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
