Eleven pre-shipment monitoring and evaluation agents have been designated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for Nigerian oil and gas exports.
The appointment was announced by the Director, Trade and Exchange Department of the apex bank, in a circular dated May 13, 2024, and it took immediate effect.
According to the circular, there would be 9 pre-shipment inspection agents and two monitoring and evaluation agents.
The list of the nine Pre-Shipment Inspection Agents from the circular are: Neroli Technologies Limited: Qua Iboe, Forcados, and Bonny; Holborn Oil and Gas Inter Ltd.: Usman, Egina, and Yoho; Swede Control Intertek Ltd.: Ima (Otakikpo), Erha, and Ajapa; Tulja, Antan, Odudu: Fel Tov Energy & Investment Ltd.; JBIS Inter; Resources Ltd., Agbami, Bonga, Okoro, and Akpo; Patibon Services Ltd.: Okwori, Ebok, Oyo, Peninton, E.A.; Escravos, Brass, Anyyala-Madu Offshores Bulk Inspection Co Ltd.; Candid Oil Services Ltd.: Aje, Abo, Ugo-Cha, and Okono; LNG, Escravos, Bonny River Terminal (BRT), Dakee Engineering and Construction Ltd.
The circular further named the Agents of Monitoring and Evaluation to include: Arlington Securities Nigeria Ltd; JBIS; Offshore Bulk Inspection Co. Ltd.; Neroli Holborn Oil Gas; Dakee Engineering & Construction Ltd. (Gas); and DV Howells Nigeria Ltd.; DV Howells Nigeria Ltd: Candid Oil Services Ltd., Patibon Services, Swede Control, and Feltov Energy.
The CBN also said that the directive has been communicated to authorised dealers listed as: the Nigerian Customs Services, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, (NUPRC); the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL); the Nigerian Midstream and the Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA), all terminal operators, and all oil and gas companies.