The Central Bank of Nigeria has appointed eight pre shipment inspection agents and two monitoring and evaluation agents for crude oil and gas exports, while reallocating export terminals among the companies under the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme, BusinessDay reported.
The appointments and terminal allocations were announced in a circular dated October 29, 2026, signed by Aderinola Shonekan, director of the central bank’s Trade and Exchange Department, and took effect from October 2, 2026. The bank directed authorised dealer banks, the Nigeria Customs Service, petroleum regulators, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, terminal operators and oil and gas companies to ensure compliance.
Under the new allocation, Dakee Engineering and Construction will handle liquefied natural gas, Escravos (Gas), the Bonny River Terminal and EGTL. Trexem Energy Services has been assigned Egina, Qua Iboe and Tulja, Geoscape will oversee Escravos, ERHA, Odudu and FSO Cawthorne, and 617 Limited takes Bonga, Brass, Usan and Eagle. Trobell International takes Forcados, Bonny and Okwori, Robinson International covers six smaller terminals, Integrated Shipping Services takes Akpo, Antan, Okoro, Anyala Madu and Ebok, and Kephren Business oversees eight terminals including Agbami plus additional marginal streams designated by the upstream regulator.
Q and Q Control Services and Arlington Securitas Nigeria were appointed as monitoring and evaluation agents supervising the inspection companies, each overseeing four of the eight agents. BusinessDay said the appointments form part of the federal government’s review of the pre shipment inspection and monitoring arrangements for crude oil and gas exports.