The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has praised Brentex Petroleum Services Limited for its Steel Pipe Induction Bending and Coating Facility at the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT), Onne Port, Rivers State.

It described the facility as a landmark industrial project and a major demonstration of Nigeria’s growing status as a leading hub for oil and gas logistics, engineering, and manufacturing services.

The Brentex Facility Is a $50 million investment, being developed to provide integrated steel pipe induction bending, heat treatment, testing, and coating services for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

The project, which has attracted over $26 million in investment to date, is expected to become Africa’s first fully integrated 2-inch to 48-inch steel pipe induction bending and coating plant upon completion.

Speaking during a tour of the facility at Onne Port yesterday, the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Mr. Omatsola Ogbe, congratulated Brentex Petroleum Services Limited on the project and reaffirmed the Board’s commitment to working with industry stakeholders to deepen in-country capacity, promote industrialisation, and expand the scope of Nigerian Content in the oil and gas industry.

Ogbe praised Brentex Petroleum Services Limited for its bold investment, resilience, and commitment to developing indigenous capacity, noting that the company’s steady progress on the facility reflected the growing confidence of Nigerian firms in delivering world-class oil and gas infrastructure and engineering solutions.

The Executive Secretary, represented by the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (MED), Mr. Esueme Dan Kikile, Esq, noted that the emergence of the Brentex Steel Pipe Induction Bending and Coating Facility represents “a direct and tangible response to the quest for in-country capacity in specialised pipeline engineering services,” adding that the project would advance “our collective goal of retaining value, creating jobs, and strengthening Nigeria’s position as a leading energy services hub in Africa.”

Continuing, “We’ve been on this journey with Brentex for over a decade. Today, we’ve seen what you are doing on the ground. And that’s actually the whole idea about the equipment component manufacturing initiative of the NCDMB – in-country value addition – and you have been steadfast.”

The NCDMB boss urged the Management of Brentex to sustain the momentum on the project and maintain the highest standards of quality, safety, and operational excellence, noting that the facility has the potential to become a flagship Nigerian Content asset and a reference point for specialised pipeline engineering services across Africa.

“I’d like to express the Board’s deep appreciation for your investment in our country and to assure you that you have our support,” he declared, adding, “Whatever we can do to encourage the industry to patronise this investment, we’ll do it, because it’s very important that the industry take advantage of what we have in-country.”

In his opening remarks, the Managing Director of Brentex Petroleum Services Limited, Mr. Chidi Nzerem, thanked the Executive Secretary and the NCDMB delegation for the visit, describing it as a strong vote of confidence in the project and its contribution to the growth of in-country capacity.

He also acknowledged the Board’s support and partnership over the past 10 years, noting that sustained interventions had been Instrumental to the facility’s progress. He added that the facility was conceived to advance the objectives of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010.

Nzerem expressed high hopes that the Board’s support would be sustained, hinting that the facility is scheduled to become fully operational in the last quarter of 2027. (The Nation)

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