Photo caption from left: Managing Director, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Tony Attah; Deputy Governor or Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo; the Governor, Senator Douye Diri; and Chairman of Renaissance Board of Directors, Dr. Layi Fatona, during a visit of the Renaissance leadership to the governor at the government house, Yenagoa… on Wednesday.
Photo caption: The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator, Douye Diri, and the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, in a group photograph with the leaders of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, operator of the NNPC/Renaissance/TotalEnergies/AENR Joint Venture, during a visit to the government house, Yenagoa… on Wednesday.
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator, Douye Diri and the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, led other members of the state executive to receive the leadership of Nigeria’s leading energy operator, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, at the government house, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, April 16, 2026.
According to a statement by the Communications, Media & NGO Relations Manager, Renaissance Africa Energy, Bamidele Odugbesan, the governor expressed pride in the ‘Nigerianness’ of the leadership of Renaissance and pledged his administration’s ‘supportive and cordial relationship with Renaissance, much more than the state gave to the previous operator of the joint venture assets in the state.
Renaissance succeeds The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited as the operator of the NNPC/Renaissance/TotalEnergies/AENR Joint Venture.
