The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Bashir Bayo Ojulari, is a seasoned Nigerian engineer with expertise in petroleum, process, and production engineering.
Before his latest appointment, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company.
The firm recently led a consortium of indigenous energy firms in the landmark acquisition of the entire equity holding in the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), worth $2.4 billion.
Ojulari began his career as the first Nigerian process engineer at Elf Aquitaine before joining SPDC in 1991.
A native of Kwara State, Ojulari served as the Managing Director (MD) of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) from 2015 to 2021.
He is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he read Mechanical Engineering, 1985-1989.
A fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, he was a member of the board of trustees of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE Nigeria Council) from 1998 to 1999.
Throughout his career, he has held managerial roles in Europe and the Middle East, specializing in petroleum engineering, process engineering, production engineering, and health and safety.
In November 2015, Ojulari was appointed MD of SNEPCo and General Manager, Deepwater.
He also served on the board of SPDC, overseeing onshore and offshore petroleum engineering, technical integration of development, well engineering, and project engineering.
Apart from working in Nigeria, he worked in Europe and the Middle East in different capacities as a petroleum process and production engineer, strategic planner, field developer, and asset manager.
