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Register an oil & gas service company (NUPRC/NCDMB)
Qualify to provide oil & gas services: incorporate & register on NCDMB's NOGIC JQS → apply for the NUPRC OGISP permit → processing → Nigerian Content compliance.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Incorporate and register on NCDMB NOGIC JQS
- Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB)
- Incorporate and register on the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Joint Qualification System (NOGIC JQS) — required to be eligible for industry tenders.
- CAC docs (CIC, status report, CO2, CO7); capability records
- Registration stage
- Apply for the OGISP permit (NUPRC)
- Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)
- Apply for the Oil & Gas Industry Service Permit, choosing the category: General, Major or Special.
- CAC documents; category selection; application
- Application stage
- Processing and verification
- NUPRC
- General-category applications are processed in ~3 working days; Major and Special categories may require further document verification and take longer.
- Complete documentation
- ~3 working days (General)
- Nigerian Content compliance
- Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB)
- Submit and implement an approved Nigerian Content Plan for bids (manpower, procurement, training) — e.g. 100% local content in fabrication/welding, 60% in engineering services.
- Approved Nigerian Content Plan
- Per project/bid
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