• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan

NNPC Ltd.

Executive Vice President, Upstream

With over 30 years' experience, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan has significantly impacted stakeholder value in both public and private sectors. As Executive Vice President Upstream at NNPC Ltd, she is at the forefront of the successes being recorded in oil and gas production, contracting cycle improvement, and the thrust for unlocking development opportunities that will see Nigeria ramp up hydrocarbon monetization. 

In her immediate past role as NNPC Ltd.'s Chief Strategist, she led strategy development, influenced government policies, and managed complex commercial agreements. An international speaker at events such COP28, ADIPEC, Gastech, CERAWeek and other key industry platforms, she advocates for balanced environmental, social, and governance initiatives. She also initiated Nigeria's first NAG commercialisation and expedited the renewal of Deepwater PSCs, unlocking $10 billion in eco-friendly investments. Mrs Eyesan also led NNPC's acquisition of equity in Dangote and other refineries and made significant contributions to the Petroleum Industry Act, which created fiscal and commercial framework for responsibly unlocking Nigeria’s energy potential while harmonising sustainability, and environmental protection.

Serving on multiple boards as chairman or non-executive director, she is a graduate of Economics Education from the University of Benin and a member of relevant professional bodies such as the Strategic Management Society and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Sessions With Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Africa's Upstream: Getting the investment?
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    Competition for upstream investment is fierce, and while some African countries have struggled to attract investment others have adopted approaches that have led to new investment and project sanctions. Despite headwinds, the resurgence in African upstream licensing rounds in 2019 promises to extend well into 2020. With an abundance of global opportunities, and as new African plays are gas prone and increasingly in deep water, how will countries remain competitive? How will investors respond? Should investment capital be deployed on existing projects or on new opportunities, if at all? How will countries respond to the energy transition imperative? What will this mean for investment?