Oprah Winfrey Is No Longer The Richest Black Woman Alive, Folorusho Alakija Is!

Date: 30-11-2012 11:37 am (11 years ago) | Author: Daniel Bosai
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Few days ago I brought you the report that Mrs Folorusho Alakija is the richest woman in Africa, however with further research, I am glad to report that not only is she the richest woman in Africa but Mrs Folorusho Alakija has kicked Oprah winfrey off the richest black woman in the world's throne, this now means the richest black man and woman in the world are not only from Africa but are both born and bread in Nigeria, how cool is that!!





A further breakdown of her earnings below:

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   According to Fool.co.uk, OML 30 currently produces 35,000 barrels of oil per day.

    So, if 45 percent of a 35,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is $850 million, 100 percent of the same bloc = $1.88 billion i.e 100/45 x $850 million

    If a 100 percent stake in a 35,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is $1.88 billion, by the same logic, a 100 percent stake in 200,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is worth $10.74 billion i.e 200,000 bpd/35,000 bpd X $1.88 billion

    Folorunsho Alakija’s 60 percent stake in a $10.74 billion oil well is worth $6.44 billion.

    Technically, her 60 percent stake in OML 127 is worth $6.44 billion.

    Oil Prospecting License

    In May 1993 Alakija applied for an allocation of an Oil Prospecting License (OPL). The license to explore for oil on a 617,000 acre block – (now referred to as OPL 216) was granted to Alakija’s company, Famfa Limited. The block is located approximately 220 miles South East of Lagos and 70 miles offshore Nigeria in the central Niger Delta.

    This was in 1993. Many wealthy Nigerian businessmen and military bigwigs who had been allocated oil blocs by the military administration at the time had no clue as to the technicalities in operating an oil block, so many of them typically acquired OPLs, and then flipped them off to international oil companies for substantial profits.

    But Alakija was intelligent. She had no expertise or experience in running an oil field, but she decided not to sell off her license. In September 1996, she entered into a joint venture agreement with Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texaco) and appointed the company as a technical adviser for the exploration of the license, transferring 40 percent of her 100 percent stake to Star Deep. Subsequently, Star Deep sold off 8 percent of its stake in OPL 216 to Petrobas, a Brazilian company. Folorunsho Alakija and her family owned 60 percent.

    Nigerian Government Forcefully Acquires Stake In The Block

    Star Deep Petroleum carried on with exploitation of the oil field. In 2000, the first appraisal well was confirmed to have recoverable reserves in excess of 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. When this was discovered, the Nigerian government, led by Olusegun Obasanjo immediately ordered that a 40 percent interest in OPL 216 be allocated to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under the Back-in-Right Regulation of 2003 which gives the Nigerian government participatory rights in any OPL or OML. You can read more about this back-in-right regulation in detail here.

    This would leave Famfa Oil with a 20 percent stake. This was in 2000, and the government did not pay Famfa a dime for the stake. In 2003, Famfa applied for a conversion from an OPL to an OML, and in 2004 the request was granted. OPL 216 became OML 127.
    But the Nigerian government was not content with its 40 percent stake in Famfa. In 2005, the government led by General Olusegun Obasanjo forcefully acquired a further 10 percent stake in OML 127.

    Folorunsho Alakija immediately went to the courts to challenge the government’s forceful acquisition take a 50% in the license. It was a lengthy court battle which lasted for several years, but in May 2012, the Supreme Court voided the government’s acquisition of a 50 percent stake in OML 127 and subsequently transferred the 50 percent stake back to Famfa Oil. (Read about Famfa’s victory here).

    The Nigerian government tried to appeal the Supreme’s court decision, but the case has been dismissed- a victory for Famfa Oil which sees the little-known oil company owning a 60 percent in OML 127, which is one of Nigeria’s most prolific oil blocks.

    Valuation Of OML 127

    Daily production at OML 127 currently stands at 200,000 barrels per day. When the Nigerian government, through its wholly-owned petroleum company, NNPC, was trying to justify its forceful acquisition of a 50 percent stake in OML 127 at the Supreme court, the Government admitted that if Famfa Oil owned a 60 percent stake in the OML, the company stood to earn $10 million on a daily basis (after taxes and other exploration costs have been settled).  The government’s argument at the Supreme Court can be found through this link, (item number 23).

    So how much is a 60 percent stake in OML 127 worth?

    Comparator: In July 2012, Royal Dutch Shell agreed to sell its 45 percent stake in OML 30 for $850 million to Heritage Oil and Shoreline Energy.

    According to Fool.co.uk, OML 30 currently produces 35,000 barrels of oil per day.

    So, if 45 percent of a 35,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is $850 million, 100 percent of the same bloc = $1.88 billion i.e 100/45 x $850 million

    If a 100 percent stake in a 35,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is $1.88 billion, by the same logic, a 100 percent stake in 200,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is worth $10.74 billion i.e 200,000 bpd/35,000 bpd X $1.88 billion

    Folorunsho Alakija’s 60 percent stake in a $10.74 billion oil well is worth $6.44 billion.

    Technically, her 60 percent stake in OML 127 is worth $6.44 billion.

    Another comparator: In November 2012, French oil group Total announced that it was selling a 20 percent stake in its Nigerian offshore oil field to China’s Sinopec in a $2.5 billion deal. The block in question, OML 138 is a 180,000 bpd facility.

    So, if a 20 percent stake in an 180,000 bpd facility offshore block is worth $2.5 billion, the entire block is worth $12.5 billion i.e 100/20 x $2.5 billion. Since a 180,000 bpd-producing facility is worth $12.5 billion, a 200,000 bpd-producing facility is worth $13.8 billion because 200,000/180,000 x $12.5 billion.

