After a week-long competition among 15 companies at the Renaissance Pitch in Port Harcourt, NLNG and NMDPRA have qualified for the final of the football event of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games, NOGIG 2026. The final game will be held in Abuja next month.
 
To get to the final, NLNG defeated NNPC 5-4 on penalties as their encounter ended goalless after regulation time in the first semifinal.
 
Similarly, NMDPRA defeated OANDO 5-3, also on penalties, after they ended their tie in a 1-1 stalemate.
  
The losers will also feature in the third-place match to be held before the final game in Abuja.
  
In a post-event remark, chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Dr Sulaiman Sulaiman, said he was fulfilled after six days of electrifying and entertaining preliminary football.
 
He commended the LOC and host RENAISSANCE for ensuring a hitch-free competition.
 
Sulaiman also said the success of the preliminaries held in Port Harcourt is a dress rehearsal ahead of the main event in Abuja, adding that all hands must be on deck to deliver a memorable NOGIG games starting from February 8, 2026, in Abuja.