The Government Secretary, Nigerian Content material Improvement and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe on Monday visited the amenities of Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN), and Africoat Nigeria Restricted, a pipe coating plant, positioned at Takwa Bay, Lagos.
The go to is per Ogbe’s dedication to evaluate oil and gasoline amenities throughout the nation as a prelude for his or her participation in ongoing and upcoming main oil business tasks.
NCDMB performed key roles in accelerating approvals for the brand new tasks, which embody Ubeta gasoline improvement undertaking, at present being developed by Whole Energies, and Bonga North deep water undertaking, for which Shell Nigeria Exploration and Manufacturing Firm Restricted (SNEPCo) had introduced the ultimate funding resolution (FID) in December 2024. Equally, Zabazaba deep-water undertaking is being readied by ENI and Shell, simply as preparations for the HI and HA gasoline tasks are being made by (SNEPCo).
The NCDMB’s boss conveyed the company’s dedication to proceed partnering with IOCs to develop new tasks, and to make sure they execute key scopes of these tasks utilizing native corporations with confirmed capabilities, as mandated by the Nigerian Oil and Gasoline Trade Content material Improvement (NOGICD) Act. He asserted that NCDMB’s mandate and actions are contributing to actualizing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s financial agenda, notably in catalyzing new oil and gasoline tasks, job creation and financial revitalization.
On the Samsung Heavy Industries, the Managing Director, Mr. Jin Lee highlighted the agency’s in-country capacities, which embody heavy fabrication and FPSO integration quayside. He reiterated the corporate expertise in executing main oil and gasoline tasks, notably the fabrication and integration of six modules for the TotalEnergies’ Egina FPSO in 2018.
The Enterprise Improvement Supervisor, SHIN, Mr. David Bruce Inglis stated the corporate trains welders in several specialization and had skilled 560 welders throughout the execution of the Egina undertaking, together with ladies. He stated the power employed over 1000 individuals on the peak of the Egina undertaking, however the capability was now scaled all the way down to 131, owing to lack of tasks. The corporate he stated has the database of previous workers and would re-engage a few of them in the event that they win a brand new main undertaking.
He additionally hinted that the corporate deliberate to fabricate oil and gasoline parts and tools in Nigeria for export to different components of the world. He confirmed that the SHIN facility had ample put in capability and capabilities for export, and Nigeria enjoys a classic geographical location for such enterprise alternatives.
At Africoat, the NCDMB boss challenged the agency’s administration to resolve the protracted dispute they’ve with their bankers, in addition to their landlord, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), which stopped the plant from working since its completion in 2017. He instructed {that a} peaceable settlement would permit for the plant to be rehabilitated, earlier than it might probably work for the business, and profit the buyers, and create jobs for the financial system.
The managing director of Africoat, Mr. Frank Twynam confirmed that efforts have been ongoing to resolve the deadlock. He famous that $US42 million was invested to develop the corrosion and concrete weight coating plant, hinting {that a} sturdy plan was already in place to revive the power as soon as the dispute is resolved.
