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Nigeria’s oilfield services sector has spent more than a decade nurturing local expertise under the country’s local content regulations, and the results are now evident.
Indigenous firms are competing on equal terms with international majors, blending homegrown knowledge with global technology and, in some cases, exporting their capabilities abroad.
Several of these companies are confirmed speakers at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, a key platform for building cross-border energy partnerships.
SLB, the global technology and services company formerly known as Schlumberger, has operated in Nigeria for nearly 70 years. Nosa Omorodion, SLB’s Country Director, emphasises the company’s focus on local content, noting partnerships with in-country suppliers, regional capability-building, and training programs run in collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board.
“Technology transfer and local participation remain central to our approach,” Omorodion will tell AEW 2026 delegates.
Homegrown firms are following similar paths. Kenyon International West Africa, founded after the Local Content Act, specialises in well services and carried out Nigeria’s first deployment of FlexSteel flexible pipeline technology in 2026, rehabilitating offshore flowlines in record time. Founder and CEO Victor Ekpenyong is slated to speak at AEW 2026.
In Rivers State, One Titanium combines Titan Tubulars and Oil Tools Africa to supply and repair tubular goods and to run one of Nigeria’s largest oilfield machine shops. Managing Director Tina Unachukwu, a former Baker Hughes executive, will share insights on pairing local manufacturing with international equipment distribution.
Westpaq delivers engineering, procurement, and construction projects locally while leveraging global networks. Chief Executive Samuel Diminas joins AEW 2026 as the group pursues offshore and brownfield projects.
Some companies have expanded internationally. Levene Energies secured a $64 million Afreximbank facility to acquire a stake in West African energy firm Axxela and is exporting Nigerian-made solar panels to Ghana. Executive Vice Chairman Nzan Ogbe will discuss these regional expansions at AEW 2026.
NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, notes, “Nigeria’s service sector exemplifies what local content was meant to achieve: world-class capability owned and led by Africans, built through partnership rather than dependence.”
AEW 2026, to be held in Cape Town from October 12–16, will bring these service providers together with operators, financiers, and regulators to turn local capabilities and global technology into cross-border partnerships.
