The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has taken his campaign for International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria to deepen their investments in the country to ExxonMobil in Texas, the United States of America.
A statement from the ministry today, Wednesday in Abuja, said that the minister met with top executives of ExxonMobil at its headquarters in Irving Texas, where he requested that they consider investing in refining of petroleum products in Nigeria.
Kachikwu said that the major IOCs operating in Nigeria needed to invest in building signature refineries to be run on a joint venture basis with the government.
He said that ExxonMobil has had an enduring partnership with Nigeria, and should deepen its commitment to develop the country’s oil and gas industry, especially in domestic refining of petroleum products. [myad]
