NLNG Calls for Homegrown Technology to Drive Local Content in Oil and Gas

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NLNG’s Deputy Managing Director, Olakunle Osobu, speaking at a Panel Session titled “Technology as a Local Content Imperative: From Adoption to Domestication” at the NOG Energy Week 2025 in Abuja on Monday.


The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) has underscored the urgent need to domesticate technology as a cornerstone for strengthening local content in the nation’s oil and gas sector.


Speaking at the NOG Energy Week 2025 in Abuja, NLNG’s Deputy Managing Director, Olakunle Osobu, described technology as the lifeblood of modern energy systems, insisting it must be tailored to Nigeria’s unique context to truly empower its people.


“Our industry is among the biggest consumers of technology. But we are not just interested in using it, we want to simplify it, adapt it, and ensure it’s communicated in ways Nigerians can fully grasp,” Osobu said during a panel discussion on “Technology as a Local Content Imperative: From Adoption to Domestication.”


He argued that no country has ever attained meaningful technological advancement by depending on foreign languages or external models alone. “Germans build and code in German, the Chinese do it in Chinese. We need to start writing algorithms in our languages and creating tools that carry our identity and reality,” he stressed.


Osobu further highlighted that without deliberate policies placing technology at the centre of national development, Nigeria risks falling further behind in innovation and ownership.


Pointing to NLNG’s landmark Train 7 project as an example of successful local content, he revealed that over 90 percent of the contractors are Nigerians. “This didn’t happen by accident. It’s the outcome of decades of Nigerians working side by side with global partners on earlier trains. By the time we embarked on Train 7, we were more than capable,” he said, praising the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for its critical role in enabling this progress.


He also noted that Nigerians, who have become highly sought after on oil rigs from Calgary to Singapore, should now be driving Africa’s energy discoveries. “Countries like Namibia, Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique, and Angola are finding oil. They shouldn’t have to look to the West; Nigerians should be leading these developments across the continent,” he stated.


Osobu pointed to innovations like the African keyboard, which supports local languages in digital systems, as important steps toward cementing a true technological identity.


He concluded by reaffirming NLNG’s commitment to working with government and industry stakeholders to ensure that local knowledge and domesticated technology form the bedrock of Nigeria’s future in gas and beyond.

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