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One of Shearwater’s industry leading multisen- Projects. Content Director at ENH; Thomas Rodriguez,
sor equipped vessels will be used for the survey Speaking at the Nigerian Gas Association’s Local Content Manager: Mozambique LNG,
in conjunction with source vessels from the 12th International Conference and Awards, Total; Shauki Musallam, Territory Manager:
Shearwater fleet. held virtually on February 25, 2021, under the Middle East & Africa, Polati of Russia; António
Shearwater GeoServices, March 08 2021 theme, “Powering Forward: Enabling Nigeria’s Fumo, Local Content Director, Sasol; and Marco
Industrialisation via Gas,” Okunbor said: “Shell Correia, CEO of Duys, the sessions offered an
TDI-Brooks completes has invested in the Assa North Gas Project, Four all-inclusive look at the value of local content
Unitised Gas Fields, Brass Fertiliser Company within Mozambique.
two EBS programmes and the Cluster Development of Okpokunou/ countries and other market’s mistakes,” stated
“We need to be able to learn from other
Tuomo West (OML 35/62) to support the gov-
offshore Angola ernment’s drive for national development.” Correia. “We are fully capable of driving local
He said: “I am very happy that NNPC and the content, and must be ready with the right part-
TDI-Brooks International has recently com- Nigerian Content Development and Monitor- ners who are interested in developing local con-
pleted Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS) for ing Board have taken key roles in these projects. tent with us. We need to be equipped with the
both Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) These are positive steps.” right skills and cheap financing. Mozambique
for the Republic of Angola and ExxonMobil. He commended the government’s recent pro- has the labor and the people who can be easily
TDI-Brooks safely and efficiently deployed the gress in gas development and stated support for taught and skilled.”
R/V Proteus to Blocks 0 and 14 for CAGBOC NNPC’s aspiration to grow domestic gas usage in Africa Oil & Power, March 09 2021
and Block 15 for ExxonMobil offshore Angola Nigeria to 5bn cubic feet (141.6mn cubic metres)
to complete these programmes. per day of gas from its current 1.7bcf (48.14 NCDMB welcomes second
For CAGBOC water column and sediment mcm) per day by 2022.
sampling included collecting 63 sediments SPDC, March 02 2021 batch of Project 100 firms
samples, 27 water samples and 9 water column
profiles. Chevron operates in Angola through its The Nigerian Content Development and Mon-
subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company. Chev- LOCAL CONTENT itoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday inau-
ron operates two of the four concessions that gurated 40 companies as part of its Project 100
it owns in Angola. It operates Block 0 offshore Africa Oil & Power boosts Supplier Development Programme. The Board
Cabinda and Block 14, which lies west from started Project 100 in January 2019 with 60 com-
Block 0, through its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Mozambique local content panies with the goal of nurturing 100 wholly
(CABGOC). owned oil and gas service providers, in a com-
For ExxonMobil at Block 15, 56 Sediment via technical workshops petitive and sustainable way through targeted
Samples, 55 SPI/PV Image Samples, 14 Plank- interventions, into larger scale players that create
ton Samples, 42 Discrete Water Samples, 14 Africa Oil & Power (AOP) held its Mozambique high impact.
Discrete (Surface) Water Samples and 14 CTD Gas & Power (MGP) 2021 day of technical work- The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB,
Water Profiles were collected. ExxonMobil has a shops today, aimed at enhancing local content Simbi Kesiye Wabote, inaugurated the new batch
40-percent interest in Block 15 which has recov- and knowledge transfer in Mozambique’s grow- of companies in a virtual event. He stated that
erable resource potential of approximately 4bn ing energy industry. the successful implementation of Project100
gross oil-equivalent barrels. Block 15 was Ango- Held using a virtual format in order to allow would increase contributions of the oil and gas
la’s second-highest-producing block in 2016, AOP’s global audience to attend and partici- sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product
and facilities continue to operate with very high pate, the workshops targeted a range of subjects (GDP), create job opportunities and access to
levels of reliability. including capacity building, critical infrastruc- market, increase industrialisation opportunities,
TDI-Brooks International, March 05 2021 ture, security and community, and deal-making increase retention of industry spend and substi-
across the energy value chain. In partnership tute imports in the industry.
with the Ministry of Mineral Resources and He confirmed that the 40 new beneficiaries
GASIFICATION Energy, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbone- were selected from the Nigerian Oil and Gas
tos (ENH), the African Energy Chamber, the Industry Joint Qualification System (NOGIC-
Shell supports Nigeria’s Mozambican Oil & Gas Chamber and Attitude JQS) – the industry database of competencies,
HR, the workshop series was conducted by which has 4,340 active service companies. Some
domestic gas ambition for leading companies in sub-Saharan Africa. The 609 applications were received, and 40 compa-
sessions included question submissions, poll nies got selected, he said.
industrialisation participation and networking with distinguished to the new Project 100 companies to include
Wabote listed the benefits that would accrue
guests.
Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC) has The technical workshops focused on local bespoke development plans to improve critical
restated commitment to support the Federal content within Mozambique’s energy sector and business capabilities and access to market oppor-
Government of Nigeria’s goal of using the coun- included a roundtable discussion led by Deloitte, tunities with oil and gas operators on industry
try’s proven gas reserves to trigger economic with specific discussion points directed at meth- projects. He also identified access to critical
activities for gas-based industrialisation. ods of enhancing local company participation, industry and operational insights, information
SPDC’s Managing Director and Country the increase in women’s inclusivity, and sectoral and data and participation in local oil and gas
Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie challenges hindering local content. With nota- opportunity fairs and strategic events and advo-
Okunbor, said Shell’s support is shown in the ble speakers including Natalia Magaia Camba, cacy for policy recommendations that would
company’s multi-billion dollars investment in Director of Local Content, National Petroleum unlock some of the challenges identified by the
four of NNPC’s Seven Critical Gas Development Institute of Mozambique; Victor Tivane, Local beneficiaries.

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