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Top 25 Exploration and production companies based in Nigeria
RevenueBase identified 265 exploration and production companies headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 6,513 professional contacts across them, including 971 with verified work emails. Lagos is the largest hub.
This list covers exploration and production companies headquartered in Nigeria, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest exploration and production companies based in Nigeria
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 356 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Geoplex Drillteq Limited is the fastest-growing indigenous service provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, proudly holding the API Q2 certification, a testament to our commitment to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 277 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NNPC E&P Limited (NEPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), operates as a prominent entity involved in the exploration and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Masters Energy Oil & Gas Limited is licensed by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), published by Nipex and endorsed by NAPIMS – NNPC for Joint Ventures (JVs) and Production…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FIRST Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P) is a leading independent E&P company with full upstream capabilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 172 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vision To be the preferred Integrated Upstream Oilfield Services Provider in Africa creating value for all stakeholders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Amni International Petroleum Development Company Limited (Amni) is an Independent Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (E&P) company with its head office in Lagos, Nigeria.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Midwestern is a Nigerian company involved in Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 134 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ND Western Limited (“ND Western”) is an independent Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company incorporated on the 20th April, 2011 as a Special Purpose Vehicle to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As an upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production company, Eroton E&P was incorporated to engage in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Neconde Energy Limited is a Local exploration and production company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hydroserve Group is a leading oil and gas company which started as Hydroserve Oil Services Nigeria Limited in November, We began operations in with Pipeline & Process, and Pumping…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Levene Energy Group is an energy Services solutions provider with five main subsidiaries; Levene Hydrocarbon, Levene Trading, Levene Energy Development, Shefa Engineering and LPV…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “South Atlantic Petroleum Limited (SAPETRO) is a Nigerian Exploration and Production Company incorporated as a Private Limited Liability Company in 1995 and is the original holder…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Famfa Oil Limited was incorporated in September 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “New Energy Services Company Limited (NESSCO) is a 100% Nigerian owned company incorporated in 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Goddie Chemicals International Limited is a leading premium chemical solutions and specialized engineering services expert, positioned to reliably serve as a one-stop shop for all…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Zamam Offshore Services Limited (ZOSL) is a Nigerian oilfield services company responsible for the provision of production support services to the oil and gas industry in Africa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SpringRock Group is a privately held energy company with main focus in the Oil and Gas and Power sectors of the energy domain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Overview Subsea100 Global(SHG), established in 2011, is a leading independent Offshore Services Contractor providing a range of Geophysical, Geotechnical and Subsea related…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Indigenous oilfield chemicals & engineering service provider across the upstream value chain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chairborne GSL is an Oil and Gas service company focused on providing diverse services to the oil & gas industry in Nigeria and Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nondera Energy Services is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company that provides telecommunications, engineering, procurement and technical assistance and drilling services to clients…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Frontier Oil Limited (“FOL”), incorporated in 2001 is an indigenous Nigerian oil and gas Exploration and Production company with a proven track record of developing and bringing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Starfix Geosolutions Services Limited is an Oil and Gas service company that leverages Expertise, Knowledge, and Technology to provide safe and innovative solutions to challenges…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Boaz Integrated Energy provides technology-enabled solutions to production and reservoir management challenges for the oil and gas industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: exploration and production companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names exploration and production companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of exploration and production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name exploration and production companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Exploration and production companies based in Nigeria at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 265 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among exploration and production companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “exploration and production companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names exploration and production companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among exploration and production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nigeria are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 971 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Exploration and production companies by metro
- Exploration and production companies in Lagos55
- Exploration and production companies in Port Harcourt52
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names exploration and production companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many exploration and production companies are there based in Nigeria?
RevenueBase identified 265 exploration and production companies headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Geoplex Drillteq Limited, headquartered in Lagos State, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most exploration and production companies?
Lagos leads with 55 headquartered companies, followed by Port Harcourt (52) and Lagos State (19).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 971 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 265 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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