Viper Innovations, the UK-based subsea solution provider for global oil and gas industry, has appointed a new distributor to improve its service offering and share of the Nigerian offshore oil and gas market
Port Harcourt-based Royal Niger Emerging Technologies Ltd will be selling and supporting Viper’s range of electrical integrity monitoring equipment, including the V-LIFE insulation resistance recovery product that is the winner of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation in the UK.
Neil Douglas, managing director of Viper Innovations, commented, “Our products are particularly applicable in Nigeria where we already have a number of our products installed. The appointment of Royal Niger will strengthen our in-country presence and provide the level of service which is commensurate with the high standards that our customers expect, as we extend the life of their subsea assets.”
With this new appointment, Viper will be provided with the opportunities to accelerate its subsea electrical systems at the offshore oil and gas assets in the Niger Delta.
Anthony Okolo, managing director of Royal Nigeria, said, “The unique ability of V-LIFE to recover the integrity of subsea circuits is already saving the oil industry millions of dollars by preventing the necessity to replace subsea umbilical cables.”
“Royal Niger will also be selling and supporting Viper Innovation’s network integrity monitoring product V-IR and V-LIM an electrical line integrity monitoring module. It will be delivering the company’s asset integrity management service, V-ASSURE, and the electrical power module V-SUPPLY. We will be helping our Nigerian customers optimise their operations by maximising asset life while scoring an important point for Nigerian Content by domiciling capability in-country,” Okolo added.
