Internship report

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the oil and gas industry in Uganda complies with environmental health and safety standards. The researcher basically applied a doctrinal legal research based on legal concepts and principles of law, statutes, cases concerning environmental health and safety. Its analytical framework was based on preventive and deterrence theories which are to the effect that if no mitigation measures are taken, the activities can lead to disastrous environmental, health and safety consequences. The study reviewed Ugandan laws and policies concerning environmental health and safety such as the right to a clean and healthy environment as per the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, the various Labour laws advocating for safety and health including the Occupational Health and Safety Act which advocates for compliance with health and safety at work places to avoid occupational injuries and other related work hazards and the various international and regional regulations to which Uganda is bound which are meant to enforce safe and healthy working conditions. Despite the presence of these laws and regulations the researcher found that there is rampant abuse of environmental health and safety in Uganda leading to occupational health and safety challenges for example workers lacking protective gear which has led to occupational diseases, injuries and other related hazards due to various reasons such as lack of proper enforcement of the health and safety standards and poor a institutional and legal framework as the laws contain grey areas which have contributed to non-compliance with environmental health and safety standards. The paper concludes that to a larger extent there is no environmental health and safety law compliance in Uganda’s oil and gas industry. The following recommendations are proposed: Strengthening enforcement of the legal and institutional framework to ensure safe and healthy working conditions to avoid occupational diseases and injuries and also provide liability for damage due to non compliance to upstream and midstream laws such that defaulters are held liable; environmental health and safety training and awareness for oil companies and different bodies involved to enable the main players to acquire knowledge about environmental health and safety standards; identify potential hazards and develop hazard-specific control or mitigation mechanisms and strengthening civil society organizations to ensure that there is a follow up to check on non compliance to environmental health and safety standards.

petroleum dasar

The utilization of biomass resources as feedstocks for biofuel production is gaining traction globally leading to increasing quantity of biofuel from 187 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2000 to 1.75 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2021. This increase is attributed to high demand, and favourable policy initaited by various government of the world including tax credit and subsidy in the quest to mitigate climate change. Nigeria government in 2007, gazetted the Nigerian Biofuels Policy aimed at promoting the utilization, importation and production of biofues in Nigeria. It encourages investment in biofuels through tax waiver including importation and exportation, waiver on import and customs duties, and insurance. The biomass resources of Nigeria include agricultural and residues, forest products and residues, and municipal solid wastes amounting to over 200 billion kg/yr with energy potential greater than 61 Mtoe. To realize this energy potential, there is a need for the Nigerian government to implement its biofuel policy completely, and to expand the current approved biomass (cassava, sugarcane, palm oil, jatroph, and cellulosic materials) for biofuel production to include the use of lignocellulosic biomass, non-edible oil other jatropha, and algae. The production and utilization of the biofuel will help to increase energy reserve, improve the quality of automotive fossil-based fuels, develop the agricultural sector, mitigate climate change, reduce importation of fuels and create jobs.

World journal of innovative research, 2022

The study evaluated the health hazards prevalent among workers in selected tank farms in Niger Delta, Nigeria by adopting a cross-sectional design where data were collected from 182 tank/depot workers purposively using questionnaire. A total of 200 copies of a closed ended questionnaire were administered to all cadres of staff which comprised of senior staff, middle and junior staff. Data were coded and analyzed at 95% confidence level. most respondents agreed that some machines/equipment in their various workplace are not always in good condition which was further supported by the weighted mean result, with scores more than the criterion mean and grand mean of 3.00 and 4.10 respectively for each company. Most respondents disagreed that flammable substances like; PMS, AGO, HHK, solvent and other explosive-chemicals are not appropriately stored or handled in their workplace. This was further supported by the weighted mean result which scores were below the criterion mean and grand mean of 3.00 and 2.23 respectively, for each company. This study therefore recommends that government and supervising institutions should enforce compliance to OHS in industries, especially oil and gas companies so as to minimize hazards and risk levels.

INTERNSHIP REPORT FOR LAND SURVEYING, 2022

At the end of this internship, I would like to thank all those people who assisted me along the way and made this internship enjoyable experience for me. Special thanks to God almighty for wisdom, knowledge, and guidance during the entire training period. I would like to thank Mr. Baguma Brian, the Managing Director of Spot Surveyors and Engineering Consultants, for giving me chance and opportunity to work in his organization in order to complete my six-week internship session. Besides, I would like to extend my appreciation to my company supervisors, Simon, Ambrose Okello, Isaac, Accleo , Mark. Under your guidance and advice, I am able to apply theories learned in University to real life situations at the workplace and complete this report on time. Furthermore, I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Jane Francis Matovu as the administrator for the coordination effort for every industrial training student. Appreciation goes to the Government of the Republic of Uganda for the opportunity to successfully enroll in Land surveying course and proceed with studies successfully through the government scholarship scheme. I am especially thankful for the financial facilitation during the internship period. At last, I would also like to thankful to my family and my friends for their moral support and emotional understanding. Their support and love are motivation to me to complete this task. v

Ikenna K. Udeani, 2019

This report is an evaluation of my industrial training experience at Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC)0. During my internship program, I was assigned to the Commercial Department, LPG Storage Section at the Towers where I got understanding of how customers and private investors in the LPG market does business with NPSC and how the decision and agreement process are done, right from the MD down to the commercial department where their documents are reviewed, analysed and Memos are raised and sent back up to top management for approval if their documents are valid and up to date. I was also assigned to the Maintenance Department at the Suleja Depot where I gained practical experience of the downstream sector of the Oil industry. I worked close with those in the Operations Storage Department where we carried out experiments and Laboratory analysis on petroleum product going in and out of the depots. This report summarizes the technical, practical and non-technical trainings I received during my time at Nigerian Pipelines & Storage Company (NPSC)

Chemical Engineering Laboratory (CPT314), 2018

Practical report on crude, carried out in university of jos,( Nigeria) by science laboratory Technology student (CPT option), significant of testing petroleum and method of testing using simple laboratory equipments.