PETAN elects new chairman

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has elected Mr Bank-Anthony Okoroafor as its new chairman.
A statement from the association said Okoroafor was elected at the just-concluded annual general meeting of the association held at its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
It said that Okoroafor succeeded Mr Emeka Ene, who steered the affairs of PETAN, Nigerian oil industry’s oldest association, in the last four years.
Okoroafor was elected alongside other new board members including  Mr Geoff Onuoha as Vice Chairman, Mr Lawal Gbolahan as secretary, Mr Wole Ogunsanya, Assistant Secretary and Mr Nike Odinuwe, Publicity Secretary.
Others are Mr Sheba Palama, Financial Secretary, Mrs Edith Akwaeke, Treasurer, Mr Ranti Omole, Conference Chairman and Mr Emmanuel Onyekwena, and Mr Chubby Ibe, ex-officio members.
PETAN was formed to bring together Nigerian oil and gas entrepreneurs to create a forum for the exchange of ideas with the major operators and policy makers.