PIB Advocacy meeting between the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Research Team and the OPTS Strategy Team
In furtherance of OPTS’ advocacy efforts on the PIB and to further strengthen collaboration between OPTS and the LCCI Secretariat, OPTS comprising of members of the Secretariat and the P&S Subcommittee met with the leadership of LCCI and its research team on Friday 6th November. The OPTS team was led by Chisom Ajaero, the P&S […]
Petroleum Industry Bill
The Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 (PIB), seeks to reform the areas of governance, acreage administration, host community development, and fiscal framework of the oil and gas industry. It was recently submitted to the National Assembly (NASS) and has passed 1st and 2nd Readings in both the Senate and the House of Representatives (HoR). The Bill […]
OPTS at the National Gas Association (NGA) Multilogues
The OPTS Chairman, Mike Sangster was invited by the NGA as a distinguished speaker to the NGA 2020-2021 industry multilogues business forum. The virtual multilogues held over 2 days, on the 8th and 9th of December, 2020. The themes were Achieving consensus pricing for the Nigerian Natural gas value chain and The PIB Dialogue: Crystalizing […]
OPTS courtesy visit to Department Petroleum Resources (DPR)
On the 8th of December, 2020, OPTS ExCom led by Richard Laing, Chairman & Managing Director of ExxonMobil affiliate Companies in Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) Director, Eng. Sarki Auwalu. In attendance were the following OPTS MDs: Richard Laing – CMD, ExxonMobil, Wale Olafisan – GMD, Amni, Charles […]
OPTS has a New Vice-Chairman
Richard Kennedy (Rick) is the Chairman and Managing Director of Chevron’s Nigeria/Mid-Africa business unit, a role he assumed in November 2020. He is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and is responsible for Chevron’s upstream business in the country. Prior to this position, he was Director, Deepwater Assets and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for the Nigeria/Mid-Africa business […]
A Message From our New Chairman
I warmly welcome you to the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) in Nigeria. We are a private industry group committed to the exploration, development and production of Nigeria’s oil and gas resources in a manner that is sustainable and beneficial to the Nigerian people. Indeed, we represent interests of 30 oil and gas companies and […]
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