About us
An energy business that answers for the whole chain
Traders who will not say who holds the storage are selling optimism. We contract every link ourselves and tell you whose gate your product sits behind. That is what makes a delivery date a commitment rather than a forecast.
Who we are
Built around the physical chain
DABA Energies sources and supplies downstream petroleum products, arranges the storage and movement that carry them through qualified third parties, and delivers power and infrastructure projects with technical partners. Current commercial focus is AGO and EN590.
The business is built with four divisions from the outset, rather than as a supply desk that would add capability later. That decision is the whole proposition: a commitment should not depend on a link in the chain nobody has secured.
That is still the test we apply. If a promise to a client rests on a third party who has not made us the same promise, we either fix the gap or decline the work.
- AGO & EN590 supply
- Refined petroleum products
- Crude oil intermediation
- LPG & CNG
- Storage through partners
- Marine & road logistics
- Power & renewables, launching soon
- EPC through partners
Market context
The scale we trade into
Nigeria's average daily PMS consumption. NMDPRA reporting, to mid-2026.
National AGO demand. This is the product at the centre of our supply focus. NMDPRA, 2026.
Dangote refinery nameplate, running near full utilisation and reshaping import patterns.
Nigeria's projected 2026 population. UN World Population Prospects.
How we operate
Four things we will not trade away
Take the position
We contract as principal and carry the obligation ourselves rather than introducing two parties and stepping out. Risk we will not take ourselves is risk we will not ask a client to take.
Measure, then claim
Throughput, losses, emissions and generation are metered. We publish what we can verify and stay quiet about the rest. Numbers we publish are numbers we can show you the meter for.
One standard
HSSE applies identically to our own people and to every contractor on a site we are responsible for. There is no second tier.
Build local capability
We recruit and train in the markets we work in, and keep the same team on a job from award through to handover.
Leadership
The person accountable
One name, and it is the one answerable for every commitment DABA makes. Accountability that can be pointed at is worth more than a page of titles.
Iyanda David Bamidele
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Founded DABA Energies to work across downstream oil and gas trading, petroleum-product supply and broader energy solutions.
Work with us
Start with the requirement, not the credentials deck
Send the requirement: volume, specification, site or scope. You will get a considered answer from someone who can act on it.