The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Felix Ogbe, has urged leading Nigerian oil and gas service providers to channel their expertise into the deepwater segment of the industry, where significant opportunities are opening up.
Ogbe made the call during an inspection tour of West African Ventures Nigeria Limited’s fabrication yard, machine shop, and jetties at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne, Rivers State.
The NCDMB boss said the firm and other established indigenous companies must look beyond traditional onshore and shallow-water operations and position themselves for the deepwater space, where global oil majors are steadily moving their activities.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the NCDMB’s General Manager of Corporate Communications, Obinna Ezeobi, Ogbe commended WAV’s facilities and its long-standing contributions to the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
He described the company as a model of local capacity and proof that indigenous players are ready for more complex assignments in offshore projects.
“You have worked hard; you are a very good company,” Ogbe said, recalling his days as construction manager at Chevron Nigeria Limited when he awarded WAV its first offshore pipe-laying contract, a project he confirmed was executed satisfactorily.
