OPTS Has a New Chairman
It is with great pleasure that we inform you of the change in the leadership of OPTS of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). Mr. Richard (Rick) Kennedy who is the Chairman & Managing Director Chevron Nigeria/Mid-Africa Business Unit succeeds Mr. Mike Sangster, Managing Director/Chief Executive TotalEnergies Upstream Companies in Nigeria and Representative […]
Courtesy Visits
The OPTS Chairman and Vice Chairman, Rick Kennedy, Chevron MD, supported by the ED OPTS, Bunmi Toyobo paid virtual courtesy visits to Dr. Ladi Bada, MD Shoreline Natural Resources and Mr. Victor Sodje, MD Newcross Exploration & Production Ltd. The purpose of the visits was for OPTS to familiarize itself with its members, encourage […]
Profile Feature
In this newsletter, we meet the Gas Subcommittee Chairperson, Mrs Yemi Famori of Shell. 1. Introduce yourself and tell us about your journey to OPTS I joined Shell in 2001 and have my career in the upstream working in both Deep Water and Onshore. I started out as a production engineer and well engineer in […]
Nigeria Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair 2021
OPTS participated in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) 2021, organized by Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) which took place virtually on the 25th and 26th of May 2021. . DAY 1 – “How has the pandemic affected NCDMB’s 10-year strategic roadmap to achieve 70% local content by 2027”. The OPTS […]
Visit to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor
On the 13th of April, 2021 the Chairman OPTS, Mike Sangster, accompanied by members of the OPTS Security Subcommittee, met with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. The Chairman highlighted the myriad of challenges facing the industry, including militancy, crude oil theft/illegal bunkering of crude oil […]
OPTS Wins CSR Award at Nigerian International Petroleum Summit (NIPS)
On the 7th of June, 2021, the 4th Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) held an awards and gala night at in Abuja. OPTS was awarded the “Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility 2020 Award for developing participatory development processes and support during COVID-19 lockdown”. This was in recognition of the industry wide collaboration intervention initiative to […]
OPTS Participates in Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), June 6-10, 2021
In his goodwill message at the 4th Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja on Monday, June 7, 2021, Mike Sangster, Chairman OPTS, said the group is committed to supporting efforts that will accelerate the growth of the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. He remarked that the theme of the conference “From crises to […]
OPTS Attends Nigeria International Petroleum Summit Pre Summit
On the 29th of March, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, organized The Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) Pre-Summit Conference, titled: The Decade of Gas, in furtherance of the Federal Government’s initiative that declared January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2030 as “The Decade of Gas Development for Nigeria”. The […]
OPTS Vaccination Campaign
Nigeria received 3.9million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, courtesy of the COVAX facility in April 2020. With the arrival of the vaccines, the OPTS Medical Subcommittee led by Dr. Effiem Abbah of ExxonMobil engaged the Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to prioritise Oil and Gas […]
Inclusion of Gas in Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) Public Hearing
On the 8th of March, 2021 OPTS made a presentation at the Public hearing on Inclusion of Gas in Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to the House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources in Abuja The OPTS Chairman was ably represented by Mrs. Yemi Famori, the Gas Subcommittee lead. OPTS […]