Olusegun Owolabi (Director)
I retired from shell Nigeria in December 2019 as the Shell Shareholder Representative for Non-Operated Ventures responsible for managing Shell interests in some Deepwater joint ventures (Prolific Erha and Bosi fields in OML 133 and OPL 245 Zabazaba and Etan projects) operated by ExxonMobil and Nigerian Agip oil company respectively.
I was also the Business Opportunity /Development Manager in Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co and Shell Petroleum Development Company, responsible for delivering the prolific Shallow water assets and Bonga fields to secure maximum value for Shell and other stakeholders. I managed and led the review of opportunities in two large deep-water unitized assets in OMLs 135, 129 and 135 with Statoil, Chevron and Oando as partners.
I am a seasoned Upstream oil and gas Business leader and a competent Petroleum Geoscientist with over 31 years of experience in Shell. My experience covers the onshore and offshore areas, including Deepwater and High-Pressure, High Temperature (HPHT) oil and gas developments in brownfield and greenfield settings. I have a strong drive for achievement, delivering results and maximizing stakeholder values.
I have led multidisciplinary and multicultural project teams, and I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. I have always created a culture of accountability and execution to ensure the collective achievement of business results and stakeholder value in the teams I have led. I am also very adept in stakeholder relationship management.
I have delivered strategies, opportunities and projects throughout the maturation lifecycle from early appraisal to abandonment and have worked mostly in Nigeria, and with some experience in the Middle East and South America (Venezuela).
I also have a strong ability to generate long term strategies as well as provide short term solutions. Led a global improvement program for opportunity maturation and project delivery of oil and gas development projects, focusing on fit for purpose processes and tools, behavioral change and leadership. I have both international and local experiences as I have worked both in Nigeria and Netherlands Shell offices on international assignments during which I acquired multi-cultural working environment skills