Bashir Bayo Ojulari, the new NNPCL GMD, is an indigene of Kwara State, a seasoned Nigerian engineer with expertise in petroleum, process, and production engineering.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Eventual removal of Mele Kolo Kyari as the Group Chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum company limited (NNPC Limited) by President Bola Tinubu after six yeas in office (2019 to 2025), opens a new phase in the management and operations of the organisation. In place of Kyari, Tinubu appointed Bashir Bayo Ojulari.
Below is the profile of the new NNPCL boss.
Bashir Bayo Ojulari, the new NNPCL GMD, is an indigene of Kwara State, a seasoned Nigerian engineer with expertise in petroleum, process, and production engineering.
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Until his new appointment, He was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company. His 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, worth $2.4bn.
Ojulari is also an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, having graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He began his career as the first Nigerian process engineer at Elf Aquitaine before joining Shell Petroleum Development Company in 1991 as an associate production technologist.
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, specialising in petroleum engineering, process engineering, production engineering, and health and safety.
In November 2015, Ojulari was appointed Managing Director of SNEPCo and General Manager, Deepwater.
He also served on the board of Shell Petroleum Development Company, 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.
