NAPENews Magazine August 2021 Edition

NAPENews Interviews One of NAPE’S
Most Recent Fellowship Awardees
BASHIR KOLEDOYE, FNAPE
Group Managing Director, Dharmattan Group of Companies Limited
1. Can we meet you?
My name is Bashir Koledoye. I am a Geologist and a
Geophysicist. I have a bachelor's degree in Geology
(Geophysics Option) from the University of Ibadan and master's
degree in Mineral Exploration (Structural Geology and
Geomechanics) from Stanford University. I worked as an Earth
Scientist in Exploration and Development functions in Chevron
for 12 years. After I left Chevron I worked as a consultant,
consulting principally in G&G roles for different companies in the
global E&P industry in the last16 years. I am currently the
Managing Director of a group of companies including
Dharmattan Nigeria Limited, Dharmattan Gas Facilities Limited
and Dharmattan Gas and Power Products Limited, involved in
the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the
petroleum industry.
5. Any advice for incoming students and young
geoscientists?
My advice to them is to seek to be more rounded geoscientists,
participate in professional activities, seek networking
opportunities and be curious about what's happening in the
industry.
6. What should we look forward to from you as a Fellow
and what's next after the NAPE fellowship?
Now that I'm a Fellow of NAPE, I will continue to seek ways to
contribute to the growth of the industry as well as make myself
available to mentor younger professionals.
2. Please can you kindly share your NAPE and Industry
experience?
As an active NAPE member, I have served in NAPE's Executive
Committee as Publicity Secretary and Treasurer. I also served in
several Conference Planning Committees (CPC). I have
presented several technical papers in meetings and
conferences, and taken part in numerous other NAPE events. I
have had the privilege of sponsoring a number of NAPE
programs and activities. In addition to my years of working at
Chevron, I have consulted for most of the International Oil
companies and indigenous companies variously through their
exploration, field development and production phases for a total
of 28 years.
3. You recently received the NAPE Fellowship award.
What does this award mean to you?
Receiving the NAPE Fellowship award means a lot to me. It
means recognition by our respected professional organization
of my contribution to the practice of petroleum exploration in
Nigeria. It means my contribution to the professional body has
been noticed and acknowledged. It makes me feel encouraged
to continue to actively participate in helping NAPE reach its
goals.
4. Would you like to share any aspect of your career
that you wished you had done or perhaps
approached differently? Do share as learning to
other professional geoscientists.
Maybe I should have paid more attention to the commercial
aspects of the industry while a young geoscientist
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