Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has said it would continue to explore opportunities for collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders to enhance in-country capabilities in research and development.
The oil giant noted that its research and development strategy is aligned with Nigeria’s 10-year strategic roadmap for local content being implemented by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
Managing Director of the deep-water business of Shell in Nigeria, Mrs. Elohor Aiboni, who spoke at the just- concluded second edition of the NCDMB Research and Development Opportunity Fair in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State said: “Research and Development have always been very important activity in our industry and, it is a business imperative for SNEPCo both for solving problems – whether technical or operational – and for the potential for import substitution.”
She said: “Collaboration is particularly significant because without an effective and sustainable collaboration framework that keeps all stakeholders well connected, it will be near impossible to deliver results from R&D, particularly sustainable results.”
Aiboni noted that for over 40 years, Shell companies in Nigeria deliberately and strategically established strong relationship and partnership with the academia for building and growing in-country R&D.
