By Danlami Nasir Isah
Engr. Eberechukwu Oji joined ND Western as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in March 2020. He has over 25 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas sector. A Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and a Chartered Engineer with The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, armed with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Warwick University, UK, a Masters in Technology (MTech) Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, Australia, a Masters in Engineering (MEng) Electrical & Electronics Engineering and a Bachelors in Engineering (BEng) Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Universities of Benin and Federal University of Technology Owerri respectively.
Prior to joining ND Western, his fields of experience included exploration and production, oil and gas accountability from reservoir to export point operations, working as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Neconde Energy Limited; upstream and midstream oil & gas senior executive leadership, operations management for Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant accountable for the 6th train operations; Regional Discipline Manager, Maintenance, for Shell Companies in Nigeria and Gabon.
He also worked as Asset Manager for SPDC Central Hub Asset, with over 1.2bscf/d of gas production and 50kbopd oil producing facilities, while other major project management roles include Operations Readiness Lead for Offshore, Maintenance, HSE and Logistics in Kashagan Project, Kazakhstan; Global Field Development Consultant with significant front-end field development experience on projects in the Netherlands, UK, Norway, Singapore, Australia, United States, Bangalore etc.
His fields of experience cover major project delivery, front-end field development, field operations, facility maintenance, well intervention, gas plant operations, compressor station operations, asset management, new business development, country entry, commercial deal negotiation, community relations management, and government relations management, among others.
ND Western operates OML 34, which is located in the Western Niger Delta and covers an area of some 950 square kilometers. The producing fields are Utorogu, Ughelli East, and Ughelli West. The Warri River field was previously a producing field until an imposed shut-in in 1997, but the field is expected to return to production.
The company’s current total production of oil is 17,000 bpd, including condensate, while gas production stands at 350 MMscf.
Under the management of Engr. Ebere, ND Western and its partners commissioned a state-of-the-art medical diagnostic facility in Ogunu, Warri, Delta State in early 2022.
The medical facility, called DeltaPlus Diagnostics, was built as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group, ND Western, and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
It was designed to provide “the most convenient, friendliest COVID-19 and blood testing services to hospitals, health management organizations, and individuals in Delta and its neighbouring state”.
Engr. Eberechukwu Oji is an astute professional, accomplished administrator, a great team leader and is passionate about ‘Made in Nigeria’ products.