Mohammed Shosanya
President Bola Tinubu has promised to secure robust collaboration with Exxon Mobil and other oil majors in Nigeria.
The development was in line with his government’s commitment to strike major oil and gas deals at the early stages of his administration and boost Nigeria’s hydrocarbon industry
He spoke when he hosted Mr. Liam Mallon, President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company, and Mrs. Adesua Dozie, Executive Director and General Counsel, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, (MPNU), in Abuja on Thursday.
He explained that the meeting marked the continuation of this administration’s efforts to secure the collaboration of critical players in the oil industry towards ensuring stability, transparency, and fair competition in the sector.
Speaking at a recent dialogue with directors of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and other business leaders, during his presidential campaign in Lagos,had disclosed that the ExxonMobil has no business going to go to Guyana for gas production when it already has sufficient capacity in Nigeria.
Tinubu said, instead of having to dig the ground and build a city, in Guyana, “You (ExxonMobil) have some infrastructure to some extent here in Nigeria, why not negotiate with the Nigerian Government, give us some of the full benefit areas, that Nigeria wants.
“I would rather have 40 percent and you take 60 percent if, in the long run, they would provide the necessary incentive and the revenue that I need for accelerated growth and recovery. Let’s take it, if you want to make an omelette you have to break the eggs,” Tinubu stated during his campaign.
He also at the NESG dialogue said, ” We shall work in a coordinated manner to implement key reforms in the energy sector and collaborate to stem oil theft and vandalization of fuel infrastructure to tap the current high oil prices,”
