Uncategorized – Renaissance

05 Feb

L-R: Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri; Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah; Renaissance Director and Chairman/CEO, Waltersmith Group, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa; and Renaissance Director and MD/CEO, Aradel Holdings, Mr. Adegbite Falade, receiving the award of Energy Deal of the Year presented to Renaissance at the ongoing Nigerian International Energy Summit in Abuja on Tuesday night.

Renaissance Honoured for Landmark Onshore Deal.

Abuja, Nigeria — February 4, 2026 — Renaissance Africa Energy Company was on Tuesday night named the winner of the Energy Deal of the Year for 2025 at the Awards Night of the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja.

The award was in recognition of the historic $2.4 billion acquisition of Shell’s onshore assets in March 2025, a transaction widely regarded as one of the most consequential in Nigeria’s energy evolution.

The NIES awards committee noted the leadership of Renaissance in advancing local participation in upstream operations and reinforcing Nigeria’s strategic energy autonomy.

According to the award committee, for the first time in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, ownership, operational control, and strategic direction shifted decisively into Nigerian hands, reinforcing indigenous leadership and strengthening Nigeria’s energy sovereignty.

“Some transactions change balance sheets. This one changed history,” the committee noted in Renaissance’s citation at the ceremony

Receiving the award, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance, Mr. Tony Attah, said: “This recognition is deeply meaningful because it affirms a bold belief that Nigerians can build, operate, and lead world‑class energy enterprises at scale. The onshore asset acquisition from an international oil company was more than a transaction; it was a turning point for indigenous participation in our industry.

“I dedicate this honour to our exceptional workforce, our partners, and the communities we work with. Together, we are proving that Nigeria is not just a host to global energy but can be the driver, the innovator, and the standard‑bearer for Africa’s energy future.”

Renaissance’s recognition at NIES 2026 adds to a series of high‑profile industry awards the company secured in 2025 including the Energy Excellence Award at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy Week in July 2025.

In the same year, the company was named the Nigerian Content International Upstream Operator of the Year; while Attah received the individual category award of Local Content Icon of the Year at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair organized by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board.

About Renaissance

Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (Renaissance) is a dynamic, rapidly expanding energy leader committed to powering Nigeria and Africa’s energy security and industrialisation through sustainable energy solutions. As the operator of Nigeria’s largest oil and gas joint venture assets (NNPC/Renaissance/TotalEnergies/AENR JV), Renaissance produces from diverse onshore, swamp, and shallow water locations in parts of the Niger Delta.

The JV’s participating interests are: NNPC (55%), Renaissance (30%), TotalEnergies (10%), and AENR (5%).

L-R: Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri; Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah; Renaissance Director and Chairman/CEO, Waltersmith Group, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa; and Renaissance Director and MD/CEO, Aradel Holdings, Mr. Adegbite Falade, receiving the award of Energy Deal of the Year presented to Renaissance at the ongoing Nigerian International Energy Summit in Abuja on Tuesday night.

09 Sep

Renaissance Africa Energy Company, Nigerian Navy commit to improving Nigeria’s oil and gas production

Abuja, FCT – September 09, 2025 .

The leadership of the Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited paid a courtesy visit to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Navy, yesterday in Abuja, to reiterate the company’s commitment to continue to collaborate with key government institutions in the drive to improve Nigeria’s production and export of oil and gas from the Niger Delta.

The Chief of Policy and Plans of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Ibrahim Dewu; flanked by the General Manager, Relations and Sustainable Development, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited; Dr. Igo Weli (right); and the company’s Chief Production Officer, Mesh Maichibi, during a visit to the Naval Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday. to discuss security of critical national oil and gas assets in the Niger Delta.

24 Aug

International Oil & Gas Standards Body, IOGP, welcomes Renaissance Africa Energy

Port Harcourt, Rivers State – August 24, 2025

Nigeria’s Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has become the third Nigerian company and the fourth in Africa to be welcomed into the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP). This was announced in London by IOGP, the global organisation of oil and gas companies and associations, that share best practices and data on health, safety, environment and operations.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the association, Mr. Graham Henley, said, “I am delighted to welcome Renaissance Africa Energy Company to IOGP. Having worked in Nigeria some years ago, I understand both their challenges but also the tremendous expertise and insights that they have to share. I look forward to welcoming Renaissance Africa Energy Company to our committees and subcommittees soon.”

