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Forte Oil PLC is an indigenous energy group, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with extended operations in Ghana. It operates majorly in the downstream sector of the Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry, but has diversified its businesses into other sectors of the energy value chain. The downstream division specializes in the distribution of a wide range of petroleum products; Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), diesel, aviation fuel, kerosene, as well as a range of lubricants for various automobiles and machines; distributed mostly to the automobile, industrial, aviation and marine markets. Forte Oil also has a subsidiary, which specializes in the supply of Well Production Chemicals and Drilling/Completion Fluids to the Upstream Sector of the Oil and Gas Industry. It continues to pursue aggressive diversification into related high margin businesses, a strategy that has been buoyed by the recent acquisition of the 414 megawatts (MW) Geregu Power Generation Plant located in Kogi State of Nigeria in a government-led privatisation of power assets. ==History== Forte Oil PLC (formerly African Petroleum) was incorporated on December 11, 1964. After 14 years in operation, the company changed its status from a private limited liability company to a public liability company. In compliance with the provisions of the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decree of 1977, 40% of the company’s shares were sold to Nigerians and a year later, 60% was acquired by the Federal Government of Nigeria in favour of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from British Petroleum. In November 1979 its name was changed to African Petroleum PLC. NNPC’s stake in AP was reduced by 20% in March 1989 after the Federal Government sold the above percentage to Nigerian Citizens, increasing their stake from 40% to 60%. In the year 2000, the Federal Government under its privatization programme divested its remaining 40% to core investors and interested Nigerians. In May 2007, the shareholding structure took another dimension as Incorporated Trustees of NNPC’s Pension Fund divested its stake to Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited, owned by Femi Otedola, making it the majority shareholder in the company. As a result, Mr. Otedola and his affiliated entities became the core investor in the company. Under the new management, African Petroleum embarked on a rebranding and restructuring programme which led to a name change to Forte Oil PLC in December, 2010, and a rebranding of the retail outlets spread across the across the country. In 2013 the company purchased a controlling stake in the 414 MW Power plant under a government-led privatisation programme in the power industry under the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan. In 2015 they signed an 83$ million contract with Siemens to upgrade the 414 MW plant, the work is due to be completed in 2016〔http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2015/06/30/nigerian-billionaire-femi-otedolas-forte-oil-signs-83-million-contract-with-siemens/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forte Oil PLC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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