Bayo Ojulari has taken over as Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) from Tony Attah, a statement from the The Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) said. The change of guards took place on November 1, 2015, the statement, issued today in Lagos, said.

It noted that “Bayo Ojulari’s appointment continues a long-standing tradition which has seen Nigerians man all the Shell operating units in Nigeria. As Managing Director of SNEPCo, Bayo will superintend over the operations of a company which pioneered deep-water oil and gas production in Nigeria when it commenced output at the Bonga field in 2005. The project increased Nigeria’s oil capacity by 10% at the time. At full output, Bonga has the potential to add more than 200,000 barrels of crude oil and 150 million standard cubic feet of gas to Nigeria’s daily production.”

The statement disclosed that Mr. Attah has moved up to the Group Integrated Gas business as Senior Projects Advisor and will be working on projects in The Netherlands and Singapore.

The new SNEPCo MD, Mr. Ojulari, is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering with over 24 years of work experience in Nigeria, Europe, and the Middle East in Process Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Development, Production Engineering and Health Safety and Environment (HSE) management. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and was SPE Nigeria Council Chairman in 1998/99. Bayo has written several technical papers and received several awards in the field of engineering and leadership.

•Photo shows erstwhile SNEPCo MD Tony Attah (right) handing over the Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Charter of SNEPCo to his successor, Bayo Ojulari, during formal handover ceremonies on November 1.