Nigerian state oil company to tap Aramco experience as it considers IPO after posting first profit

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation turned a profit of $698 million in 2020, the first in its 44-year history. (Shutterstock)
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Updated 27 August 2021
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Nigerian state oil company to tap Aramco experience as it considers IPO after posting first profit

  • “There is no date on it, but there is a possibility of doing this,” said Managing Director Mele Kyari

The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, on Thursday said there would be no more losses from the national oil company and it may embark on an initial public offering after its posted its first profit in its 44-year history.

Legislation signed by President Muhammadu Buhari this month enables the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. to offer shares to the public, Managing Director Mele Kyari said at a briefing Thursday in the capital, Abuja.

The company would draw on the experience of Saudi Aramco, which listed in 2019, he said.

“There is no date on it, but there is a possibility of doing this,” Kyari said. “Obviously because you have made profit today doesn’t mean you are ready for IPO. It is a very, very long, tedious process.”


Dar Al Arkan annual profit rises 41% to $301m on stronger property sales 

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Dar Al Arkan annual profit rises 41% to $301m on stronger property sales 

RIYADH: Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. posted a 40.54 percent rise in annual net profit to SR1.13 billion ($301 million) in 2025, supported by higher property sales.

According to a filing on Saudi Exchange, the company’s net profit rose from SR806.84 million a year earlier, while annual revenue increased 3.75 percent year on year to SR3.90 billion. 

Operating profit climbed 18.96 percent to SR1.59 billion, while gross profit rose 15.22 percent to SR1.84 billion. 

“The increase in net income is mainly due to the increase in property sales. The increase in finance costs was offset by the increase in lease revenue, decrease in operating expenses, increase in share of income from associates, and increase in non-operating income from Islamic Murabaha deposits and positively impacted the net income,” the company said in the statement. 

Shareholders’ equity after minority interest stood at SR22.22 billion as of Dec. 31, compared with SR21.09 billion a year earlier. 

In February, Dar Al Arkan announced the full redemption of its $400 million sukuk. 

In a Tadawul statement, the company said that the sukuk were redeemed at maturity using internal resources, with the amount transferred to the designated account. 

The company further said that the impact of the sukuk redemption will appear in its first-quarter financial statement. 

The company also disclosed last month that it had received three white land tax-related invoices totaling about SR201.15 million for plots within the Shams Ar Riyadh development, licensed under the Wafi off-plan sales program. The invoices were valued at SR48.32 million, SR108.10 million, and SR44.73 million , respectively. 

In a separate disclosure in September, Dar Al Arkan said 2.83 million sq. meters of its land portfolio falls under the Kingdom’s White Land Tax Law.