Africa’s largest body of petroleum professionals has elected a new leader. Jide Ojo, who is general manager of Exploration for Addax’s Nigerian subsidiaries, is the new President of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Exlorationists (NAPE).
Established in 1975, NAPE has grown over the years into the foremost Oil and Gas geoscience professional organisation and has consistently taken a central role in influencing policy decisions. The association also sustains a platform for individuals as well as corporate entities to further both socio-strategic and technical interactions to leverage competitive advantage in the Oil and Gas industry. NAPE membership transcends academia as well as the Oil & Gas, Mining and Energy sectors within and outside Nigeria. The Association is an affiliate of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is supported by a large number of corporate entities which champion its programmes.
A graduate of the University of Ibadan, Jide Ojo served as NAPE’s Vice-President and Ex-Officio member from 1996 to 1997. In 2010, he became the President-Elect of the Association as well as the Chairman, of the Planning Committee of the recently concluded Regional Deepwater Offshore West Africa Conference.
This event, a collaboration between the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), featured workshops, oral as well as poster presentations and short courses which focused on successes, challenges and future prospects of the West African deepwater and ultra deepwater terrains. The five-day programme was attended by over 1,000 leading global industry players and stakeholders.
Mr. Ojo is a certified Petroleum Geologist with over 30 years of local and international work experience in the Oil and Gas industry.
