NNPC Limited

Nigerian National Petroleum Company
Company typeGovernment owned
IndustryOil and gas
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
HeadquartersNNPC Towers, Herbert Macaulay Way, CBD, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Key people
  • Mele Kyari (GCEO)
  • Dr Pius O Akinyelure (Board Chairperson)
Products
Websitennpcgroup.com

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state-owned oil company in Nigeria. Still a fully-owned government company, it was transformed from a corporation into a limited liability company in July 2022.[1] NNPC Limited is the only entity licensed to operate in the country's petroleum industry. It partners with foreign oil companies to exploit Nigeria's fossil fuel resources. The NNPC, with an asset of $153B (USD), is the largest national oil company in Africa. The company boasts of extensive infrastructure and investment in the downstream, midstream and upstream of the Nigerian petroleum industry.

  1. ^ "NNPC Limited ends operations as govt corporation". Premium Times. Retrieved 6 July 2024.