Oilserv, a leading engineering, procurement, and construction company in Nigeria with special expertise in pipeline engineering design and construction and currently executing various major gas pipelines and process plant projects in Nigeria, has once again taken center stage at AOW: Energy 2026 in Accra, Ghana.
The company’s high-powered delegation, led by Engr. Chukwuka F.D. Eze, Managing Director, Frazimex Engineering Limited, represented Oilserv at a high-level plenary session focused on midstream development, monetising the molecule and building the infrastructure needed to move Africa’s gas from discovery to market.
Drawing ingenuity from the company’s high-profile projects across the energy sector, with special emphasis on Ajaokuta - Kaduna - Kano (AKK) 614 km Gas Pipeline and OBB 3 project, Engr. Eze highlighted the level of economic and infrastructure investment benefits these projects have attracted to Nigeria and their multiplier effect on Africa's economy in general.
He challenged the continued flaring of gas at a time when the need for reliable domestic energy is so urgent. He pointed to commercial pressures, infrastructure gaps and operational realities as key barriers to gas monetisation, while highlighting the importance of strong policy frameworks and contractors with the technical capacity and track record to deliver.
Further in his address, he jettisoned the idea of a one-size-fits-all energy strategy, opting for a situation where countries build around the resources they have, with gas playing a foundational role in power and industrialisation where the infrastructure exists to support it.
The AKK and OB3 gas pipelines, alongside Oilserv’s work on over 6 power plants, including Geometric Power and Lagos’ gas distribution network, show what indigenous engineering capability can achieve when there is the capacity and opportunity to execute.
The value of gas is truly realised when infrastructure connects it to the people, industries and markets that can put it to productive use.
Africa has the resources, the market and the talent. What matters now is turning dialogue into action and resources into real economic value. That is the work Oilserv continues to build towards.
