A fundamental characteristic of private equity investment is that it has a limited timeline within which the investment is expected to reach its maturity and return profits to its investors/limited partners. As a result, private equity fund (‘PE fund’) managers often structure their investments in a portfolio company with an exit in mind. The identification of potential exit opportunities may influence a PE fund’s decision to invest in a company.

Most countries are limited by their natural resources and limited production capacity. Therefore, these countries rely on other countries through international trade to get what their population needs and demands. However, international trade is not always conducted in an amenable manner between trading partners. Policies, geopolitics, competition, and many other factors can make trading partners unhappy. Thus, tariffs and taxes are powerful tools that countries use to protect their domestic industries and retaliate against what they perceive as unfair trade practices.

Nigeria’s importance in the Global gas market cannot be overemphasized, one of the factors being that Nigeria is the largest exporter of LNG in the African continent and has a 3.6% share of the world’s LNG exports. As at 2024, the NUPRC, reported that the reserves of associated gas and non-associated gas stands at 102.59 TCF and 106.67 TCF respectively.