Speaking on Renaissance membership of the IOGP, the Managing Director and CEO of Renaissance, Mr. Tony Attah said, “We are very glad to have become a member company of the IOGP, barely 5 months since we completed the acquisition of Shell shares in the defunct Shell Petroleum Development Company. This is another milestone in our strategy to unleash a new beginning that enables energy security and industrialisation in a sustainable manner.”

Attah said, “Renaissance is poised to set a standard for the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and across the continent. And we are glad that we have such a credible collaboration in IOGP.”

Attah enjoined other stakeholders in Nigeria oil and gas industry to emulate the vision and courage of Renaissance and to be in sync with global standards as represented by IOGP.

Renaissance’s General Manager Safety and Environment and the company’s Representative to IOGP, Engineer Elozino Olaniyan, expressed excitement at the achievement.

“This is a very important endorsement of the high standards that Renaissance has started its operations with. We are delighted as it highlights our commitment to operate in line with global best practices across the entire value chain of our operations,” she said.

Figure 1 Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah.

Olaniyan said, “Renaissance is working with renewed commitment to excellence, and presents an opportunity for Nigerians to drive industrialisation that would ultimately translate into job creation and overall economic growth.”

Figure 2 Renaissance General Manager, Safety and Environment and Member Representative to IOGP, Engineer Elozino Olaniyan.

14 Aug

Nigeria now Better Positioned to Attract Finance for Oil and Gas – Renaissance MD

… Renaissance wins NAPE 2025 Awards.

Lagos, Nigeria | August 14, 2025 – MANAGING Director and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah, has stated that Nigerian stakeholders in the oil and gas industry are now better positioned, than in the last five years, to optimise Nigeria’s vast hydrocarbon natural resources, due to changes that have been made by the Federal Government.

Attah made these comments in a panel discussion at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) in Lagos on Thursday, an event that climaxed with the bestowal of the Strategic Investment in Nigeria’s Energy Future award on Renaissance and Industry Icon Award on Chairman, Renaissance, Dr. Layi Fatona.

Lauding key policies of the Federal Government, Attah, represented by Renaissance’s Executive Vice President Finance, Mr. Olusegun Banwo, said, “Today, several things have lined up well for our industry. Over the last 50 years, we have built a critical mass of extremely talented Nigerians across all levels of the oil and gas industry. That is a great thing to have happened to us. How we now leverage that talent to move this country forward is in our hands.”

He said, “Also, we have the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGIG) Act; the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and, probably, most importantly, the NNPC Limited, because the changes that have occurred in NNPC are things that many of us could never have dreamt of. But they are here. We have a board that is populated by extremely competent and experienced people. We have a management that comes from the international oil companies, they are highly experienced, and they are willing to partner. So, all of those are lined up.

“The challenge before the industry today,” Attah asserts, “is to make sure that the organisations playing in the industry can stand very critical scrutiny of their management and their boards. That we have shareholders that are there to ‘grow the pie’; that we have boards of directors that are competent and credible and independent, able to take independent decisions; and, above all, management that, as individuals, are going to lead by competence and character.”

These, he said, will define the next decades of the oil and gas industry.

According to Attah, with all the unfolding changes in the industry, attracting finance would not be a challenge. “When people give money to an organisations, it is not really the asset that they are financing. It is the people that they are giving the money to. Before a financial institution will lend out money, it is going to take a very critical look at the management and the board of the organisation. Let us ensure that our organisations can stand that scrutiny.”

Attah enjoined other stakeholders in Nigeria oil and gas industry to emulate the vision and courage of Renaissance which completed, in March 2025, the purchase of all the shares of the Shell Petroleum Development Company.

Speaking on his company’s vision, Attah said Renaissance was more than just a name. Ours is Renaissance for people, for country and for Africa to unleash a new beginning that enables energy security and industrialisation in a sustainable manner.” He said Renaissance was poised to set a standard for the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and across the continent.

NAPE President, Mr. Johnbosco Uche, said Renaissance won the Strategic Investment in Nigeria’s Energy Future award because its capital projects and investments have significantly shaped the national energy landscape.

