Shell Nigeria beats other international oil companies to emerge as one with the most impactful local content intiatives at the Nigerian Oil and Gas Oportunity Fair

SHELL Companies in Nigeria have emerged the International Oil Company with the most impactful local content initiatives in the upstream category at the 2019 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair. NOGOF, held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on April 4.

Shell beat other competitors, Total and Exxon Mobil to the second and third positions, respectively, at the 2nd edition of the fair organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB.

Simbi Wabote, executive secretary of NCDMB, who presented the award, singled out Shell Companies in Nigeria for exemplary support to local vendors and suppliers in the oil and gas industry, which he said, enabled greater participation of Nigerians in the  service value chain. 

Receiving the award, Osagie Okunbor, managing director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, and country chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, described the recognition as an important acknowledgement for the impressive work Shell companies continue to do in Nigeria content development.

He said, “This award is a strong recognition of our leadership in the Nigerian content development space. Nigerian content development remains a very important step in our growth aspiration as Shell Companies in Nigeria roll out the next phase of major projects.”

Olanrewaju Olawuyi, Shell’s Nigerian Content Development manager, described the NOGOF award as well-earned given the pioneering initiatives and strides by Shell companies in Nigeria which he said had put the oil and gas industry in the hands of Nigerians. “We are motivated by the award to continue to pursue in-country value addition in the oil and gas sector as this aligns with the government’s aspiration in local capacity development.”

The NOGOF award is a confirmation of the leadership position of Shell in local capacity development in the oil and gas industry. In 2018, Shell Companies were named the Local Content Operator of the Year at the Annual Oil Industry Achievement Awards Dinner of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN, an association of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors.

PETAN had also honoured SPDC with the Distinguished Achievement Award (Corporate) in 2016 while Bayo Ojulari, managing director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCo, received PETAN’s Professional Award in the same year for his notable contributions to the development of Nigerian content in the oil and gas industry.

In addition to awards from PETAN, Shell Companies in Nigeria have also been honoured in Nigerian content development by the Nigeria Oil and Gas, NOG, Conference, the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping and at the Social Enterprise Report and Awards, SERAs.

– Apr. 7, 2019 @ 8:02 GMT |