The Petroleum Technology Development Fund on Wednesday subjected five cutting-edge energy projects to a rigorous peer review, with officials declaring that the era of “research for the shelf” must give way to patents, policy reform and commercialisation. At the Fund’s headquarters in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of PTDF, Ahmed Aminu, said the combined peer review of the Annual Oil and Gas Research Grant Competition and the Endowment Research Programme marked the final stage in a highly competitive process designed to produce indigenous technologies for Nigeria’s energy sector. Aminu said, “It is with great joy and sincere appreciation that I welcome you all to this combined peer review programme. “Today, we are witnessing the final stage in the review process of research selected from...