The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists started as Lagos Society of Geologists and Geophysicists from the idea of a young man named Akomeno Oteri, who felt it was desirable to have such a professional society for furthering both social and technical interaction among professional colleagues.  The idea was developed after he attended one of the monthly meetings of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in Dallas USA.  The name later changed to the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) to accommodate colleagues in other parts of the country.

The society which started with only 10 people attending the inaugural meeting at Federal Palace Hotel in August 1975 now has over 23000 individual members and about 74 supporting corporate members.

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