L-R: Executive Vice President, Finance of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Olusegun Banwo; Renaissance Chairman, Dr. Layi Fatona; President, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, (NAPE), Mr. Johnbosco Uche; and Group CEO of Aradel Holdings, Mr. Gbite Falade, at NAPE’s 50th anniversary conference in Lagos… on Thursday.

Chairman of the Board of Director for Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Dr. Layi Fatona (right) with Chairman & Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jim Swartz, during the 50th anniversary conference of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) in Lagos…on Thursday.

Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited’s Executive Vice President, Finance, Mr. Olusegun Banwo (left) was a panellist during the 50th anniversary conference of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) on the theme: “Pioneering the Future of Energy in Africa.” With him is NAPE President, Mr. Johnbosco Uche in Lagos on Thursday.

07 Aug

Renaissance Wins top Awards at 2025 Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Conference, Reiterates Commitment to Boost Oil and Gas Production

Lagos, Nigeria | August 07, 2025 – The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, last night in Lagos, emerged the leading oil and gas company, crowning its first outing at the just-concluded Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) 2025 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) by winning a majority of the conference’s corporate and individual awards, including the coveted Best Indigenous Exhibitor and the conference’s Overall Best Exhibitor awards, and the 2025 Industry Young Executive Award to Renaissance Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Mr. Abdulrahman Mijinyawa.

At the SPE Awards Nite, that rounded off three days of conference and exhibition of the nation’s premier petroleum engineering society, Renaissance’s CTO, Mr. Mijinyawa, received the 2025 Industry Young Executive Award from SPE International President, Mr. Olivier Houze. He also received the Overall Best Exhibitor Award from a founding member of the SPE Section in Nigeria, Mr. Egbert Imomoh. That award was presented to Renaissance “for an outstanding display of creativity and technical excellence at the 2025 NAICE SPE Exhibition.”

Abdulrahman then dedicated the awards to staff and management of Renaissance. He said, “This is an important reward for the resilience shown by the company’s staff who are working with renewed commitment to excellence and have seen Renaissance as an opportunity for Nigerians to drive the industrialisation that will ultimately translate into job creation and overall economic growth.”

“Within this short period of our existence, of about 140 days of taking over Shell’s shares in the defunct SPDC”, Abdulrahman continued, “Renaissance assets and people have increased oil production by about 40 per cent and returned us to a position where we are now fulfilling our contractual gas supply quantities to the NLNG – for the first time in over 5 years. Hence, winning these awards, given by fellow professionals of the industry, encourages our commitment to the government’s aspiration to grow the nation’s utilisation of our vast hydrocarbon reserves.”

Renaissance staff, with 18 entries, also formed the core number of SPE members who presented technical papers at the conference, showcasing Nigerians’ technical prowess and highlighting opportunities in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

Also, the Port Harcourt Section 103, which includes Renaissance staff members, won the Young Professionals of the year award.

Earlier, the SPE Council Chairman, Mrs. Amina Danmadami, said “The Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) is an annual conference organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council and has been held annually since its inception in 1976.”

She said NAICE focuses on connecting a global community of engineers, scientists, and related energy professionals to exchange knowledge, innovate, and advance their technical and professional competence regarding the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas and related energy resources to achieve a safe, secure, and sustainable energy future.

“NAICE provides an Exploration and Production marketplace for sub-Saharan Africa, and, over the years, the conference has grown to become the largest upstream oil and gas event in Africa, attracting industry regulators, high-level government officials, petroleum technology professionals, and other key oil and gas industry stakeholders.

Left, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited’s Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Abdulrahman Mijinyawa, receiving an award from Council Chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE), Nigeria Section, Dr. Amina Danmadami (right), at the just concluded 2025 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) held in Lagos…yesterday.

Staff of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, led by its Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Abdulrahman Mijinyawa, received an award for Best Indigenous Company Exhibitor at the recently concluded 2025 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) held in Lagos yesterday.

Staff of The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, led by the company’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Mr. Abdulrahman Mijinyawa (centre) display several of the awards they won at the just-concluded Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) 2025 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE)… in Lagos, yesterday.

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