The Energy Republic July Edition 2022

NIGERIA OIL & GAS
NCDMB boss lauds Nivafer, unveils high-pressure
fuel gas skid for Shell’s Assa North project
The Executive Secretary of the
Nigerian Content Development
and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi
Wabote on Wednesday lauded Nivafer
Engineering and Construction limited for
the Local Content accomplishments it
recorded in fabricating a High-Pressure
Fuel Gas Skid for Shell Petroleum
Development Company‘s (SPDC) Assa
North gas project in-country.
He gave the commendation while
delivering his opening remarks at the
unveiling and loadout of the highpressure
fuel gas treatment skid for Assa
north gas project in Lagos, noting that
the Board is always pleased to celebrate
achievements that have added value incountry
and created job opportunities
for Nigerians no matter the size or scale
of such projects.
Wabote highlighted the diverse
capabilities developed by Nivafer which
include Fabrication & Coating of
Separation Packages, Manifold Skids,
Process and Modules, and Heat
Exchangers. Other capacities included
Metering Skids, Flare Systems Pig
Launchers & Receivers, Condensate
Stabilization Trains and Cladded Pressure
Vessels. The company also has capacities
for Storage Vessels; Offshore Anchor
Piles, Floating Roof Tanks, LPG Spherical
Tanks, Structural Steel, Pipe Support and
many others.
He noted that the goal of NCDMB is to
achieve 70 percent Nigerian Content in
oil and gas activities by the year 2027
from the current level of 42 percent, adding
that we need all hands on deck to ensure that
the gains achieved so far are not reversed
while we aim at the 70 percent goal”, he said.
Wabote hinted that in line with the
commitment of SPDC in the signed Nigerian
Content Compliance Certificate, hook-up
engineering and tie-in services, inspections
and integrity works, pre-commissioning and
commissioning activities shall be executed
with over 95 percent Nigerian personnel with
locally owned equipment and assets.
Speaking further, the Executive Secretary
assured that NCDMB has set out local content
targets to sustain the job creation drive of the
Federal Government, adding that the Board
shall continue to remain a foremost partner in
the development and industrialization of
Nigeria and urged all operators and service
providers in the industry to play active roles
and avoid situations that contravenes the
provisions of the NOGICD Act.
In his welcome address, the Managing
D i re c tor, N i vafe r E n g i n e e r i n g a n d
Construction limited, Engr. Chris Ijeli
eulogized NCDMB for the successes it had
achieved through the implementation of the
NOGICD Act of 2010.
He mentioned that the NOGICD Content Act
has catalyzed increased capacities and
capabilities, expertise, and growth in
indigenous participation in the oil and gas
sector. “What we have here is a major
milestone in Nigerian Content Development
and we have made significant progress in
engineering and construction in the oil and
gas industry”, Ijeli said.
Also speaking, the Project Engineer, SPDC,
Engr. Afolabi Ojo hailed Nivafer for delivering
on the scope in ample time and with good
quality as well as setting a unique HSE
standard during the fabrication stage. He
added that SPDC will continue to support
Nigerian indigenous businesses to strive incountry
as already established by the Local
Content Act.
NCDMB NEWS STORIES
Ø Wabote Delivers Lecture at the 3rd
Convocation of Federal University of
Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE).
Ø NCDMB Paid a Working Visit to the
Transel Project Site in Koko, Delta
State.
Ø NCDMB Holds Nigerian Content
Sensitization Programme for Law
Enforcement Agencies.
Ø NCDMB Donated Medical Items to
Niger Delta University Teaching
Hospital, Okolobiri, Yenagoa, Bayelsa.
Ø NCDMB's Engr Simbi Wabote
Delivers Presentation at the 2nd West
Africa LPG Expo & NLPGA Summit
2022.
Ø NCDMB's Engr. Simbi Wabote,
Others Visits Lee Engineering, Warri,
Delta State.
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