Shell completed the sale of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC) to Renaissance.
Renaissance now controls SPDC's 30% stake in the SPDC JV, an unincorporated joint venture with the government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (55%), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd (10%) and Agip Energy and Natural Resources (Nigeria) Limited (5%).
SPDC, which has been renamed Renaissance Africa Energy Company (RAEC) and is no longer part of the Shell group of companies, continues to operate the joint venture on behalf of all the joint venture partners.