NNPC

NNPC In Figures

Years of experience: Around 50

Number of employees: More than 7,000

NNPC Limited is a global energy company. The company is the largest oil producer and supplier in Africa. Formerly the national oil company of Nigeria, NNPC has operated as a private for-profit company since 2021. Today its activities cover the entire energy value chain and are oriented towards realising the energy transition while ensuring Nigeria’s energy security.

NNPC has five business lines:

  • Upstream: Development of oil and gas reserves, oil and gas services and engineering
  • Downstream: Provision of energy supply stability for the domestic market, including energy trading, retail, shipping, storage and petrochemicals
  • Gas and Power: Development of gas processing and transmission networks
  • New Energy: Sustainable, low-carbon and carbon-neutral energy solutions, including carbon-neutral fuels, biofuels, renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission reduction projects
  • Non-energy: Non-core energy business ventures, including investments, training, real estate and healthcare

NNPC’s seeks to grow its global capacity to deliver energy. To achieve this goal, the company is increasing upstream production and revamping its refining assets with greenfield projects which integrate chemicals production. NNPC further looks to expand gas processing and develop its transportation services to meet both domestic and international demand. While ensuring these goals, the company also focuses on environmental sustainability through its long-term decarbonisation programme and investments in renewable energy.

NNPC News and Interviews

Nigeria’s NNPCL ships first cargo of Cawthorne crude blend
NEWS
Nigeria - April 09, 2026

NNPCL has launched exports of its new light and sweet Cawthorne crude grade with a 950,000-barrel cargo bound for the Netherlands.

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Nigeria clears path for Bonga Southwest Aparo deepwater project
NEWS
March 12, 2026

The government of Nigeria has approved a fiscal incentive package to accelerate progress towards a positive FID on the Bonga…

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Nigeria’s growing logistics capacity TEY_post_-Seni-EDU
Interview
Nigeria - January 21, 2026

Seni Edu of Eko Support Services talks about diversifying logistics for offshore growth in Nigeria using AI.

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A strategic shift to offshore EPC - Tawfik and Ayejunikanwa - MORPOL - Nigeria
Interview
Nigeria - December 16, 2025

Edward Tawfik and Felix Ayejunikanwa of MORPOL Engineering Services talk about the company’s strategic shift from land-based…

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Nigeria: oil industry reform bill passed
NEWS
Nigeria - January 26, 2018

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill and it has been sent to President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law, local media…

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Egina FPSO arrives in Nigeria
NEWS
Nigeria - January 25, 2018

The FPSO for the Egina project offshore Nigeria, which set sail from Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea in late October 2017, has arrived, local…

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Nigerian Senate calls for Egina audit
NEWS
Nigeria - January 24, 2018

The Nigerian Senate has demanded that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) audit the Total-operated Egina project, local media reported on…

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Nigerian pipeline hit by second blast
NEWS
Nigeria - January 11, 2018

A second explosion occurred on the Escravos-Lagos pipeline in Warri on Thursday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said in a statement.

The…

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Gas supply through ELP restored: NNPC
NEWS
Nigeria - January 09, 2018

Gas supply though the Escravos-Lagos pipeline (ELP) has been restored, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced Monday.

Last week, a gas pipeline fire…

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Second power outage hits Nigeria
NEWS
Nigeria - January 04, 2018

Nigeria suffered a second transmission network system collapse on Wednesday afternoon as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) worked to restore electricity after…

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Nigeria hit by blackout
NEWS
Nigeria - January 03, 2018

A gas pipeline fire cut off supplies to six Nigerian power plants, shutting down the national electricity grid, the ministry of power said on Wednesday.

The affected…

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Nigerian fuel queues cleared: NNPC
NEWS
Nigeria - January 02, 2018

Fuel queues in Nigeria have been cleared, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said in a statement Monday. 

“We have a presidential directive that…

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NNPC called to account for $17 bln
NEWS
Nigeria - December 29, 2017

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to fully account for USD 16.8…

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