NIGERIA SHELL WORLD DECEMBER 2016 MEET PETER COSTELLO, OUR NEW VP NIGERIA AND GABON PETAN recognises SPDC as NCD PIONEER SHELL LIVEWIRE NIGERIA Changing Perceptions, Building Opportunities The Energy Transition and Shell's refreshed strategy: IMPACT ON AFRICA Yemi Alade and Shell celebrate 1-Year anniversary of Africa’s FIRST SOLAR POWERED FOOTBALL PITCH EDITORIAL SHELL WORLD WELCOME TO THE Q4 EDITION NIGERIA NIGERIA ISSUE 25 OF SHELL WORLD NIGERIA Contents DECEMBER 2016 December 2016 Welcome to the December 2016 edition of Shell World Nigeria EDITORIAL BOARD Igo Weli, Chairman 2016 Oil Industry Awards Environment News Tunde Adams In this special Q4 edition of Shell World Nigeria, our cover is on Peter Costello, the new 5 Afolabi Akinrogunde VP Nigeria and Gabon and we hope you enjoying finding out more about the new man 4 PETAN recognises SPDC as Pioneer 17 Nigeria Environment Week 2016 Bola ‘Salt’ Essien-Nelson at the helm of affairs and reading his thoughts and hopes for 2017 and beyond. in Nigerian Content Development the Aspire Small Business Fund EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bola ‘Salt’ Essien-Nelson Our “Spotlight on a Retiree” corner is back and we are pleased to feature Yemisi Ayeni, Social Investment Social Investment/Performance [email protected] former Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Fund Administrator who 5 SNG donates new facilities to 18 GM Gas talks about SCiN’s Social retired after 21 years with Shell in Nigeria. We believe you will find her interview as schools in Ogun State Performance at the 2016 TEDxEuston CONTRIBUTORS well as all the other features in this edition interesting and informative. You will notice a Dafi Rogers-Halliday [email protected] few more photos than is usual as we wanted to make this last edition of 2016 a feast for Operational Excellence Social Investment/Performance Chibuzo Ofulue your eyes! 6 Practices worth replicating 19 TEDxOloibiri Road Returns; [email protected] the Bonga main IRP story Bigger and Better! Vera Ogulu I would like to thank everyone that took the time to participate in the mini-survey we [email protected] launched towards the end of last year. As always, your suggestions will be reviewed, Ozoz Sokoh Celebration Wellness [email protected] and where feasible adopted as we continue to improve the quality of SWN’s content in 10 7 SNEPCo 2016 20 A fitter you in 2017 Ibukun Adewale 2017. 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Nigeria and Gabon Anthony Ogedengbe [email protected] Good Food Spotlight on Retiree 22 Fruitcake DESIGN Shell Production Centre of Excellence 10 Yemisi Ayeni, former MD, SNCPFA The Hague, The Netherlands Year End Festivities 1060751 Shell Africa Day 23 SNEPCo 2016 FRONT COVER 12 Energy Transition and Refreshed End of the year Party Celebration Peter Costello Shell Strategy: Impact on Africa VP Nigeria and Gabon 16 Literature 2016 Photo Highlights Shell World Nigeria replaces all 24 SWN Book Corner previous hardcopy regional and 14 Q4 Photo Highlights line business publications. It is Final Words also available to anyone outside Energy Ideas Shell who is interested in the 25 Winning ways of working issues that affect us as a global Bola ‘Salt’ Essien-Nelson 16 Yemi Alade and Shell Celebrate Platinum Award winners energy company. Editor, Shell World Nigeria the One-Year Anniversary of Africa’s Shell is represented by the 1st Solar Powered Football Pitch following companies in Nigeria: [email protected] Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Joint Venture; Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo); Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG); Shell Nigeria Closed Pension 18 Fund Administrator (SNCPFA); Nigeria LNG Limited and Shell Exploration and Production Africa (SEPA). 2 SHELL WORLD2 SHELL Nigeria WORLD Nigeria SHELL WORLD Nigeria 3 2016 OIL INDUSTRY AWARDS SOCIAL INVESTMENT PETAN RECOGNISES SPDC AS PIONEER SHELL NIGERIA GAS IN NIGERIAN CONTENT DEVELOPMENT DONATES NEW FACILITIES TO SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE The Petroleum Technology Association (PETAN,) honoured the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) with the Distinguished Achievement Award (Corporate) at People of Ewupe, Isorosi and Ijaliye communities in Ota, Ogun State rolled out its 2016 Oil Industry Awards Dinner that took place in Lagos in December 2016. the drums in a fanfare on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at the opening of multimillion naira new school facilities donated by Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG). é Newly refurbished school in Ewupe, Ogun State “We are motivated by these gestures to Ebenezer African Church Primary in rural public schools and their beckoned on corporate continue to pursue the belief that it is only School and African Church Community counterparts in private schools. organisations, public