Babafemi Onasanya

GM, Sub-surface, OERNL 

Babafemi Onasanya is the General Manager (GM) Sub-surface, Oando Energy Resources Nigeria Limited, with overall responsibility for Geology & Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering. He joined Oando in 2014 and brought a wealth of experience in academics, management consulting, petroleum engineering and development planning spanning over 25 years. 

Prior to joining Oando Energy Resources, Babafemi worked at Mobil Producing Nigeria for 17 years across a variety of functions including facilities engineering, subsurface engineering, management advisory, development planning & reservoir engineering.  

A major accomplishment for Babafemi at Mobil Producing Nigeria was the 2006 production startup of the Erha Deepwater, the first deepwater development for Exxonmobil in Nigeria, wherein he was the lead production company reservoir engineer. 

He holds a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lagos, graduating with First-class honours and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.