedly rallies Nigeria’s position in the global energy market,

“The first thing that came to my mind is this is like Saudi Aramco really. They’ve got this huge box and it’s not too different from this and the fact that we’ve even started. He said.

“The fact the we even thought about it’s a good step in understanding real time where there’s visibility from anywhere in the world, from your office, from your home, you can plug into and see where we are and be able to react or make adjustments to our greatest assets in Nigeria,” Mr. Ntia added.

This initiative will not only align with President Bola Tinubu’s policy to increase efficiency and ramp up oil production in the country, but will also strengthens Nigeria’s position in the global energy market, ensuring long-term growth and profitability for both the nation’s investors and stakeholders.