Addax Petroleum has driven its growth in Nigeria by acquiring oil properties deemed by others to have limited remaining production potential and using its strong in-house technical and operational expertise to grow reserves and production in a cost effective manner. Addax Petroleum’s strategy is to build on significant business opportunities in line with the key trends of the Nigerian oil and gas industry: A shift of major oil company focus from near shore and onshore properties to larger scale deepwater properties The Nigerian government’s drive of gas monetisation in conjunction with a gas flare out target in 2008 The Nigerian government’s encouragement to an increasing participation of indigenous companies in the oil sector - Read more

Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (CNL), Chevron's principal subsidiary in Nigeria, operates and holds a 40 percent interest in 13 concessions covering 2.2 million acres (8,900 sq km), predominantly in the onshore and near-offshore regions of the Niger Delta. CNL operates under a joint-venture arrangement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which owns a 60 percent interest. - Read more

ConocoPhillips’ involvement in oil production in Nigeria began in 1965 when its subsidiary company, Phillips Oil Co. (Nigeria) Limited, became a co-venturer with Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Today, ConocoPhillips has an interest in four onshore oil mining leases (OMLs) and exploration rights in one Nigerian deepwater oil prospecting lease (OPL) and one OML. In addition, ConocoPhillips has an interest in a gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant and plans to construct an LNG facility. - Read more

"ExxonMobil has three major subsidiary companies in Nigeria, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) - Upstream operations; exploration, development, production and gas commercialization, Mobil Oil Nigeria plc (MON) - Downstream operations; including fuels marketing and the manufacture and marketing of lubricants Mobil Producing Nigeria is a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and the second largest oil producer in Nigeria. Mobil Oil Nigeria is a publicly traded company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Mobils' two upstream subsidiaries have a long history of operations in Nigeria and have significant oil & natural gas production and a leadership exploration position in the deepwater offshore Nigeria. The companies' operations are one of the largest sources of revenue for the Nigerian government and the economy. There are approximately 1900 ExxonMobil employees with Nigerians representing 96% of the work force. Company headquarters is located in Lagos. " - Read more

"The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, was established on April 1, 1977, under the statutory instrument-Decree No.33 of same year by a merger of Nigerian National Oil Corporation, NNOC, with its operational functions and the Federal Ministry of Mines & Power with its regulatory responsibilities. This decree established NNPC, a public organization that would, on behalf of Government, adequately manage all government interests in the Nigerian Oil industry. In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barrel Shell Refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965." - Read more

"In 2008, Shell and Nigeria celebrate 50 years of oil export from the country. The country’s first commercial export in 1958 was from Shell’s Oloibiri field making Shell Nigeria’s oldest energy company, demonstrating a long term and continuing commitment to the country, its people and the economy. Today Shell companies in Nigeria are producing oil from land and swamps in the Niger Delta and from deep water reserves some 120 kilometres off the coast, as well as participating in Nigeria’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, which exports all over the world. Although the company’s operations are spread throughout the region, their footprint impacts directly in only a tiny fraction of the Niger Delta." - Read more

Established in 1962, TOTAL Upstream activities are carried out by three subsidiary companies in Nigeria, TOTAL E&P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) and TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) for oil/gas and TOTAL LNG Limited for gas. We are committed partners in Nigeria's growth and improvement: what we take out of the ground, we put into the economy. Our long term vision is to remain Nigeria's preferred operator, promoting the nation's economy through our various activities, and all the while contributing positively to the sustainable development of its communities. - Read more