POTENTIAL investors have been advised to consider Nigeria as major investment destination as the nation, especially considering its huge oil and gas reserves.
In a recent interview with journalists, Mr. James Shindi, chief executive of Brevity Anderson, organisers of the annual Nigeria Petroleum International Summit (NIPS)stated: "If you take into account Nigeria's condensates production, the daily average production is over 2 million barrels. There is a very realistic capacity to upscale the country's proven reserves to 40 billion barrels within the next few years, so this market will continue to remain attractive for a long time.
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"Even if there are no new oil finds, you are looking at another roughly 45 years or so of supply at current rates. However, when you start to look at the huge gas reserves of well over 5 trillion m3, which ranks Nigeria as possessing Africa's largest gas reserves, this surely has to be the investment destination of choice and will continue to be."
He said: "The Federal Executive Council (FEC) took the decision to approve the event in its current format with a private sector operator to create an international platform for high-level discussions around the hydrocarbons sector, which helps lead Africa's response to the current and future challenges in the sector. It is one of the ways Nigeria continues to provide leadership in the sector on the continent.
"The event, being the property of the Federal Government, also means that all key government decision makers attend; to network, provide answers to burning questions and also, listen to feedback from stakeholders. And with a focus on technology and innovation, the aim is to grow the event into a must attend meeting for unveiling of major technological breakthroughs. We are already starting to see this happen and we at Brevity Anderson feel absolutely humbled, and at the same time delighted to be on this journey with the Federal Government." He said: "Issues around oil market stability continue to be on every stakeholder's front burner.
When you speak to both producers and consumers, you soon get the sense that price volatility hurts both sides. This sort of market instability means that investment decisions are either delayed or in some instances scrapped all together. Since 2014, we have been seeing more and more producers turning exclusively to short-cycle projects, the long-term effect of this will definitely have an impact beyond just oil markets.
"Within the context of OPEC and APPO, Nigeria continues to play a leading role in driving talks to help stabilise the market. I would like to stress here and at the same time, commend the Federal Government for deliberately taking concrete steps as part of a bigger strategy of bringing down production costs while initiating the right policies to attract additional investment. "For example, the Hon. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu announced a roadmap to attract an additional $10 billion worth of new investment into the sector in Nigeria alone. We are seeing a real shift from just talk to tangible action."
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