Top Oil And Gas Scholarships For Nigerian Students

Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, with multinational corporations including Shell, Seplat, TotalEnergies, Chevron, Agip, and ExxonMobil. These companies offer oil and gas scholarships. Here is a comprehensive list of scholarships provided by these oil and gas companies to Nigerians at the post-primary, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels.

In this article, we look at Oil and Gas Scholarships as scholarships provided to students by oil and gas companies.

The Oil and Gas Scholarships for Nigerians are offered through a joint venture program between oil and gas companies and the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission.

What Companies Offer Oil and Gas Scholarships?

Several companies operating in Nigeria collaborate with the NNPC and one another to provide oil and gas scholarships to deserving Nigerian students. Some of them include:

• Nigerian National Petroleum Commission Limited (NNPCL)
• Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo)
• Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC)
• Seplat Energy Nigeria Limited
• Chevron Energy
• ExxonMobil Nigeria
• TotalEnergies Nigeria
• Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC)
• Offshore Technology (Agbami)
• Midwestern Oil and Gas Nigeria
• MRS Oil and Gas Scholarship

PTDF Scholarships

The Petroleum Development Trust Fund (PTDF) provides scholarships to Nigerian undergraduate and postgraduate students at both local and international institutions.

The PTDF was established to develop and train young Nigerians to become graduates, professionals, technicians, and craftsmen in the fields of engineering, geology, science, and management in the petroleum industry.

Types of PTDF Scholarships

1. PTDF Local Scholarship

• Summary: Awarded to students from all tertiary institutions in Nigeria
• Eligibility: 200L & Postgraduates
• Reward: N500,000/Yr + Laptop (625,000 first year) | Postgraduates (N700,000/Yr)

2. PTDF Overseas Scholarship

The PTDF also sponsors academically talented students to universities in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, France, and Germany to pursue courses at Masters and PhD levels.

• Summary: Awarded to graduates applying for MSc and PhD abroad
• Eligibility: Bachelors degree with a minimum of 2:1
• Reward: Full Scholarship covering tuition, accommodation, living stipends, travel and visa costs.

3. NLNG Scholarships

Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) annually provides scholarships to Nigerian students at the secondary, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels.

The NLNG scholarships are primarily intended to foster human capital development and encourage high performance.

A. NLNG Post Primary Scholarship

The scheme aims to help high-achieving basic six students in the company’s host communities and Nigeria’s oil-producing states continue their secondary school education.

• Eligibility: Primary Six (6) students
• Reward: Full Secondary School scholarship

B. NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship

Many undergraduates from various universities in Nigeria have benefited from the scholarship scheme.

• Eligibility: 100L
• Reward: N300, 000 per awardee for an academic year and it runs throughout the duration of the student’s course.

C. NLNG Overseas Post Graduate Scholarship

This scheme was launched in October 2012, with an annual intake of 15 beneficiaries to study at leading UK universities. The award value ranges between N9 and N11 million, depending on the course of study and duration.

• Eligibility: Bachelors degree with a minimum of 2:1
• Reward: Full Scholarship covering tuition, accommodation, living stipends, and travel costs

Other NLNG Initiatives:

• NLNG Prize for Science
• NLNG Prize for Literature
• NLNG prize for Literary Criticism
• NLNG Scholarship for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

4. NNPC JV Oil and Gas Scholarships

The NNPC offers Joint Venture Scholarships in conjunction with several other oil and gas companies;

A. NNPC/Seplat Energy Scholarships

• Eligibility: 200L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

B. NNPC/SNEPCo (Shell) Scholarships

• Eligibility: 200L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

C. NNPC/NAOC/SPDC/TotalEnergies Scholarships

• Eligibility: 200L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

D. NNPC/Chevron Scholarship

• Eligibility: 200L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

E. NNPC/Agbami Scholarship

• Eligibility: 100L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

F. NNPC/TotalEnergies International Scholarship (France)

• Eligibility: Postgraduate
• Benefits: Full Scholarship + Travel + Accommodation + Living Allowance

G. NNPC/ExxonMobil National JV Scholarship

• Eligibility: 200L
• Benefits: N200,000

Other Oil and Gas Scholarships

Other companies offering oil and gas companies to Nigerian students include;

5. Midwestern Oil and Gas Scholarships

• Eligibility: 200L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

6. WAPCO Scholarships

• Eligibility: 200L
• Reward: N200,000/Yr

7. MRS Oil and Gas Scholarships

• Eligibility: 100L
• Reward: Full Scholarship (Renewable)

General Requirements of Oil and Gas Scholarships

To apply for oil and gas scholarships, candidates must meet the following criteria;

• Be in 200L of their undergraduate study
• Possess a CGPA of at least 3.5/5.0
• Be pursuing courses related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), Law, Accountancy, and Management courses
• Possess 5 O’Level credits including Mathematics and English in one sitting
• Maintain a 3.5/5.0 CGPA till the end of the program to retain his/her scholarship

General Tips for Securing Oil and Gas Scholarships

• Be pursuing a course the scholarships consider eligible
• Ensure to have strong O’ level results
• Guide and guard your CGPA. This cannot be stressed enough
• Apply as soon as possible
• Incomplete applications are time-wasting, your application will not be considered
• Prepare for the aptitude tests (use past questions) as much as possible. This is the determining step