Caverton bags CNL/NNPC JV Helicopter services deal
Caveron helicopters has bagged the contract of providing helicopter servicing contract for the Chevron Nigeria limited (CNL) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) joint venture.is from the CNL, the operator of NNPC.CNL joint venture for provision of aviation services within two years renewable period.
The contract, for the provision of aviation services with a 2-year renewable option, is a five year logistics support deal for Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture.
Caverton is a subsidiary of Cavertion offshore support group Plc, with Olabode Makanjuola as its Chief Executive Officer.
Caverton offshore Support Group is a fully indigenous company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, which operates in the marine and aviation logistics sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
With the current deal and as a fully indigenous player in the hitherto foreign-stakeholders dominated sector, Caverton Helicopters has confirmed the mantra that given the opportunity, Nigerians can excel and make Nigeria proud in all facets of the economy.
A statement released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday, 18th August, 2017, signed by Olabode, CEO , Cavreton offshores Plc CEO explained that the contract was awarded following an extended competitive tendering process.
“Caverton emerged successful after scaling through both the technical and commercial evaluation ahead of other bidders. Given CNL’s reputation for very high safety and quality standards, it is safe to say that Caverton’s commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement contributed in the no small measure to this successful bid.” He noted.
Olabode added that, “Caverton will service this contract with 11 Bell manufactured helicopters in line with CNL’s requirement.
“As part of the contract, Caverton will provide guaranteed medevac response to CNL 24 hours a day, seven days a week, covering their entire area of operations.”
Over the past decade, Caverton has worked hard to raise the bar in key areas in this specialized sector: helicopter availability, on-time departure, service and maintenance quality; doing all this while pursuing a robust local content strategy.
The positive impact of these efforts is the growing confidence in our services by the International Oil Companies and others resulting in an increasing market share.
Bonny Amadi, Afolabi Adesola
