Joseph Alagoa is an engineer with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry spanning operations, process technology, planning, asset management, and contract and procurement. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/ Petro-Chemical Engineering from Rivers State University of Science and Technology and is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
Following his graduation from university, Joseph joined National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria and worked for about two years prior to joining Nigeria LNG Limited. He is part of the first group of 16 graduate engineers that joined NLNG in 1998 where he started off in plant operations with focus on commissioning and start-up activities for Trains 1 and 2.
In 2001, he was seconded to join the Trains 4 and 5 Front End Development team working with the FEED contractor (MW Kellogg) as a Process Engineer. On his return to NLNG, he held various operational leadership positions in the Liquefaction Plant.
In 2005, he was seconded to Woodside Energy Limited in Western Australia where he worked at Karratha Gas Plant, a Woodside-operated five-train LNG plant, as Optimization Engineer and later as an Operations Superintendent responsible for LNG production assets. On his return to NLNG, he held different technical leadership positions and, in 2008, he became the Head of Operations for the Liquefaction Plant, the first NLNG direct staff in this position.
From 2010 to May 2019 when he was appointed General Manager, Corporate Services of NLNG, Joseph was Manager, Technical Services during which time Process Safety was formally introduced and embedded; Manager, Integrated Scheduling and Planning where he was responsible for NLNG value chain optimization from feed gas to product delivery; Manager, Production Asset where he focused on Production Excellence and Asset Assurance, and Manager, Contract, Procurement and Materials.