ATLAS ENERGY – A BRIEF HISTORY

Edrissa Mass Jobe,

father of current Managing Director Hally Mass Jobe, founded Atlas Energy in 2015 having gained over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry in over 20 countries globally including work for Shell and the cofounding of Elton Oil Limited.

“In essence you can say I was born into the industry,” reveals the current MD, a computer and environmental sciences graduate of the University of Toronto. “While my father took on jobs in different countries, we travelled with him; we lived in Guinea Conakry and Senegal in my younger days and when he started Elton, I remember driving around with him when we would try and identify sites for retail outlets.”

Atlas Energy then began operations in the September after acquiring Total Gambia Ltd, later adding the network of Elton Oil Limited in Gambia to its portfolio in November 2015 and Galp’s Gambian LPG business in July 2016.

In November 2017, Oryx Energies then acquired a 75.01 percent stake in Atlas Energy Limited, marking Jobe’s appointment to the role that he has now held for 18 months.

Oryx Energies is one of Africa’s largest and longest-established independent providers of oil and gas products and services. An energy division of private investment group AOG, it supplies, stores and distributes the oil and gas products needed by consumers, industry and maritime operations across sub-Saharan Africa, including fuels, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), lubricants and a specialised bunkering service.

It is a Swiss company that has been responding to the evolving energy needs of the African sub-continent for over 30 years. Oryx Energies is proud of its unparalleled depth of experience, knowledge and expertise, serving the energy needs of over twenty sub-Saharan countries.