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We continue to build an indigenous brand with global standards — Wale Tinubu, CEO Oando Plc

by Ayobami Adedinni
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We continue to build an indigenous brand with global standards — Wale Tinubu, CEO Oando Plc

We continue to build an indigenous brand with global standards — Wale Tinubu, CEO Oando Plc

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The first word one sees on the Oando website is “audacious”.  Why is audacious part of the Oando way of doing business? How does Oando plan to remain audacious?

From the start, it was important that we contributed in our own way towards changing the African narrative, especially Nigeria. Giant of Africa we may be, but sadly conversations around building, sustaining and conducting business in our corner of the world evokes negative sentiments.

In the Upstream, the local capacity dearth within the sector led us to pioneering indigenous participation via the incorporation of our Energy Services business in 2005. In the same year, we became the first African company to achieve a cross-border inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, making us the first African company to be listed on the stock exchanges of the two largest economies on the continent.

In the Midstream, we pioneered the development of Nigeria’s foremost natural gas distribution network which has subsequently grown to become the largest private sector gas distributor in Nigeria, delivering at peak, 70 million standard cubic feet per day (“mmscf/d”) to over 175 industrial and commercial customers via our vast network of gas infrastructure
Having started out in the Downstream, we built the leading oil and marketing retailer in West Africa and in 2017 conceived and launched the Lagos Midstream Jetty (LMJ), West Africa’s first privately owned midstream jetty.

The $150 million jetty will save marketers approximately $120 million annually; increase receipt capacity, efficiency in product discharge and reduce vessel waiting time; ultimately eliminating demurrage and lightering requirements.

In 2014 we made the landmark acquisition of ConocoPhillips Nigeria for US$1.6 billion; making us the first indigenous company to acquire an International Oil Company (IOC).
This strategic move was to shift the business into the Upstream sector although exposed to commodity price fluctuations would be dollar earning thus providing a more stable return.  This single transaction catapulted us from a circa 4,500 barrels of oil per day production company to 50,000 barrels of oil per day at the time.  The first of its kind for an indigenous company.
Making significant progress in our sector has never been enough. We have and continue to build an indigenous brand with global standards, a brand that showcases and validates why Africa despite its nascent and unpredictable environment is indeed the last investment frontier.

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The African business environment is dynamic and the only way to remain ahead of the curve is by breaking new terrain, being innovative and ultimately looking for opportunities to leap frog.

At Oando, we try to emulate this, we believe we are energy pioneers with an ambition to consistently tackle risks and evolve  opportunities to positive commercial outcome while maintaining global standards.
This is the spirit with which we have embraced our journey and we will continue to improve our human capital by hiring and partnering with both local and international best in class in all fields.
The good news is, there are still many parts of the energy ecosystem especially in Nigeria that have been left unexplored and we will continue to set the tone in transforming Nigeria and ultimately Africa’s energy future.
Aside from improved oil prices you have identified enforced capital discipline, increased productivity, and portfolio realignments as contributing to Oando’s overall health. How have you realigned the portfolio, and will Oando do more of this?
I think it’s important to start at the beginning; what led to this change in the way we approach business and has ultimately impacted how all players, local and international operate.
The country and sector took a heavy blow with the global downturn in oil prices.  We had no choice but to proactively realign our business strategy to the new reality of lower oil prices for longer. At the time we had a significant deficit and a Group made up of marketing, gas and Upstream businesses.
We had to take a critical look at our portfolio and long term corporate objectives asking ourselves what are the things we need in this new era to allow for the best returns and also provide the best assurance of futures in stability in terms of earnings.
This led to the development of corporate initiatives aimed at returning the business to profitability and a shift in focus from the lower margin Downstream business to our higher margin dollar earning Upstream and trading businesses.

We commenced an aggressive restructuring programme in 2016 via a strategic partnership with a consortium of Helios Investment Partners, a premier Africa-focused private investment firm, and Vitol Group, the largest independent trader of energy products for a US$210 million recapitalization of our Downstream business.

The partnership which leverages Oando’s sector dominance, considerable local knowledge and expertise; together with Helios Investment Partners and Vitol Group’s international, and technical capabilities, is well on its way to reinvigorating Nigeria’s Downstream sector and in the long term I believe will create one of Africa’s largest Downstream operations.
In the same year, we completed a US$115.8 million partial divestment of our stake in our Midstream business to Helios Investment Partners; leveraging the financial and international capabilities of Helios to support the actualization of our long term goal of making gas an affordable, alternative and sustainable energy source for businesses in Nigeria.
Both transactions we were able to attract in excess of US$300 million in international capital investment at a time when the Nigerian economy was repressed and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in-country was at an all-time low.

In 2014, just before the crash in oil prices, we took out a sizeable debt to the tune of approximately US$900 million towards the $1.6 billion landmark acquisition of ConocoPhillips Nigeria assets; as at September of this year through deliberate capital discipline we have been able to reduce this by 70% to a commendable US$270 million.

These numbers are indicators that despite the continued incline in oil prices we have taken lessons from the past and remain focused on more prudent ways of doing business in order to create value for all our stakeholders, and drive sustainable growth.
Having successfully completed the restructuring and made significant inroads in reducing our debt we can now focus on growth – growth through our significant reserve base.
Today we have over 470 million barrels in 2P reserves and the way to increase value is to accelerate the extraction of these reserves. We are currently producing an average of 40,000 barrels a day with an aggressive drilling programme that will see this figure increase to circa 75,000 barrels of oil equivalent over the next 3 to 5 years.
From a growth perspective it is about building the capacity to do more – drive production but also inorganic growth through acquisitions and potentially mergers.  Strategic partnerships, an imperative in the high cost, high risk environment that is Upstream will also be key in our new growth strategy.

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Ayobami Adedinni

Ayobami Adedinni

Ayobami founded The Energy Intelligence in 2017. He is an experienced energy journalist having previously worked for two national dailies. At The Energy Intelligence, Ayobami provides market intelligence to leaders in the African clean energy space. When he's not writing, he's busy daydreaming.

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