Shell Commits To Growing Future Energy Leaders In Nigeria, Others

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has hosted young professionals from Nigeria and other African countries at its offices in Lagos. This is part of its continuing support for the growth of future leaders in the energy industry on the continent.

The 25 engineers and geologists from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, and Uganda were part of the Africa Young Professionals programme and attended the Nigeria annual international conference and exhibition (NAICE) of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in Lagos last week.

They visited SNEPCo to learn more about the operations of a company which launched Nigeria into the league of deep-water producers in 2005, when it began production at Bonga, the country’s first oil and gas project in water depths of more than 1,000 metres.

Receiving the visitors on behalf of the managing director, Ronald Adams, general manager of Emerging Projects, Olaposi Fadahunsi, highlighted the various Shell sponsorship and scholarship initiatives to develop young talents in collaboration with the SPE, and urged them to take advantage of the opportunities in their career aspirations.

Among other presentations and briefings on SNEPCo’s strides in production optimisation, digitalisation and automation, proactive reservoir management, field safety, and front-end work planning and scheduling, the General Manager, Deepwater Oil Portfolio, Iyke Nnoaham, spoke on career growth and strategic decision-making for young professionals.

The professionals expressed appreciation for the “engaging and inspiring” discussions.

SNEPCo has been contributing to developing talents and young professionals in the energy industry through the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), which has proved popular with Nigerian undergraduates. Students acquire practical knowledge and skills during the six-month internship and build vital professional networks.

The latest batch of 28 interns from 17 universities currently serves in different operational units in the company.