Subcommittee Lead profile feature
To commemorate International Women’s month, create awareness, and acknowledge the professionals in our Subcommittees for the great job they are doing, our lead feature is the Gas Subcommittee Lead, Yemi Famori. 1. Introduce yourself and tell us about your journey to OPTS I joined Shell in 2001 and have my career in the Upstream working […]
Changes in Subcommittee Leadership
We are pleased to announce the following recent Subcommittee appointments: Giovanni Aquilina (ENI) is the new Exploration/DWOG Subcommittee lead. He replaces Todd Brown of Chevron. Funmilola Olaifa (ExxonMobil) is the new Tax Subcommittee lead. She takes over from Dapo Otunla(Shell). Dr Effiem Abbah (ExxonMobil) is the Medical Subcommittee lead. OPTS Secretariat wishes to thank the […]
Medical Subcommittee
We are pleased to announce the creation of a Medical Subcommittee in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and need to create structure around the vaccine roll out for the industry. To provide some context around the creation of the Subcommittee, OPTS formed an ad hoc Medical Subcommittee during the Ebola crisis to support the […]
Special Feature for International Women’s Day (IWD)
To commemorate International Women’s Day and to celebrate and recognise how far women have come within the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria, we present a special feature of Callista Azogu, Deputy Managing Director, Nigerian Agip Oil Company. The theme of this year’s IWD was #ChooseToChallenge. In her interview she explains what this meant to […]
Petroleum Industry Bill Update
The PIB Public Hearings held on the 25th & 26th of January, 2021 at the Senate and the 27th & 28th at the House of Representatives. Despite initial concerns about COVID-19, both Hearings were well attended by OPTS stakeholders.OPTS made a strong showing with IOC MDs either present or represented. The OPTS Chairman’s presentations at […]
Subcommittee News
Medical Subcommittee We are pleased to announce the creation of a new adhoc Medical Subcommittee in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and need to create structure aroiund the vaccine roll out for the industry. To provide some context around the creation of the Subcommittee, OPTS formed an ad hoc Medical Subcommittee during the Ebola […]
Courtesy Visits
In the first quarter of 2021, the OPTS Chairman, Mike Sangster and Vice Chairman, Rick Kennedy supported by the ED OPTS, Bunmi Toyobo have paid virtual courtesy visits to Waltersmith Petroman Oil, Amni International Petroleum Development Company, Oando PLC, Eroton Exploration and Production Company Ltd, South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) and Energia. The purpose of the […]
ND Western has a new Managing Director
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Eberechukwu Orji has been appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of ND Western. He joined ND Western as Managing Director/Chief Executive officer (MD/CEO) in March 2020. He has over 25 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas sector. A Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers […]
Advocacy Training
OPTS delivered advocacy trainings for the Subcommittee executives and had a MDs roundtable of member companies during the months of January and February 2020. The OPTS Secretariat approached the Lagos Business School (LBS) to curate a training for OPTS Subcommittee leadership to enhance their advocacy capability especially in view of PIB and other industry issues. […]
OPTS at the Public Hearing on the Need to End Gas Flaring in Nigeria and Harness Associated Gas
On 15 February, 2021 the Public Hearing on the need to end gas flaring in Nigeria and harness associated gas jointly hosted by three Committees of the House of Representatives (Committees on Gas Resources, Climate Change and Environment) held in Abuja. OPTS submitted a memorandum on this issue and the OPTS Chairman was represented at […]