Last Updated on 27 December 2024 by Naijadazz
Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has attracted significant investments from major international oil companies over the years. Some of the key players include:
- Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)
- Chevron Nigeria Limited
- ExxonMobil Subsidiaries (Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria, Mobil Producing Nigeria)
- TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria Ltd
- Eni’s Subsidiaries (Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Nigerian Agip Exploration)
Leading Indigenous Nigerian Oil and Gas Companies
While international companies have a strong presence, Nigeria has also developed a vibrant indigenous oil and gas sector. Some of the leading local players are:
- Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
- Seplat Petroleum Development Company
- Oando PLC
- Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Ltd
- Sahara Energy Fields
Other Notable Companies
Apart from the major international and indigenous companies, several other notable firms are involved in Nigeria’s petroleum industry, including:
- Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria)
- Addax Petroleum Exploration (Nigeria)
- Statoil Nigeria
- Nexen Petroleum Nigeria
- Conoil Producing
- Famfa Oil
Multinationals
- Agip Energy & Natural Resources (Nigeria)
- Brass Exploration
- Conoco Energy Nigeria
- Conoco Petroleum Nigeria
- Elf Petroleum Nigeria (EPNL)
- Esso Exploration & Production (Nigeria) (EEPNL)
- Hardy Oil Nigeria
- Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE)
- Nigerian Agip Oil (NAOC)
- Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria
- Phillips Oil Company (Nigeria)
- Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production (SNEPCO)
- Star Deep Water Petroleum
- Syntroleum Nigeria
- Texaco Nigeria Outer Shelf
- Texaco Overseas (Nigeria) Petroleum (TOPCON)
- Total Upstream Nigeria
Local Companies
- Afren Energy Resources
- Alfred James Petroleum
- Allied Energy Resources (Nigeria)
- Amalgamated Oil
- Amni International Petroleum Development
- Atlas Oranto Petroleum Oil
- Camac Nigeria
- Dubri Oil
- Equator Exploration Nigeria
- Express Petroleum & Gas
- Midlantic International
- Millenium Oil & Gas Company (MOGCL)
- Moni Pulo
- Niger Delta Petroleum Resources
- Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC)
- Noreast Petroleum
- Oilworld
- Optimum Petroleum Dev.
- Orient Petroleum Resources Limited
- Oriental Energy Resources
- Pan Ocean Oil Corp. (Nigeria)
- Solgas Petroleum
- South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO)
- Summit Oil International
- Sunlink Petroleum
- Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum
Base Logistics, Life Camp Management
- Brawal Shipping (Nigeria)
- Intels Nigeria (Intel Services)
- LADOL – Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base
- Neptune Maritime Nigeria
- Prodeco (Property Development Company)
- Snake Island Integrated Free Zone
Government, Associations
- Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)
- National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS)
- Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE)
- Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
- PETAN (Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria)
Geophysicals, Seismics, Data Processing, Geology, Geosciences
- Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (Nigeria) (CGG)
- First Fossil Nigeria
- Global Energy Company
- Integrated Data Services (IDSL)
- Landmark Graphics
- Mabon Geophysical Nigeria
- Massoil Field Services
- Petroleum Geo Services Nigeria (PGS)
- Schlumberger Geco Prakla Nig.
- Schlumberger Geoquest
- Schlumberger Westerngeco
- United Geophysical (Nigeria)
- Veritas Geophysical (Nigeria)
Survey
- Fugro-IGN
- Fugro Survey Nigeria
- Survicom Services
- Zenith Nigergroup
Drilling Contractors
- Global Offshore Drilling (GSF)
- Ensco Drilling Company Nigeria
- Forasol Drilling (West Africa)
- Karamay Drilling Company / CNPC Nigeria
- KCA Deutag Nigeria
- Lonestar Drilling Nigeria
- Noble Drilling (Nigeria)
- Parker Drilling (Nigeria)
- Zukus Industries
- Saipem Contracting Nigeria
- Sedco Forex of Nigeria (Transocean)
- Tecon Oil Services
Drilling Fluids & Chemicals, Barytes, Bentonite
- African Petroleum Oilfield Services (APOS)
- Ana Industries Limited
- Baker Hughes Nigeria
- Baroid of Nigeria (Sub. of Halliburton)
- Delta Prospectors
- Eunisell
- GGI International
- Hamilton Technologies
- M-I Nigeria
Drilling & Well Services, Directional Drilling, MWD, Mud Logging, Reservoir Services
- Ariboil Company
- Baker Nigeria
- BJ Services Nigeria
- Ciscon Nigeria
- Cledop West Africa
- Corelab Nigeria
- Ecodrill (Nigeria)
- Emval / Kanuco / JD Energy Services
- Geoservices (Nigeria)
- Halliburton Energy Services (Nigeria)
- Interdrill Nigeria
- Kasolute Nigeria
- Melvon Nigeria
- Oildata Wireline Services
- Oilscan
- Oiltest Services
- Petrolog
- Quad Mud Logging (Nigeria)
- Roxar Nigeria
- SART Nigeria (Reservoir Fluids Laboratory Inc.)
- Schlumberger Anadrill (Nigeria)
- Schlumberger Oilfield Services
- Schlumberger Wireline & Testing
- Sego Oilfield Services
- Sowsco Well Services (Nigeria)
- VRMT International (Nigeria)
- Weafri Well Services Nigeria
- WOG Allied Services Nigeria
