Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy Week Conference 2025: Ship-Around Redefined Maritime & Offshore Procurement.

The Nigeria Oil & Gas Energy Week (NOG2025 themed “Accelerating Global Energy Progress through Investment, Partnerships and Innovation’’, was more than an exhibition. It was a catalytic industry gathering that brought the future of Africa’s energy ecosystem into focus.

For Ship-Around.com, it was a powerful moment of presence, dialogue, and direction. From forging strategic relationships to showcasing our cutting-edge digital B2B marketplace, Ship-Around took center stage, reinforcing our commitment to redefining procurement in the Maritime and Offshore sector. Across strategic networking and calling on stakeholders across the energy value chain to embrace innovation, collaboration, and adaptability in a rapidly evolving global energy landscape, we engaged with the visionary and innovators transforming the oil & gas value chain.

Driving a New Era of Procurement.

Procurement in the maritime and offshore industry has long been burdened by inefficiencies; delayed supplies, opaque vendor networks, and manual compliance management. At Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy, some oil and gas companies are seeking an enabling environment and shorter procurement cycle to actualize more sanctioned projects and quick implementation for economic development. Mr. Ayodele Adesina, Business Development Manager, IGPES Group, censured long project procurement cycle being experienced in the sector highlighting that shorter cycle indicated more efficient and cost-effective process.

We showcased how Ship-Around is changing that narrative streamlining how operators source safety-critical gear, marine consumables, and offshore equipment both locally and globally, all while maintaining transparency, traceability, and regulatory compliance. Our mission is clear- bridge supply gaps across continents, empower procurement professionals with real-time tools, and drive smarter sourcing for critical maritime and offshore equipment as well as the oil and gas industry at large.

At the Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy week, our team also met with key industry stakeholders and technology partners, including YOKE Industrial Corp exploring integrating Riconnect, a smart compliance management system, into the broader procurement ecosystem. With safety-critical gear like lifting and rigging equipment, ensuring traceability, digital inspection logs, and compliance visibility is no longer optional but essential for QHSE teams and offshore operators seeking efficiency and accountability. We also had conversations with Blackline Safety, a global leader in connected worker technologies offering compelling insights into how real-time personnel monitoring and safety wearables can elevate workforce safety across offshore platforms.

These connected technologies align perfectly with our mission of enabling safer, smarter operations from sourcing to safety. Also conversations with stakeholders from local expertise reinforced the urgency for regional supply access, local content compliance, and hardware provisioning tailored to Nigeria’s fast-growing energy market.

Our team’s presence and engagements contributes to solving procurement challenges facing the oil and gas sector today across high-level breakout sessions, technical panels, and one-on-one engagements. We discussed pressing issues such as:

• The role of procurement in accelerating Africa’s energy transition.
• Port operations and offshore logistics optimization.
• Investment in smarter sourcing tools for supply chain resilience.
• The future of local content and cross-border trade facilitation.

From our interactive booth to live solution demos, we underscored one message “digital transformation in procurement is no longer optional, it’s inevitable.”

What’s Next in Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy Industries: Innovation, Investment, and Impact.

Looking ahead, our focus is clear:

• Expand platform capabilities for traceability, compliance, and smart sourcing.
• Drive regional marketplace adoption across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
• Forge strategic partnerships that accelerate global energy progress through innovation, sustainability, and local empowerment.

Ship-Around is not just connecting buyers and suppliers, we are building a smarter, more resilient procurement ecosystem where data, compliance, and collaboration drive every transaction.