In this article, Platinum Times Nigeria will work you through top 10 personalities who are shaping Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
Nigeria’s economy has been heavily dependent on the oil and gas sector owing to the huge revenue it generates for the government.
Aside from revenue generation for the government, the oil and gas sector has also help to cub the rate of unemployment in Nigeria as it has attracted foreign direct investments and created job opportunities for the work force.
Over the years, different personalities have emerged as successful individuals who thrive this sector.
These people through their wealth and Influence have been able to control huge business empires and also secure a good name for themselves.
This article takes a look at top 10 personalities who control the highest stakes in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
Summary of top 10 oil and gas moguls in Nigeria
- Mike Adenuga
- Aliko Dangote
- TY Danjuma
- Femi Otedola
- Adewale Tinubu
- Folorunsho Alakija
- Gabriel Ogbechie
- Arthur Eze
- Emeka Okwosa
- Winifred Akpani
Mike Adenuga
Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga is the founder of Conoil petroleum company which is among the indigenous petroleum companies in Nigeria.
He has amassed great wealth through his oil business and his telecommunication company, Globacom which is Nigeria’s second-largest telecom operator.
He is a native of Oyo state born on April 29th, 1953 and he holds degrees in Business administration from the Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Pace University, New York.
Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote is the founder, chairman, and CEO of the Dangote Group, the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa.
He continues to make giant strides in the oil and gas sector with his latest venture, the Dangote Refinery.
The refinery, which covers a vast expanse of 6,180 acres within the strategic Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State, is one of the largest refineries in the world creating employment opportunities for a vast number of people.
He was born on 10th April, 1957 in Kano State and is a graduate of business studies and administration from Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
TY Danjuma
Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma is the founder and chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO), a company that has a portfolio of high-quality assets in West Africa.
He is also a successful businessman and a former Nigerian defense minister. He has amassed an enormous fortune through shipping and petroleum.
He is a stakeholder at BOC Gases Nigeria which is a subsidiary of the UK-based BOC Holdings which he renamed as Industrial and Medical Gases Nigeria.
He was born on 9th December 1938 in Takum, Taraba state and graduated from the Nigerian College of Arts, Science, and Technology in Zaria (Ahmadu Bello University).
Femi Otedola
Olufemi Peter Otedola a major stakeholder in Forte Oil PLC, and the current executive chairman of Geregu Power PLC.
He is also the founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd.
Forte Oil is an oil marketing and power generation company which was initially a Nigerian subsidiary of British Petroleum (BP), it has more than 500 petrol stations across the country, owns storage depots and manufactures its own line of engine oils.
Femi Otedola was born in Ibadan, Oyo State on 4th November, 1962 but is an indigene of Lagos State.
He is a graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Adewale Tinubu
Jubril Adewale Tinubu is a lawyer and the Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC, a company that provides integrated energy solutions across the value chain, from exploration and production to trading and distribution.
He was born on 26th June, 1967 in Lagos State and studied law at the University of Liverpool and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics.
Oando PLC is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has operations in 17 countries across Africa.
Folorunsho Alakija
Folorunsho Alakija is the Vice Chair at Famfa Oil, Alakija’s company holds a significant stake in the highly productive Agbami Oilfield which holds a production capacity of over 200,000 bppd of crude oil.
She is also the founder of The Rose of Sharon Group which is made up of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited, Digital Reality Prints Limited, and The Rose of Sharon Foundation.
She was born on July 15th, 1951 in Lagos State and studied secretarial studies at the Pitman’s Central College, London.
Gabriel Ogbechie
Gabriel Ogbechie is the founder and Group Managing Director of Rainoil Limited, one of Nigeria’s oldest oil and gas companies in Nigeria.
He is also a shareholder at Eterna Oil Plc and the Chairman of Brent Hotels Limited, a hospitality company that owns Best Western Plus Wetland Hotel in Delta State.
He hails from Delta State but was born in Lagos on 28th May, 1966.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Benin.
Arthur Eze
Arthur Eze is the CEO of Atlas Oranto Petroleum, the largest privately owned petroleum entity in Nigeria.
The company spans across Nigeria and several other African countries such as Liberia, Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan, Uganda, and Liberia.
Arthur Eze was born in Anambra State on 27th November, 1948.
Emeka Okwosa
Emeka Okwuosa, the Founder and chairman of Oilserve Nigeria, has made achieved great feats in the oil and gas industry.
The company is among the leading providers of engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance services for oil and gas facilities in Nigeria and it spans across several African countries showcasing its influence beyond Nigeria’s borders.
Winifred Akpani
Winifred Akpani is a chartered accountant and the founder of Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company.
She started by supplying diesel to small establishments.
Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company is also involved in crude oil lifting under various contracts with international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria.
Akpani holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Benin, Benin City and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and the Institute of Directors.