Rivers lauds INTELS’ Onne facility

Rivers State Government has conferred the prestigious Distinguished Service Star of Rivers State (DSSRS) award on the Managing Director of leading oil and gas logistics giant, INTELS Nigeria Limited, Gabriele Volpi.

Volpi, who is also the Founder/President of Orlean Invest Holdings Limited, was honoured alongside other prominent Nigerians including former President Goodluck Jonathan, and 125 others as part of activities marking the Golden Jubilee of Rivers State, which was created in 1967.

Speaking at the event, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, described the award recipients as persons of exemplary character, who have distinguished themselves in leadership and service to the people of the state.

Chairman of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations Committee, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, also described the awardees as “special individuals who have impacted greatly on the state since its creation in various fields of endeavour.”

Gabriele Volpi was honoured in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the development of Rivers State, the Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole.

A visionary businessman, Volpi pioneered and facilitated the creation and growth of no fewer than 20 corporate entities engaged in various lines of business activities in the oil and gas industry, providing jobs either directly or indirectly to over 200,000 Nigerians.

INTELS Nigeria, which was established by Volpi and a few other Nigerian investors, is a multidimensional logistics company with headquarters in Onne, Rivers State, and the clear leader in the provision of cutting edge logistics solution to operators in the oil and gas industry.

The General Manager, Legal, INTELS Nigeria, Mike Epelle, who received the award on behalf of Volpi, said the company remained fully committed to maximising the nation’s potential in a sustainable manner, through the use of Nigerian human resources, materials, equipment and services in its operations without compromising the company’s values, quality, health, safety and environmental standards.

Epelle, who is also the Amaopusenibo of Opobo Kingdom in Rivers State, said INTELS Nigeria Limited is the leading Oil and Gas Logistics Service provider and a maritime service provider in Nigeria.

“INTELS has been a trusted partner to major Oil and Gas producing companies in Nigeria and a monumental logistic partner to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in the development of ports infrastructure and service in Nigeria”.

“In over 30 years, we have added substantial value to the Nigerian Oil and Gas service industry and the operators have found our services strategic to their operations.

“In the maritime sector, INTELS’ operation as a port infrastructure developer and maritime service provider reinvigorated and brought the needed momentum and life to Nigerian ports and the maritime industry with improved capacity to serve the nation.

“These efforts by INTELS have in turn boosted earnings and contributions by these sectors to the Nigerian economy while generating the much-needed employment for Nigerians.

“To achieve our vision of providing an integrated, efficient, reliable and cost effective logistics solution to the Oil and Gas industry in Nigeria, we introduced an innovative “one-stop-shop oil service centre concept” designed to meet the growing specialized needs of oil producing companies in one location to provide an integrated, efficient, reliable and cost effective logistics solution to operators in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.

“This innovative concept has enhanced service delivery and turnaround time for Oil and Gas industry projects and thus endeared INTELS to its partners,” Epelle said on the sidelines of the award ceremony.