NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONTENT DEVELOPMENT ACT
2010
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN CONTENT IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, NIGERIAN CONTENT PLAN SUPERVISION COORDINATION, MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIAN CONTENT; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS. [22nd Day of April,2010]
Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Act 2010 (Amendment) Act, 2015
AN ACT TO AMEND THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONTENT DEVELOPMENT ACT,2010; AND FOR PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH
| 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Petroleum Act or in any other enactment or law, the provisions of this Act shall apply to all matters pertaining to Nigerian content in respect of all operations or transactions carried out in or connected with the Nigerian oil and gas industry. | Application |
| 2. All regulatory authorities, operators, contractors, sub-contractors,alliance partners and other entities involved in any project, operation, activity or transaction in the Nigerian oil and gas industry shall consider Nigerian content as an important element of their overall project development and management philosophy for project execution. | Nigerian content as management philosophy for project execution. |
| 3. (1) Nigerian independent operators shall be given first consideration in the award of oil blocks, oil field licences, oil lifting licences and in all projects for which contract is to be awarded in the Nigerian oil and gas industry subject to the fulfillment of such conditions as may be specified by the Minister.
(2) There shall be exclusive consideration to Nigerian indigenous service companies which demonstrate ownership of equipment, Nigerian personnel capacity to execute such work to bid on land and swamp operating areas of the Nigerian oil and gas industry for contracts and services contained in the Schedule to this Act. (3) Compliance with the provisions of this Act and promotion of Nigerian content development shall be a major criterion for award of licences,permits and any other interest in bidding for Oil exploration, production, transportation and development or any other operations in Nigerian Oil and Gas industry. |
First consideration to be given to Nigerian operators. |
| 4. The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (“the “Board”) established in accordance with this Act shall make procedure that will guide, monitor, coordinate and implement the provisions of this Act. | Role of Nigerian Content Monitoring Board. |
| 5. The Board shall implement the provisions of this Act with a view to ensuring a measurable and continuous growth of Nigerian content in all oil and gas arrangements, projects, activities or transactions in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. | Promotion of measurable growth of Nigerian content. |
| 6. Upon the commencement of this Act, all subsequent oil and gas arrangements, agreements, contracts or memoranda of understanding relating to any operation or transaction in the Nigerian oil and gas industry shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Act. | Conformity of petroleum Arrangements and other agreements |
| 7. In the bidding for any licence, permit or interest and before carrying out any project in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, an operator shall submit a Nigerian content Plan (“the plan”) to the Board demonstrating compliance with the Nigerian content requirements of this Act | Submission of Nigerian content plan for all projects. |
| 8. The Board shall review and assess the plan and, if satisfied that the plan complies with the provisions of this Act, issue a certificate of Authorization (“the Certificate’) to the operator for that project. | Certificate of Authorization. |
| 9. For the purposes of reviewing or assessing the plan, the Board may conduct a public review in relation to the exercise of any of its functions under this Act provided that any such review or assessment is completed and certificate issued or denied within 30 days from the date of commencement of such review or assessment. | Public review of Plan. |
| 10. (1) A plan shall contain provisions intended to ensure that-
(a) first consideration shall be given to services provided from within Nigeria and to goods manufactured in Nigeria ; and |
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