AdminThe Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has charged operating oil and gas companies to always support qualified service companies, by utilities the services in industry projects
It said this can be done while ensuring that the best quality service is delivered at all times and on schedule.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelNCDMB Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, made the call during tour of facilities at Brightwaters Energy Limited, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday. The NCDMB Executive Secretary made the visit in company of senior officials of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).
They visited Brightwaters Energy Limited’s facilities at Choba, Port Harcourt, and Emohua in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The visit was a follow up to the NCDMB’s boss earlier visit to the company and some pipe coating facilities in May 2024.
During the visit he pledged the Board’s support for local service companies, giving them opportunities in the oil and gas industry and creating jobs in the economy.
The latest visit was to assess Brightwaters Energy’s upgrade of its technical capabilities, which would position them for upcoming industry projects.
Engr. Ogbe expressed the Board’s determination to ensure that the capabilities of local oil and gas service companies are known and properly utilised by industry operating companies in order to boost local content and provide employment, in accordance with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s economic goals.
He recalled that Brightwaters had done well in the exploration and production area of the business throughout the years, working with clients such as SPDC and Chevron Nigeria Limited, among other significant oil and gas operators.
He was certain that the company had the necessary capacity for major scopes in prospective industry projects.
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In his opening remarks, Brightwaters’ Community and Corporate Affairs Manager, Mr. Solomon Aluge, acknowledged that the firm had been working with the SPDC team and was prepared to carry out heavy or light fabrication
He indicated that Brightwaters has carried out many onshore and offshore pipeline engineering and installation works for various clients.
Elaborating on the scope of operations of his company in the oil and gas sector, he pointed out that Brightwaters is “mobilizing for Chevron and Tulcan pipeline works” at the moment.
Earlier in welcome remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of Brightwaters, Mr. Scott Gregory, expressed happiness at the presence of the Executive Secretary, Engr. Ogbe, and the representatives of SPDC at the meeting, assuring all that the company has enormous capabilities for services in the oil and gas industry.
He provided technical details of a number of projects executed by the company 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.
Among key facilities visited in the tour were a blast furnace, where the process of smelting was demonstrated with hot compressed air being blasted into a furnace from below, and a multipurpose offshore construction vessel known as Sea Horizon Derrick Lay Barge, with a heavy-lift capacity of 1,320 tons.
Marine construction activities performed by the vessel, according to the company, include “installation of rigid and flexible pipelines, risers and umbilicals [flexible hoses that connect surface equipment to subsea equipment].”
In his comments after the facility tour, the General Manager Local Content Shell, Mr. Lanre Olawuyi conveyed the company’s good impressions with the facilities and capabilities of Brightwaters Energy.
He affirmed that the technical teams would review their reports and take decisions on how to engage the company in some of their upcoming projects.
He expressed delight that the company had upgraded its facilities since the last visit in May 2024, and expressed hope that facility would attract more patronage from the oil industry so it would bounce back to its former glory.
On the entourage of the Executive Secretary were the Director, Project Certification and Authorisation Division (PCAD), Engr. Abayomi Bamidele, Deputy Manager, Corporate Communications and Zonal Coordination, Dr. Obinna Ezeobi, a technical staff in the Executive Secretary’s office, Mr. Ilu Ozekhome.
