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Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), the country’s first and wholly-owned subsidiary of an international oil company involved in domestic gas distribution in Nigeria, increased its gas distribution capacity by over 150% following the safe completion of its second gas train, the Agbara-Ota Capacity Increase Project.
Over $6.397 billion was paid to the Nigerian government and its agencies in 2018 by Shell exploration and production companies in Nigeria comprising The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo). The payment represents a 48 per cent increase over payments by the companies to Nigerian government in 2017 which was $4.322 billion.
The in-country Subsea Tree Refurbishment feat by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), drew a deafening applause on Monday night as it earned Shell Companies in Nigeria the Best Performing International Company in Technology and Innovation at the awards night of the maiden edition of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja.
Ngozi Deborah Atalor, a Shell Nigeria LiveWIRE entrepreneur has emerged winner of the pitching competition for young Nigerian entrepreneurs in alternative energy business as part of the #makethefuture Accelerator event held in Port Harcourt, taking home N1million prize money to boost her business.
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria joint venture (SPDC JV) focuses on oil and gas production in the Niger Delta. The joint venture has the largest acreage in the country and operates a leased area of 31,000 square kilometres. It produces more than half a million barrels of oil per day on average with additional capacity to produce more.
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) pioneered deep-water oil and gas production from the Bonga field in the Gulf of Guinea where depths reach more than 1,000 metres. When Bonga began production in 2005, it increased Nigeria’s oil production capacity by 10%. Today, nearly one-third of Nigeria’s deep-water production comes from the Bonga and Erha fields.
SNG is the only wholly-owned gas distribution subsidiary of an international oil company in Nigeria and is at the forefront of providing domestic gas to industrial customers and manufacturing plants. SNG markets gas within Nigeria as a more reliable and affordable alternative to liquid fuels and its gas is used by local manufacturers to make household consumables, utensils and hardware.
NLNG accounts for about 7% of the world’s total LNG production and is a joint venture between four natural gas suppliers: NNPC (49%), Shell (25.6%), and subsidiaries of Total (15%) and ENI (10.4%). NLNG processes and exports liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Shell provides technical services to NLNG with approximately 20 staff members seconded to support operations.
The briefing notes cover the operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (Operator of the NNPC /Shell /Total /Agip joint venture), Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), and Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG).
Read more on Shell Nigeria briefing notesNigeria’s leading energy company, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the SPDC Joint Venture, and the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State have appointed Sunday Ikiensikimama, a professor of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, on a four-year term to the SPDC JV Aret Adams Professorial Chair in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt.
Newly inaugurated President of the Nigeria Gas Association (NGA), Ed Ubong, has said there is abundant gas resources in Nigeria to meet the energy demand of over 350 million people and the industrial needs in the West African sub-region
Leading energy company, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has restated commitment to support the Federal Government of Nigeria’s goal of using the country’s proven gas reserves to trigger economic activities for gas-based industrialization.
A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos granted an interimex parte order on 25th January 2021 freezing the bank accounts of some named Shell companies in Nigeria.
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Our intervention strategy for developing youths in our host communities is aimed primarily at equipping the youths with appropriate skills necessary for creating employment opportunities and places emphasis on self-reliance and entrepreneurship.
