NNPC, US Discuss Export opportunities

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Austen Oniwon, has expressed the resolve of the state-owned corporation to sustain the export of petroleum products that meet the environmental and safety requirements of the United States Government.

This is in line with efforts to transform the NNPC into an integrated national oil company, according to a statement by the Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma.

The statement said that Oniwon pledged this on recently while receiving a delegation from the US Embassy at the NNPC Towers, Abuja.

He told members of the delegation that the corporation was determined to export high value products to the US, noting that such an economic partnership would strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

He urged the US to invest in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry by participating in the building of Greenfield refineries across the country.

Responding, the leader of the delegation and Minister Counselor, US Embassy, Abuja, Ball Perry, reiterated the commitment of his home government to the sustenance of investments in energy and agriculture in Nigeria.

He promised to participate in the building of Greenfield refineries in Nigeria.