in bringing happiness to others that we Secondary School in Ewupe (both spirited individuals, achieve our greatest desires,” said Osagie located within SNG’s operational area) In her speech, Ogun State and non-governmental Okunbor, Managing Director, SPDC and now have new and upgraded blocks of Commissioner for Education, Mrs organisations to team Chairman, Shell Companies in Nigeria. classrooms, a football field, toilets and Modupe Mujota, commended SNG’s up with us to lift the “We commend PETAN for consistently water facilities courtesy of SNG. investment in the schools and charged education sector to supporting programmes that nourish the the students to take full advantage of great heights.” é Cross-section of students at the event Nigerian oil and gas industry manpower Speaking at the ceremony, Managing the ultramodern school infrastructure to base, despite the challenges of the current Director of SNG, Toyin Adenuga, “upscale their academic performance An elated Principal of African Church low oil price situation. We recognised in you described the investment in the two and competitive exploits”. Community Secondary School, Mr. the enduring qualities for true partnership.” public schools as part of the broad Gbolahan Adekunjo, described SNG’s social investment programme of the Represented by the Director of support to the school as ‘a spectacular, In addition to awards from PETAN in company. “We recognise education as Secondary Education in the State, Mrs. historic and positive one that has transformed 2013, 2014 and 2015, SPDC has also the topmost need of the people of our Abosede Ogunleye, the Commissioner the life of the schools.’ He added, “The been honoured in Nigerian content neighbouring communities and what noted that the cost of education was Company has put a smile on the faces of not development by the Nigeria Oil and we have done is a progression of our capital-intensive and that public- only the students, staff and parents but the Gas (NOG) Conference, the Nigerian longstanding support to these schools private partnership in education entire Ewupe community as a whole.” Association of Petroleum Explorationists and to the communities.” was a viable option to overcome the (NAPE), the Nigerian Chamber of é Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria and Country Chair, Shell Companies in funding challenge. “This administration The event was witnessed by senior government Shipping and at the Social Enterprise Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor; Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. He noted that SNG was committed to has never pretended to be buoyant officials, traditional rulers, community leaders Maikanti Baru; Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, Mr. Bayo Ojulari; Report and Awards (SERAs.) n and NNPC’s Group Executive Director Upstream, Mr. Rabiu Bello, at the Award Night of the Petroleum Technology supporting initiatives aimed at closing enough to single-handedly underwrite and leadership of the community development Association of Nigeria, PETAN, in Lagos the opportunity gap between students the cost. This is why we have always committees in Ogun State. n ç Sheba Palana, Financial Secretary, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN); MD SNEPCo; Ibe Chubby Ibe, PETAN Ex-Officio Executive and Emmanuel Onyekwena, during a courtesy visit to SNEPCo offices in Lagos. é L-R: Director of Quality Assurance, Ogun State Ministry of Education, Olamilekan Ashiru; é Group picture of representatives of Ogun State Government, Shell Nigeria Gas and the Director of Secondary School Services, Abosede Ogunleye; Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Ewupe community at the handover of new and upgraded facilities of the Ebenezer African Gas, Mr. Toyin Adenuga; Communications Manager of Shell Nigeria, Sola Abulu; and Church Primary School traditional ruler of Ewupe, Chief Sulaimon Obalanlege, at the event 4 SHELL WORLD Nigeria SHELL WORLD Nigeria 5 SOCIAL INVESTMENT CELEBRATION SHELL LIVEWIRE NIGERIA SNEPCo 2016 CHANGING INDEPENDENCE DAY PERCEPTIONS, CELEBRATION BUILDING On Friday, September 20, 2016, é External Relations Team SNEPCo celebrated Nigeria’s OPPORTUNITIES 56th Independence with a vibrant and colourful cultural day. LiveWIRE is a youth enterprise development Shell World Nigeria gives you a programme supported by the SPDC JV. The Having always been an advocate for a greener planet which led Raphael to become a vegetarian 8 years ago, he looked glimpse into this a culturally rich programme aims to inspire, encourage and support for opportunities that would help the environment and at the and impactful event. n é Bonga FPSO young people aged 18 to 35 years to start their own same time be viable as a business. Growing up, recycling businesses, or expand existing business through the was one of his pet projects so venturing into it wasn’t abstract.