DPR Renews Permit-to-Operate Offshore Safety Training Centres For Lym Consults

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has renewed the approval for Lym Consults Nigeria Limited as a Safety and Emergency Response Training Centre in Nigeria.

In March this year, DPR had delisted the company as a training centre due to the expiration of its DPR Permit-to-Operate.

However, on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the Regulatory Agency re-enlisted the Lym Consult on its website making the firm the only Company in Delta State with a valid DPR accreditation for Offshore safety training.

Reacting to the relisting of the Company by DPR as an approved Offshore Safety and Emergency Response Training Center in Nigeria, the Chief Executive Officer of Lym Consults Nigeria Limited, Mr. Larry Otu said that the renewal became possible because DPR under Engr. Auwalu Sarki is driven by professionalism and competence.

“To renew our Permit-to-Operate in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry, the DPR team had to conduct a thorough audit and inspection of our Offshore Safety and Emergency Response Training Center in Warri, Delta State to ensure that all our courses are conducted in accordance with International Oil and Gas Industry Standards, and that the training conducted at our training center are accredited to Internationally recognized standards”.

“In  order for the DPR to renew our Permit-to-Operate in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry, and relist our company as an approved Safety and Emergency Response Training Center in Nigeria, the DPR had to ensure and verify that we hold internationally recognized accreditation for all the courses that we offer.

“Also, they had to ensure that the training are conducted safely. Some of the courses we offer are Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET), Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET), and these courses are accredited to OPITO standard”, he said.

Lym Consults Nigeria Limited is the only OPITO approved training center in Delta State. OPITO is one of the Internationally recognized standard accepted by the DPR for the obtainment of the Offshore Safety Permit and for traveling to Offshore/Swamp locations in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

Established in 2007, Lym, a Safety and Risk Management Consulting Company has been reputed for provide best quality and user-friendly solutions to clients, particularly in Technical, Process Safety and Risk Engineering Management Services.

Otu said: “We help to manage and facilitate the overall process, paying particular attention to critical stages to ensure ultimate success. Our focus at all times as a Risk Management Consulting Company is to deliver a cost effective and pragmatic solutions which are compliant with ALARP principle where appropriate. The Company has, hitherto, engaged more in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry”.

Lym Consults also offers offshore safety trainings with specifics to Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (TBOSIET), Tropical Further Offshore Safety Training (TFOET) and Tropical Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (THUET).