OPTS at the National Gas Association (NGA) Multilogues II
Sequel to the NGA Multilogues I, the OPTS Chairman, Mike Sangster was invited by the NGA as a distinguished speaker to the NGA 2020-2021 Industry Multilogues II business forum. The virtual Multilogues themed “Powering forward – Enabling Nigeria’s industrialization via Gas” held over 2 days, on the 25th and 26th of February, 2021. The OPTS […]
OPTS Meets with the Presidency
On the 12th of January, 2021 OPTS Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) in Nigeria, and Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at a virtual meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) with other stakeholders in the industry. Present at the meeting was the OPTS Chairman, Mike Sangster, Chairman and […]
OPTS has a New Chairman
We are pleased to announce that OPTS has a new Chairman, Mike Sangster. He is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria and Representative of Total Group. He succeeded Lorenzo Fiorillo as Chairman, OPTS in September, 2020. Mike Sangster was appointed Managing Director & Chief Executive Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria […]
ExxonMobil Affiliate Companies In Nigeria has a New Chairman & Managing Director – Richard Laing
Richard Laing is the new Chairman & Managing Director of ExxonMobil affiliate Companies in Nigeria – Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Offshore East) Limited. He succeeds Paul McGrath as Chairman & Managing Director. A native of Scotland, Richard earned a Bachelor of Science degree in […]
ENI Companies In Nigeria has a New Managing Director – Roberto Daniele
Mr. Roberto Daniele is the Managing Director of Eni’s companies in Nigeria – NAOC, AENR and NAE – since September 2020. He succeeds Lorenzo Fiorillo in his current position. He graduated in Geo-Informatics Engineering with 25 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry, Mr Daniele began his career in Eni in 1995, at […]
Seplat has a New CEO – Roger Brown
Mr. Brown was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Plc in August 2020. He joined the company as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director in July 2013. During his time at Seplat he was instrumental in completing the dual listing of the company on the main markets of the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges, which […]
OPTS Subcommittee News
New OPTS Subcommittee – Government Relations & Public Affairs (GR&PA) On the 1st of September, 2020 OPTS inaugurated the recently revamped Government Relations and Public Affairs (GR&PA) Subcommittee consisting of senior professionals from the existing Public Affairs Subcommittee and Government Relations professionals across OPTS. Mr. Esimaje Brikinn (Chevron) is the Subcommittee lead while Mrs. Doyin […]
Amni, Equinor, Eroton & Waltersmith Join The OPTS Supply Chain Control Tower
COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in supply chain activities; border closures and travel restrictions made it difficult to trade critical parts and spares from key OEM hubs and prevented vendors and skilled manpower from coming into the country. To address these disruptions, OPTS begun an Inventory sharing initiative, where materials are exchanged between organisations in […]
Industry Cost Efficiency (ICE) Subcommittee Lead Profile Feature – Anthony Ellis
To create awareness, bolster collaboration and acknowledge the professionals in our subcommittees for the great job they are doing, we are going to feature subcommittee leads in our newletters. We thank Antony Ellis for accepting to be our first newsletter feature. 1. Introduce yourself and tell us about your journey to OPTS I have […]
Appointment of PwC as Auditors of OPTS.
OPTS is pleased to announce that effective 1st October, 2020 Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) have been appointed as the new auditors of OPTS replacing Deloitte and Touche.