About Us

BlackGEM Limited has a  world class team and some of the best business development and commercial people in the oil and gas industry. 

Bayo Adebiyi - Chief Executive 

Extensive oil and gas services industry experience, operational experience with Shell and a long service  with Schlumberger from Wireline Field Engineer to Vice President Global Accounts. With a degree in Mechanical Engineering Bayo has extensive and proven track record in management,  sales and commercial from Schlumberger for NOCs, IOCs, Independents and start-up E&P companies in major E&P countries of the world. Extensive technical experience in oil and gas. Proficiency in Wireline and Anadrill Services in the UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East and USA. Multinational and multicultural experience – worked and lived in over 10 cities in Europe, Africa, Middle East and North America. Understanding of full E&P life cycle and Schlumberger services offering from seismic acquisition to production and abandonment. Managed a team that provided technical solutions from pore to pipeline. Managed a diverse and multi-cultural workforce. 

Werner Rohracher - Associate and Managing Director Androna Limited

Werner Rohracher is presently Managing Director of Androna Limited a boutique advisory in the upstream O&G industry, based in United Arab Emirates. Androna provides assistance in management consulting (restructuring, cost optimization), M&A support in oilfield service sector and Integrated Project support. Prior to present position, Werner spent 32 years with Schlumberger in international assignments in a variety of management functions, working in the Far East, Europe, CIS and Middle East. Werner holds a Master degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montanuniversity Leoben, Austria and was enrolled by Schlumberger in several executive leadership courses with Management Center Europe and Wharton University. Professionally, Werner was instrumental for SLB IPM in negotiating the first ever gainshare project with an NOC, which is operational more than 10 years now. Based on several years working as VP IPM in Moscow, he has gained thorough insight in the FSU O&G dynamics with special focus on the Stan countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan). In UAE he was responsible to draft the company strategy which was based on organic, inorganic and integrated project growth. At the onset of the shale boom, Werner was portfolio manager in SLB M&A group with focus on screening Eastern European acquisition targets to be integrated into SLB Oilfield Services.                             

Active advisory to Africa Local Content Companies 

Active advisory to Companies with Africa expansion ambitions

Conducted Technical and Commercial due diligence for M&A of Oilfield Services Company

Portfolio of oil and gas assets in Africa requiring funding and technical partnerships 

Due to its unique position, expertise and vast network, BlackGEM Limited is partnering  with international companies with ambitions to expand into Africa for the Energy Industry

Angola - Austria - France - Gabon - Germany - Iran - Italy - Kazakhstan - Nigeria - Russia - Turkmenistan - U.A.E - U.K. - U.S.A