Renaissance declares resolve to boost oil output
Sopuruchi Onwuka
The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has restated it’s resolve to add value to operated assets and boost oil and gas production.
Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Mr. Abdulrahman Mijinyawa, who received multiple awards on behalf of the company at the Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition NAICE hosted by the Nigerian Council of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in Lagos stated that the companies presents good opportunity for Nigeria’s industrialization.
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, at the just concluded 2025 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE)
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.”
In dedicating the awards mopped up by the company at the conference, Mr Mijinyawa attributed strength of Renaissance to the 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.”
It is notable that Renaissance Africa won majority of the corporate and individual awards the SPE NAICE 2025, including the coveted Best Indigenous Exhibitor and the conference’s Overall Best Exhibitor awards.
The company also won the 2025 Industry Young Executive Award.
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 recognizes Renaissance’s “outstanding display of creativity and technical excellence at the 2025 NAICE SPE Exhibition.”
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.
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 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,” she added
