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 […]
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 […]
Changes in Subcommittee Leadership
We are pleased to announce the following recent Subcommittee appointments: Yemi Famori as the new Gas Subcommittee lead. She took over from Okey Mba. Chacon Estrella Oswaldo Ivan is the new Finance Subcommittee lead. He is taking over from Carlos Santopadre. Kester Mgbodille is the new PIB & Strategy team lead. He is taking over […]
OPTS Annual Security Subcommittees’ Retreat
The OPTS Security Subcommittee successfully held its annual retreat and stakeholders’ engagement between December 10 and 11, 2020, at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In attendance at the retreat was the top hierarchy of the Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) otherwise known as the Joint Task Force (JTF), the Executive Director of OPTS […]
Operations & Terminals Subcommittee Lead Profile Feature– Augustus Famose
To create awareness, bolster collaboration, and acknowledge the professionals in our Subcommittee for the great job they are doing, we are going to feature Subcommittee leads in our newsletters. In this newsletter, our lead feature is Mr. Augustus Famose the Operations & Terminals Subcommittee Lead. 1. Introduce yourself and tell us about your journey to […]