NCDMB rallies NNPC, oil producers to ramp up native manufacturing of line pipes

The Nigerian Content material Improvement and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has referred to as on main oil and gasoline stakeholders together with the Nigeria Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL) to ramp up in-country manufacturing and utilization of line pipes within the oil and gasoline sector.

In response to a Press Launch issued on Saturday by the board, the transfer is geared toward deepening native content material, conserving international trade, and creating jobs within the oil and gasoline business.

The decision was made at a stakeholders’ workshop held on the Nigerian Content material Tower, Yenagoa, which had in attendance, business leaders from the Oil Producers Commerce Part (OPTS), Unbiased Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), NNPC Upstream Funding Administration Companies (NUIMS), pipe producers, and pipe coaters.

The stakeholders reportedly reviewed the progress made since 2011 and explored methods to boost native manufacturing.

In his opening remarks, NCDMB Govt Secretary, Engr. Felix Ogbe, described line pipes as an important part of oil and gasoline operations.

NOGICD Act mandates 100% native manufacturing of line pipes

Ogbe, who was represented by the Director of Monitoring and Analysis, Alhaji Abdulmalik Halilu, emphasised that the Nigerian Oil and Gasoline Business Content material Improvement (NOGICD) Act, 2010, mandates 100% native manufacturing of line pipes, each seamless and welded.

Ogbe described line pipes as “a serious driver in oil and gasoline business operations,” including, “with out line pipes you can’t evacuate merchandise.” 

• In response to Ogbe, insurance policies launched by the NCDMB have positioned Nigeria to retain vital income and create jobs via native line pipe manufacturing, however collaboration with business gamers is crucial for significant progress.
• The NCDMB’s Director of Capability Constructing, Dr. Ama Ikuru, careworn the significance of Made-in-Nigeria line pipes, describing them as a cornerstone of Nigeria’s industrial growth and a key requirement of the NOGICD Act and the Presidential Govt Order on Native Content material.

He famous that rising native manufacturing would assist minimize prices, eradicate middlemen markups, and strengthen Nigeria’s oil and gasoline business.

“Made-in-Nigeria line pipes are a repute driver for the NOGICD Act and are central to the attainment of the 70 per cent goal of NCDMB’s [Nigerian Content] 10-Yr Strategic Street Map.” 

• Dr. Ikuru pointed to main oil and gasoline infrastructure tasks throughout the continent, such because the Trans-Saharan Gasoline Pipeline, the African Renaissance Pipeline, and the Transmed Gasoline Pipeline, which might present markets for Nigerian-made line pipes underneath the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA).
• To drive native manufacturing, Ogbe posed key inquiries to business gamers, together with whether or not Nigeria ought to proceed to deal with line pipe manufacturing, what infrastructure and funding incentives are required, and which insurance policies could be simplest.

The assertion famous that the workshop concluded with a renewed dedication from stakeholders to deal with the limitations hindering in-country manufacturing, with a shared purpose of positioning Nigeria as a number one hub for line pipe manufacturing in Africa.