Ezekial Adesina
Executive Secretary, Africa Energy Study Group
Ezekiel Adebayo Adesina is a chemical engineer by profession. He is a staff of Nigeria LNG Limited where he started his career as a process/ project engineer and he worked in various capacities as a key member of Nigeria LNG project team in the actualization of the Train 1-6, Africa biggest investment of about $12 billion. He was given the NLNG Managing Director Project Commendation in recognition of outstanding project participation performance for Train 4 &5 and NLNG GM Human Resources Project Commendation in recognition of his project participation performance in Train 6. During Train 6 project activities, he was sent on project assignment with Shell Global Solution (2002-2003) for the Train 6 BOD and BDP activities where he prepared the Nigeria LNG Gas Supply data book Train 6 inclusive.
He has a career of over 17 years, in various capacities in Project Management, Plant Operation Management, Commissioning & start-up, Process Technology, Project Integration Management and currently as Snr Business & Strategy Analyst, over the past 8years. He has presented many topical papers and presentations at various Oil & Gas Conferences, around the world. Notable among them are in 1st Nigeria Gas Summit, Nigeria oil & Gas Conference, Nigeria Power Summit, West Africa Power Industry Conference, Africa Assembly & West Africa Assembly of Oil council, Africa Future Energy Conference in Nairobi, Kenya etc. and represented the country in German –Africa Energy Conference in Hamburg as a key speaker. He was recently invited by US Assistant Secretary for Energy as one of the selected global gas experts in the writing of LNG handbook with US Department of Energy. Majority of his presentations at various events can be found online. He is a pioneering member and first Vice President (Professional Development) of Project Management Institute (PMI) in Nigeria. He is also a member of Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineer, Nigerian Gas Association and Nigerian Society of Engineers.