    Using the Total-Sinopec deal as the yardstick, we could also value OML 127 at $13.8 billion. In that case, her 60 percent stake would be worth $8.3 billion.

    But to be conservative, we prefer to go with the lower valuation of $6.44 billion.

    On Debt
    Ventures Africa reached out to Famfa Limited to comment, but the company declined to divulge any information regarding any long-term or short-term debt. We have no idea on how much debt (if any, the company has), but even if we take the high side, and subtract 50 percent of the value of her stake for debt, that still gives her 60 percent stake in OML 127 a market value of $3.2 billion, which makes her richer than the $2.7 billion Oprah Winfrey is worth according to Forbes Magazine’s last rankings.

    Real Estate: $100 million
    Folorunsho Alakija also has a real estate portfolio worth over $100 million.  Earlier this year, Nigerian and British media announced that Alakija acquired a property at One Hyde Park for $102 million. See media coverage here and here

    A source at Famfa Oil who asked for anonymity indeed confirmed that Mrs. Alakija actually acquired the property at One Hyde Park.

    Private Jet
    Alakija owns a Bombardier Global Express 6000 which she bought earlier this year for a reported $46 million.

    PHILANTHROPY
    Folorunsho Alakija is the founder of the Rose of Sharon foundation, a Christian-based charity which gives out small grants to widows.

    PERSONAL
    Alakija is married to Modupe Alakija and they have four grown-up sons together.  She also has a grandchild from her first son. Modupe Alakija, her husband is the Chairman of Famfa Oil. Her sons run the company.


Posted: at 30-11-2012 11:37 AM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- colenzo at 30-11-2012 12:03 PM (11 years ago)
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criminal they stealing our money how did she make so much without corruption ,mago mago is always there,oprah made her fortune by hard work
not Nigerian that make their money buy stealing what belong to me and you

Posted: at 30-11-2012 12:03 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kekere1996 at 30-11-2012 12:23 PM (11 years ago)
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We r so blessed in dis country and yet many r dying of hunger.
Posted: at 30-11-2012 12:23 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- chicco77 at 30-11-2012 12:44 PM (11 years ago)
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make dem dey use other people money make shakara
Posted: at 30-11-2012 12:44 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Windows8 at 30-11-2012 12:45 PM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: colenzo on 30-11-2012 12:03 PM
criminal they stealing our money how did she make so much without corruption ,mago mago is always there,oprah made her fortune by hard work
not Nigerian that make their money buy stealing what belong to me and you
That's it !
Posted: at 30-11-2012 12:45 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Sophyrocks at 30-11-2012 12:47 PM (11 years ago)
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O.k o. We don hear.

Posted: at 30-11-2012 12:47 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- prosperifetemi at 30-11-2012 12:50 PM (11 years ago)
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upon all we still dey supper fuel scarcity and hunger no dey left out. pls tell did story to the Pope.
Posted: at 30-11-2012 12:50 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie
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- Unikly at 30-11-2012 01:00 PM (11 years ago)
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Ok.....
Posted: at 30-11-2012 01:00 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- aso4life1 at 30-11-2012 01:22 PM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: colenzo on 30-11-2012 12:03 PM
criminal they stealing our money how did she make so much without corruption ,mago mago is always there,oprah made her fortune by hard work
not Nigerian that make their money buy stealing what belong to me and you
Naimtalkam talk say he do research, whereas he copied and paste from another website...FOOL.CO.UK...no wahala with that,  BUT colenzo if you have another evidence that this woman is stealing from Nigerians, please bring it to the table and stop thinking Nigeria can never have good things coming our of her, The Oprah Winfrey you are talking about once insulted the entire Nigeria nation on her show some few years back

Posted: at 30-11-2012 01:22 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- PROSECUTOR at 30-11-2012 01:37 PM (11 years ago)
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which position are you poster??
Posted: at 30-11-2012 01:37 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- cocoeni at 30-11-2012 01:49 PM (11 years ago)
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ok
Posted: at 30-11-2012 01:49 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- mankaa at 30-11-2012 01:55 PM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: colenzo on 30-11-2012 12:03 PM
criminal they stealing our money how did she make so much without corruption ,mago mago is always there,oprah made her fortune by hard work
not Nigerian that make their money buy stealing what belong to me and you
She is not the riches, she got her money through ill gotten meansssssssssssss
Posted: at 30-11-2012 01:55 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Neglito at 30-11-2012 02:08 PM (11 years ago)
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Our money
Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:08 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- jabanz at 30-11-2012 02:17 PM (11 years ago)
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abeg carry ur fake news jump inside lagoon

Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:17 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Noble12 at 30-11-2012 02:20 PM (11 years ago)
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*Coughin* !Hmmmm! Come ooo mr.poster dat Woman pay u 2 Write dis?
Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:20 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- moriztuos at 30-11-2012 02:36 PM (11 years ago)
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Ok
Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:36 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- prosperos at 30-11-2012 02:45 PM (11 years ago)
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mmm. good for her
Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:45 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- winace at 30-11-2012 02:48 PM (11 years ago)
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Its nt cool cus we are nt benefiting frm their riches.
Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:48 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Bettygirls at 30-11-2012 02:56 PM (11 years ago)
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ok
Posted: at 30-11-2012 02:56 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- micc at 30-11-2012 03:24 PM (11 years ago)
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Ok na she try
Posted: at 30-11-2012 03:24 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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