Home Business NNPC Targets $500bn Revenue as it Signs Pact With Oil Firms
Business

NNPC Targets $500bn Revenue as it Signs Pact With Oil Firms

by Editor
Posted by Editor 247 views

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) on Friday, signed five strategic agreements with some oil companies in its bid to unlock huge investments in the oil and gas sector.

According to NNPCL, the strategic agreement, which covers five Oil Mining Licences (OMLs 128, 130,132, 133, and 138) is expected to unlock over $500billion revenue for Nigeria’s the oil and gas sector and ensure energy security for Nigeria.

The oil companies are Chevron,  Shell, Total Energy, Esso Exploration, Synopec, Equino, Sapetro, Sinoc

The agreements are the Production Sharing Agreement, Dispute Settlement Agreements, Settlement Repayment Agreement, Escrow Agreement.

Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, signed the deal on behalf of the company while the Chief Executive Officer of the major oil companies signed for their respective firms.

kayari noted the deal “is a major landmark achievement since our transition to a limited liability company under the Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on 16th August 2021. This law gave NNPC the legal backing to renegotiate all her existing PSCs in conformance to the provisions of the new Act within a one year period.”

“The PIA in Section 311(2) stipulates that new PSC agreements under new Heads of Terms will be signed between NNPC Ltd as Concessionaire and her Contractor Parties within one year of signing the PIA into law, giving a deadline of 15th August 2022. This provision paved the way for the resolution of lingering disputes which created investment uncertainty and stifled new investments in the nation’s deep offshore assets. To achieve this, NNPC Ltd leveraged on the near end term of the PSCs and the parties’ interest to renew the PSCs as a negotiation currency in bringing the contractors to work towards trading the past for the future.

“These renewed PSCs would provide several benefits such as improved long-term relationships with contractors, elimination of contractual ambiguities especially in relation to gas terms, enable early contract renewal amongst others.

“The signing of the new PSCs is a key milestone achievement by NNPC Ltd which would ultimately unlock opportunities within the Nigeria Upstream sector. The execution of the PSCs will deepen investment and development of Nigeria’s rich petroleum resources and ensure that the trifold mandate of the NNPC Ltd to ensure energy availability, sustainability, and accessibility is achieved. Ultimately, the new PSCs will provide inflow of Direct Foreign Investment, expanded access to Affordable Energy, Job Creation and Socio-Economic Development” the statement added.

0 comment
0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail

Leave a Comment

@2021 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by iSUD Crafts