Shell's main activities in Nigeria

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)
  • Operates Nigeria’s largest oil and gas joint venture on behalf of government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (55%), Shell (30%), Total (10%) and Agip (5%).
  • At full operation, the joint venture can produce approximately 40% of the country’s oil from over 1,000 onshore wells in the Niger Delta, an area nearly the size of England. Since spring 2006, approximately 50% of its production has been shut in because of the security situation.
Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SNEPCO)
  • Operates and is 55% owner of the offshore Bonga oil field, Nigeria’s first deep-water project, and owns part of the Erha field.
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Ltd (NLNG)
  • Joint venture (Shell 26%) representing over 10% of the world’s LNG capacity at end 2008.