Lado Oil

Project Overview

We were approached by Lado Oil, an established energy company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. With more than two decades of experience, Lado Oil procures and distributes petroleum products through a network of over 30 service stations, alongside producing its own Lado-branded lubricants for industrial customers across the country. They came to us with an urgent problem: a previous developer had locked them out of their own website, leaving a well-known regional brand without control of its main online presence. Our first priority was to help them regain access to their domain. From there, we rebuilt the website using the existing design as our reference, restoring a site the business could fully own and manage. Our task was to rescue it.

Our core focus:

A Faithful Rebuild in Webflow

In just 6 weeks, we rebuilt the site from the ground up in Webflow, giving the team a platform they owned outright and could manage with confidence. Lado Oil was happy with their original design, so rather than reinventing it, we focused on faithfully recreating it. We collected the existing assets, rebuilt every page in Figma to create a complete and accurate blueprint, and then developed the site in Webflow. With a clear brief and a design already approved, stakeholder input was kept light, which allowed us to move quickly and keep the project on track.Throughout, we kept Lado Oil's established brand identity intact. This wasn't a redesign. It was about restoring control of a trusted brand's online presence and giving it a stable, well-built foundation for the future.

Core tasks

Stakeholder Meetings

Customer Segmenting

Brand Adjustment

Wireframing

Figma Prototype

WebFlow Development

Key challenges

Lado Oil needed more than a new website. They needed one they could call their own. With the previous developer no longer cooperating, there was no handover, no source files and no design assets to work from. Everything we needed had to be rebuilt from what was publicly visible.

The live site became our only reference. We worked through it page by page, capturing the layouts, imagery, copy and brand elements, and recreating each one in Figma to form a complete and accurate blueprint. From there, we started a fresh Webflow build, free from the restrictions of the old setup. This took a strong technical understanding of Webflow, so we could rebuild the structure, interactions and CMS to match the original while making sure the new site was cleaner and more reliable underneath. The result was a faithful recreation that looked as the team intended, but was now fully in Lado Oil's hands.

Regaining Control

Before any rebuilding could begin, Lado Oil needed control of their online presence back. We worked with the team to recover access to their domain, making sure ownership sat firmly with the business rather than with any third party. With that secured, we had a clear foundation to build on and the confidence that the new site would belong to Lado Oil from day one.

Asset Recovery and Design

With access restored, we turned to the foundations. We sourced the logo, imagery, product details and copy directly from the live site, then organised them into a structured set of brand assets the team could use going forward. These were brought together in Figma, where we recreated each page in full, so that every element of Lado Oil's established identity was accounted for before development began.

Website Build and Handover

With the designs and assets ready, we developed the new site in Webflow, rebuilding the pages, news and product sections to match the original experience across desktop, tablet and mobile. Once the site was live, we handed over full ownership to Lado Oil, giving them complete access to their website and domain for the first time. The result is a stable, well-built website that the team controls entirely, with the freedom to update and grow it as the business evolves.

Deconstructing & Wireframing

Our objective:

With no source files to work from, we began by deconstructing the existing website piece by piece. We broke each page down into its core components, including layouts, sections, typography, imagery and interactions, to understand exactly how the site had been put together. From there, we wireframed every page in Figma, mapping the structure and hierarchy of the operations, products, news and contact pages before any visual detail was added. Alongside this, we carefully catalogued every asset the rebuild would need, from

WebFlow Development

Our objective:

With the blueprint and assets in place, we moved into development, rebuilding the site from the ground up in Webflow. Every page was carefully recreated to match the original, then optimised to deliver a seamless experience across desktop, tablet and mobile. Along the way, we made subtle refinements to the animations and interactions, keeping the look and feel the team loved while making the site smoother and more pleasant to navigate. The result was a faithful, fully modernised version of Lado Oil's website, built on a foundation they own outright. Years on, it remains the website the team relies on today, a lasting testament to a rescue done right.

Final Throughts

Project Summary

Working on this project was a genuinely rewarding experience. Lado Oil came to us at a stressful moment, and being able to give them back something they thought they had lost made the work especially meaningful. It also reinforced a principle we now build into every project: clients should always have full ownership and access to their digital assets from day one. We're proud of what we delivered, and the experience has made us a better partner for any business that finds itself in a similar position.

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