THE FUSE

Emeka Okwuosa's name surfaced in early July in coverage of Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy Week in Abuja, where operators pressed the industry to adopt more technology and train more skilled workers. Okwuosa did not attend in person and was represented by a colleague, and his quotes were a minor part of a trade-conference report. But they pointed at a larger story. The company he founded, Oilserv Limited, has become one of the most important pieces of infrastructure machinery in Nigeria, the contractor that laid much of the pipeline network carrying the country's gas.