Nigeria backs Shell’s $20bn Bonga South West with $11.5-per-barrel tax incentive
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Nigeria's government approved an $11.5/bbl tax incentive to unlock Shell's $20bn Bonga South West deepwater project, targeting ~150k bpd of incremental output and signaling a more competitive fiscal regime for offshore investment. If executed, the project adds credible medium-term supply optionality to the Atlantic basin and marginally eases global crude tightness expectations, pressuring oil risk premia while improving Nigeria's upstream investment outlook.
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Nigeria’s federal government has agreed to an $11.5-per-barrel tax incentive to help Shell’s $20bn Bonga South West deepwater project move forward, aiming to draw more than $50bn in capital. The project is presented as building on the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) track record since 1999, including nearly $130bn in sales, $2.1bn in company income tax paid in 2015, $21bn in feedgas purchases and $10bn spent on local goods and services. The government says the move is intended to unlock stranded capacity and add meaningful barrels to global crude supply, according to Bloomberg.
