An Assessment of Supply Chain Resilience Capabilities in Nigeria's Downstream Oil and Gas Sector

Nigeria's downstream oil and gas sector (O&G), a critical driver of economic growth, faces an intricate web of challenges that continue to disrupt the O&G supply chain and impede its contribution to the national economy. Despite implementing deregulation in 2023 as a one-size-fits-all strategy to improve the O&G supply chain performance against various disruptions, fuel scarcity and price volatility persist. This qualitative study investigates supply chain capabilities in the downstream O&G sector in Nigeria through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholder organizations in Nigeria's downstream O&G sector. The study identifies the challenges disrupting Nigeria's O&G supply chain in the downstream O&G sector, including infrastructural challenges, security and social issues, external and global factors, and a lack of good governance and responsible management. The study categorizes supply chain resilience capabilities into three main categories. Pre-disruption capabilities include risk management, accurate forecasting, supply chain visibility and monitoring, collaboration and information sharing, technology and digitalization, infrastructural readiness, expertise and training, and regulatory policies and compliance. During-disruption capabilities encompass inventory and distribution management, supply chain flexibility, collaboration and communication, technology and digitalization. Post-disruption capabilities include technology digitalization, collaboration, supply chain flexibility, and performance indicators. The study suggests integrating organizational-level recommendations with system-level recommendations to achieve supply chain resilience, which includes aspects of infrastructural readiness, good governance, and responsible management. The study's findings address gaps in business practices and policy formulation in enhancing the resilience of Nigeria's downstream oil supply chain, with significant positive impacts on households, businesses, and the broader Nigerian economy.

Author dc:creator

• Ameh, Eneojo, Benjamin

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Wafai, Hassan

• Faculty of management

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Identifier URI

https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-19774

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:null:10613/28160