A $50 million Steel Pipe Induction Bending and Coating Facility being built by Brentex Petroleum Services at the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne Port, Rivers State, has been hailed by Nigeria’s Content Development and Monitoring Board as a landmark industrial project for the country’s oil and gas logistics sector.

The facility, which has attracted over $26 million in investment so far, is expected to become Africa’s first fully integrated 2-inch to 48-inch steel pipe induction bending and coating plant once complete, and the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. NCDMB Executive Secretary Felix Omatsola Ogbe praised the company’s investment and commitment to building indigenous capacity during a tour of the site.

Brentex managing director Chidi Nzerem said the facility, expected to be fully operational in the last quarter of 2027, will employ around 200 engineers and technical staff and is designed to eventually be fully run by trained Nigerians. Project manager Patrick Anaje said the plant would let operators source specialised pipe bending, coating and repair services locally instead of relying on imports, cutting costs and project delays, with early capacity already earmarked for use on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline project.

Source: orientalnewsng.com