Buhari urges ExxonMobil to take advantage of PIA to grow investment 

Buhari urges ExxonMobil to take advantage of PIA to grow investment 

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged operators in the petroleum industry to take advantage of the new Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to promote their investments in the oil and gas sector.

He spoke at a meeting with a visiting team from ExxonMobil Corporation led by Liam Mallon, its President on Upstream Oil and Gas, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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The President said: “I will expect the ExxonMobil companies in Nigeria to avail themselves of the opportunities created by the Petroleum Industry Act and invest in further development of the Nigerian assets in line with our national interest.

“It is our expectations that your company will also support our desire to deepen gas utilization and monetization aimed at reducing our carbon footprint and facilitating economic growth and development of our country.”

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President Buhari also enjoined the ExxonMobil chief to collaborate on a bigger scale with the NNPC to realize the full potentials of the abundant gas resources in Nigeria.

“We look forward to ExxonMobil engaging in deeper collaboration and partnership with the New NNPC and other Nigerian institutions to ensure optimum exploitation of the abundant Oil and Gas resources in Nigeria while also aligning the processes with the global drive towards carbon neutrality,” said the President.

He commended his guests for their commitment to continue to be a bigger player in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.

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Mallon said ExxonMobil remains committed to Nigeria despite its decision to divest from the joint venture (shallow water) with the NNPC.

He assured the president that whoever emerges the buyer of its divested asset will be a capable operator.

“We won’t compromise on that at all,” Mr Mallon said. “The party must have the capacity to make growth vision happen. And we will be very transparent about it.”

“We thank you very much for the reassuring words on your continued presence in Nigeria with the promise of expanding your investments in the Deep-water.

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“This will no doubt be further facilitated by the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act which is designed to provide a competitive fiscal framework and a world class regulatory framework that is at par with our global peers.”

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