The Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR) of the University of Port Harcourt, is one of the beneficiaries of the World Bank grant in Nigeria. The mission of the Centre is to train both national and international postgraduate students with multi-disciplinary expertise in Engineering and Science for sustainable development in the Oil and Gas industry in Africa.

In keeping with their mandate to impact the larger university community, ACE-CEFOR has set up a research laboratory in the Emerald Energy Institute premises to benefit the life sciences and engineering. See photos here, and a list of equipment here.

Also, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has donated some equipment to the Environmental Analysis Science Laboratory. See pictures and list of equipment here.