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NCDMB Assures Greater Local Industry Participation In Oil, Gas Projects
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has assured local oil servicing companies operating in the country of their capabilities to undertake huge projects in the industry through the board’s capacity building opportunities.
Ogbe gave the assurance when he led a delegation of senior officials of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on a tour of facilities at Brightwaters Energy Limited, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, recently.
The visit was to assess Brightwaters Energy’s upgrade of its technical capabilities, which would position them for upcoming industry projects.
The tour to the company’s facilities at Choba, Port Harcourt and Emohua, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State was a follow up on the NCDMB’s boss’ earlier visit to the company and some pipe coating facilities in May 2024.
At the visit, Ogbe pledged the Board’s support for local service companies, giving them opportunities in the oil and gas industry and creating jobs in the economy.
Ogbe noted the Board’s determination in ensuring that capabilities of local oil and gas service companies are known and adequately utilised by operating companies in the industry to boost local content and provide employment, in line with the economic aspirations of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
He noted that Brightwaters had performed well in the execution of projects in the exploration and production segment of the industry over the years with a clientele that included SPDC and Chevron Nigeria Limited, among other major oil and gas operators.
Ogbe expressed conviction that the company has the capacity required for key scopes in upcoming industry projects.
He charged operating oil and gas companies to support qualified service companies, while ensuring that the best quality service is delivered at all times and on schedule.
Also speaking, the Manager, Community and Corporate Affairs, Brightwaters, Solomon Aluge, stated that the firm had been engaging the team from SPDC and equipped to carry out heavy or light fabrication works adding that Brightwaters has carried out many onshore and offshore pipeline engineering and installation works for various clients.
Explaining the scope of operations of the company in the oil and gas sector, Aluge said “Brightwaters is mobilizing for Chevron and Tulcan pipeline works at the moment”.
On his part, the Chief Executive Officer, Brightwaters, Scott Gregory, expressed joy at the presence of the Executive Secretary, Engr. Ogbe and the representatives of SPDC at the meeting assuring that the company has the capabilities for services in the oil and gas industry.
He provided technical details of a number of projects executed by the company’s offshore and onshore in its many years of operation in Nigeria, noting that some of the upcoming field projects were well within the company’s competencies.
Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa