A deeply technical, commercial and entrepreneurial organisation.
An independent oil and gas company with full delivery capability across the entire upstream oil and gas value chain.
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A deeply technical, commercial and entrepreneurial organisation.
Our people are at the heart of our business which is committed to being a technically and commercially focused, professional company.
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Who we are

A fully fledged exploration and production company

As an organisation, we are fully committed to be the leading Nigerian independent integrated execution vehicle, focused on developing and operating a portfolio of upstream oil and gas assets . . .

Our Mission

Our mission at FIRST E&P is to be a deeply technical, commercial, and entrepreneurial organisation . . .

History

We were founded in 2011 and since then we have recorded important milestones in our journey . . .

Our HSE (Health Safety & Environment) drive is GOAL ZERO+

NO HARM to our PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT & ASSETS
ManHours of Safe (Zero LTI) Anyala/Madu project & production operations delivery * LTI- Lost Time Incident

2012

FIRST E&P COMMENCES
OPERATIONS

110

LOCAL COMMUNITY CONTRACTORS
TRAINED

40,000

bopd OIL PRODUCTION FROM
THE ANYALA FIELD

OUR PEOPLE

The quality of our people – who are valued and high performing talent – is responsible for our commercial and business growth.

To foster talent growth, FIRST E&P is committed to creating an environment which enables personal and professional development.

Social Performance

Respecting the people, local customs, beliefs, and cultures of our stakeholder communities.

We ensure that our social investments are sustainable and support the development priorities of our neighbouring communities, in line with government’s developmental aspirations.

Floating Production Storage & Offtake (FPSO) Local Community Trainees in Singapore by Yinson

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Juliet Ehimuan

Non-Executive Director

Juliet Ehimuan is Director of Google in West Africa. She was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 power women in Africa, by the London Business School as one of 30 people changing the world; and featured in the BBC Africa Power Women series, and on CNN Innovate Africa.

With over 25 years experience primarily in Technology, Oil & Gas, and New Media industries across Europe, Middle East and Africa; Juliet is a leading voice on Innovation, Transformation, and Leadership. She has received numerous awards for outstanding contribution to the digital landscape in Africa. Under her leadership, the Google team has made a significant impact on local content development, infrastructure deployment, and digital capacity building.

Juliet has degrees from the London Business School, University of Cambridge; and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She was awarded IT Personality of the Year in 2012 by the Nigeria Computer Society, Digital Personality of the year 2016 by Marketing World; and received a 2015 Titans of Technology award from TechnologyAfrica.

She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and recently published 30 Days of
Excellence, a leadership and effectiveness guide.

Daniella Obiesie-Uijlenhoed

Non-Executive Director

Daniella Obiesie-Uijlenhoed is currently a Director & Partner in Danicees FZ, an oil & gas servicing company based in Nigeria & the UAE. She is also on the Board of Directors of FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company Limited, an upstream oil & gas producing company in Nigeria.

Born in Nigeria, Daniella has a Master’s degree in Business Administration & a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the University of Calabar. She obtained her first degree is from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication.

Daniella started work with the banking industry in 1997. Her work experience includes positions in Federal Mortgage Finance, New Nigeria Bank & Zenith Bank PLC which she left at mid-management level to join Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company in 2005 as a stakeholder management liaison between SNEPCo and NNPC/NAPIMS on the Bonga South-West project.

She would later move to the Contracting team as Head, Office Services, managing the processing & subsequent approvals through the various team lines for all SNEPCo office contracts in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, & Warri.

In 2009, Daniella took a hiatus from Shell Nigeria and worked with Oman Oryx Construction Company, UAE as the Head Corporate Services, responsible for handling all permits and stakeholder management engagements between the company and the Ministry of Energy & Minerals in Oman.

Daniella returned to Shell Nigeria in 2012, working within the strategy & portfolio team for SNEPCo office & governance policies Nigeria, until her voluntary exit from the company in 2015 to join her husband at Danicees and focus on her family.

Daniella is passionate about the formal & non-formal development of young people in Nigeria. She has been a Trustee and Director on the Board of the Duke of Edinburgh award for young people in Nigeria since 2018. The parent organization for the award was founded in 1956 in England by the late Prince Philip the 1st Duke of Edinburgh.

Daniella views external relationships as key enabler to corporate success and is a team player dedicated to personal delivery and organizational goals. She is a hands-on, high-energy individual who uses her unique interpersonal skills to generate value for organizations and their stakeholders, balancing the strategic agenda with the requirements for optimal delivery.