Category: Meet the Top 10 Oil Tycoons Fueling Nigeria

Mr. Mahmud Tukur is managing director/chief executive officer, Eterna Plc, an oil and gas marketing company he took over the mantle of its leadership in 2010. The company commenced operations in 1991 as a privately owned business and became a…

Mrs. Nkechi Obi, is executive vice chairman, Techno Oil Limited, a petroleum products bulk storage and marketing company, employing retail outlets, commercial and industrial channels to serve the energy needs of automotive, marine, construction, aviation and other highly specialised sectors…

Chief (Dr.) Bestman P. Anekwe, chairman of Nipco Plc, is the mansteering the ship of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) towards realising the objective of indigenous participating in the white petroleum products business in Nigeria. Formerly known…

Gabriel Ogbechie is group managing director/CEO,Rainoil Limited, an integrated downstream oil and gas company he founded in 1997. The courage and motivation to leave a paid job and venture into the oil and gas business without a readily available capital…

Dapo Abiodun is managing director/CEO, Heyden Petroleum Ltd [HPL], which he started as a small company in 2001, providing services to oil and gas operators in Nigeria. He has led the company to become one of the largest indigenous players…

Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah is president, Masters Energy Group, which commands a big stake in the downstream oil and gas industry in Nigeria. From its origin as a core downstream petroleum marketing company engaged in importing, bulk buying and marketing of…

Alhaji Sayyu Dantata is founder, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc from which he retired recently as its chairman. The mechanical engineer ventured into the oil and gas industry in 1993 and founded MRS Group in 1995. Before his exit last July, he…

Mr. AdewaleTinubu, group chief executive officer of Oando Plc, heads an integrated energy group he founded with a seed capital of N5,000 and grew to become the largest downstream petroleum marketing company in Nigeria.  He reached a historic milestone in…