Dubai’s ENOC Group announces partnership with Nigeria’s QMF Energy

Dubai-based oil and gas company ENOC Group has announced its partnership with QMF Energy in Nigeria in line with its strategy to expand its global marine lubricants network.

ENOC Marine Lubricants will supply its Strata product range across all the ports in Nigeria. The ENOC Strata marine lubricants covers all marine applications across a range of marine vessels such as offshore supply vessel, oil rigs, tankers, bulk carriers, container ships and gas carriers, the company said in a statement.

Saif Humaid Al Falasi, group CEO at ENOC, said: “ENOC Group is committed towards expanding its global footprint. Our latest partnership with QMF Energy is another step in this direction as we continue to support the overall growth of the maritime and shipping sector globally.”

Currently, ENOC’s Strata marine lubricants global supply network covers 200 marine ports across 20 countries, having supplied 1,700 vessels with lubricants in 2021. These cover the wider GCC countries, Africa including Northern Africa and Mediterranean, and CIS countries.

Within Africa, the group’s network covers South-Africa, Angola, Namibia, Ghana, Togo, Mauritania, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria with the QMF partnership. Last year, the group has signed a three-year agreement with Royal Marine Services in Egypt to distribute the former’s marine lubricants.

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Recently, ENOC Group announced that its Strata marine lubricants arm recorded 350 per cent sales growth from 2019 to 2021. In the last two years, the company has extended its network of indirect channel partners in key markets and has plans to expand its global Strata marine lubricants presence by adding 20 new ports to its existing network over 2022, the statement added.

Meanwhile, QMF Energy supplies and trades marine fuels to the oil and shipping industries, and offers a range of services including marine bunkering, trading and are official distributors for marine lubricants.