
VP Operations & Asset Management, Chappal Energies
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Oladipo (Dipo) Ashafa is an energy management professional with about two decades of Upstream and Midstream experience across multiple regions. He currently is, the Vice President of Operations and Asset Management at Chappal Energies. His career includes pivotal roles at Shell, where he led Petroleum Engineering, Hydrocarbon Maturation, and Planning and Performance management teams across Shell Nigerian assets (SPDC and SNEPCo). He also held multiple global Asset Management portfolio roles in the Hague, such as the Strategic Business Advisor and Global Digital Business Opportunity Manager, Planning & Performance Manager for Shell Nigeria Deepwater. Most recently, he was the Asset Development and Subsurface Manager for Shell Development Petroleum Company’s Western & Shallow Water Asset, actively working to sustain and grow ~100kbopd oil and ~100mmscf gas production from 20 land, swamp, and Shallow water fields. He is an alumnus of The University of Oklahoma (BSc Petroleum Engineering) and Heriot-Watt University(MSc Petroleum Engineering) and the current Board Chairperson for the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Lagos Section.
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