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African local content policies must complement, not negate ACFTA vision

Nigerian oil independents are technically capable, but poorly funded   Dr. Emmanuel Okoroafor, erudite and practiced, sits on the board of one of Nigeria’s fasted growing integrated energy companies, Hobark International Limited, as Executive Director. With over 30 years of vast…

SAIPEC 2025: Hobark demands prioritization of African capacity utilization

Sopuruchi Onwuka Petroleum industry policy connoisseur, Dr Emmanuel Okoroafor, has called on policy drivers and commercial players in Africa to immediately forge binding intra-continental local content collaborations that would optimise existing capacity for shared growth and value retention. He also…

‘Nigerian petroleum industry is ripe for indigenous crew change’

The upstream petroleum industry is witnessing transition from IOCs to independents. And issues of operating capacity are throwing up disputes.  How do you think Nigeria should manage the challenges associated with the emerging crew change? At this stage, I think…