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Sahara turns 30: What lies ahead

When Sahara Energy Resources launched in 1996, its focus was petroleum-product trading. Two years later, it moved its trading operations from Lagos to Geneva, Switzerland, opening a path towards an…

  • Sahara Energy Resources founded in 1996, relocated to Geneva in 1998
  • Sahara expanded into Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria by early 2000s
  • Company acquired OPL 274, transitioning to diversified energy group

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