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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
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26-30 October 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Global Pacific & Partners will host the 22nd Africa Oil Week/Africa Upstream Conference 2015, in JV partnership with ITE Group plc, 26th– 30th October, in Cape Town, South Africa.
This meeting commands unique global reputation as the most important in or on Africa, with 120+ Speakers, 150 + Exhibitors, 40+ Governments – and with over 30+ African National Oil Companies, plus official licensing agencies, and over 1,000+ key senior oil and gas industry executives and state oil officials from across or involved in Africa, currently confirmed to attend.
The Africa Oil Week is trusted worldwide as the only global venue for “one-stop” Licensing Round Announcements, Government Roadshows, and Corporate Showcase – along with rich-content and quality senior executive attendees providing direct opportunity for acreage and asset transactions, deal-making, networking, corporate partnership, new venture initiation, and high-level government relations.
Conference Updates: 1st October
Congo License Round 2016: HE Jean-Marc Thystere Tchicaya, Ministre des Hydrocarbures de la République du Congo supported by PGS, will make a keynote presentation and open the 2016 Licence Round and will host the Congo Roadshow during the Africa Oil Week with Ministerial, DGH and SNPC Delegations in attendance, and supported by PGS.
Gabon License Round Announcement: HE Etienne Dieudonne Ngoubou, Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons, Gabon will be announcing the Gabon Deepwater License Round 2016. The Minister will be at the 22nd Africa Oil Week, with the Government Delegation in attendance, supported by CGG.
Ghana: The Petroleum Commission, Ghana joins as a Sponsor of the 22nd Africa Oil Week 2015. Theo Ahwireng, Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Commission, Ghana will be present with a Ghanian delegation and the Commission will exhibit.
INP: Carlos Zacarais, Chairman, Instituto Nacional do Petroleo (INP), Mocambique, is confirmed to present at the 22nd Africa Oil Week, with an INP delegation present and also participating in the exhibition.
Kenya: The Ministry of Energy, Kenya, will be in attendance to present plans for future licensing.
Morocco: Onhym will be presenting and has confirmed presence at the Exhibition
New Sponsors: include: PetroSA, Vinson & Elkins, Wood Group, PSN
New Exhibitors: include MGGS, Transnet National Ports Authority, Government of Alberta (Canada), CBH, CapMarine, GAMA Industrial Plants, Red Sea Housing Services, Horizon Geosciences, Stormgeo, RSI Geophysical, Vinson & Elkins, Ethiopia, McDermott, Geospace, Sonangol*, Bell Geospace, Cameron, ONHYM, Friburge Oil & Gas
The 22nd Africa Oil Week encompasses: the 13th Africa Independents Forum, 17th Scramble for Africa Strategy Briefing (Presentations by Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman, Global Pacific & Partners) and 71st PetroAfricanus Dinner In Africa, with Guest Speaker (Dr Peter Dolan, Ophir Energy) – with social networking occasions, breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, and cocktail receptions.
Dr Tony Hayward, Chairman, Genel Energy, and Chairman, Glencore (Xstrata) will be Keynote Guest Speaker at the Opening of the 22nd Africa Upstream 2015.
Government & Country Presentations and Participation includes:
Equatorial Guinea with Minister, Gabon with Minister and Ministry Delegation, Ghana, Mocambique, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe JDA, Somalia with Minister, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Morocco, Ethiopia, Senegal, Namibia, AGC (Senegal-Guinea-Bissau), Malawi, The Gambia – plus with Bid Rounds and Roadshow Announcements from:Republic of Congo, with Minister, Government Delegation and SNPC-DGH, and Republic of Gabon – plus with Government Delegations from Sonangol and Angola, Madagascar, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, and many others, as well as with Speakers Africa-wide on Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Comoros, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Chad, Zimbabwe, India in Africa, Japan in Africa, China in Africa, Statoil in Africa, United States in Africa, Canada in Africa, and African Development Bank, IFC, TSX, JSE, and Nipex.
Confirmed Sponsors
ACAS-LAW, Africa Finance Corporation, Africa Oil Corp., Africa Petroleum Corp., AirFrance / KLM, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Centurion LLP, Chevron, Discover Exploration, ENI, Erin Energy, ExxonMobil, GEPetrol Equatorial Guinea, GreenbergTraurig, IHC Mercedes Holdings, Impact Oil & Gas Ltd, Nedbank Capital, Noble Energy, Oando, Ophir Energy, Petroleum Agency SA, Petroleum Commission Ghana, Petrolin Group, PetroSA, PGS, Pluspetrol, Polarcus, RPS, Rystad Energy, Salama Fikira, Saldanha Bay IDC, Seplat Petroleum, Seven Energy, Shell, TMX / Toronto Stock Exchange, Tullow Oil plc, Total, Veolia, Vinson & Elkins, Woodside Energy, Wood Group PSN
Associate Sponsors:
Danvic Petroleum, Frontier Communications, Global Exchange, Moyes & Co., Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Preng & Associates, PVE Consulting, SPTEC Advisor
Exhibitors confirmed:
AAPG Datapages, Azinam, Arkex, AGR, AustinBridgeporth, Bahari Resources, Beagle Geoscience, BGP, Bell Geospace, Centurion LLP, CBH, Chariot Oil & Gas, Gabon-CGG, CGG, CMS Cameron Mckenna LLP, Combifloat, Core Laboratories, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Cairn India Ltd, Cameron, Danvic Petroleum International, DMT, DNV-GL, Dolphin Geophysical, Ethiopia, EAGE, EMGS, Energold Group, EPI Group, FairfieldNodal, Fortesa International, Fulcrum Chambers Ltd, Fugro, GeoPartners, Getech – ERCL, Geoex International, Geo International, GeoGuide, GEPetrol, Geospace, Gulf Reservoir Modeling Technology, Global Pacific & Partners, GOGSPA, Ghana, Government of Alberta, Gambia, Greenberg Traurig, GAMA Industrial Plants, Gambia, Horizon Geosciences, Heerema Fabrication Group SE, IC Publications, IHRDC, INP, Mocambique, ITE Group plc, International Energy Services Ltd, Infield Systems, ION, L’Union des Comoros, Maersk Oil, Moyes & Co, Ministry of Energy & Mines, Namibia, McDermott, MGGS, NAMCOR, NAPESCO Petroleum Services, NAPE, NipeX, Oxford Business Group, Orient Energy, Oil Review Africa, Ophir Energy, Oando Plc, Petroleum Africa, Petroleum Agency SA, Petroleum Pipe Group, PGS, PLS, Platforms & Networks, Petroleum Commission, Ghana, Polarcus, PetroSA, Ponticelli, Petrolin Group, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ministere Des Hydrocarbures de la Republique Du Congo and SNPC, Royal IHC, Rhino Retreat, RigNet, RSI Geophysical, RPS, Solace Global, South African Oil & Gas Alliance, Saldanha Bay IDZ Licensing Company, Salama Fikira, Schlumberger, SGS, Stormgeo, Spectrum, Supernova, Tesla Exploration, The Africa Report – Groupe Jeune Afrique, The Oil & Gas Year, The DownUnder GeoSolutions, TGS, Total, Tullow Oil, Transnet National Ports Authority, University of The Western Cape, Upstream Newspaper, Veolia, Wood Mackenzie, Wide Africa Safaris, Zebra Data/EZDataRoom
Detailed Program: includes 13th Africa Independents Forum, 17th Scramble for Africa Briefing, 71st PetroAfricanus Dinner in Africa, 22nd Africa Upstream, the Inaugural Africa Oil & Energy Finance Forum, plus Special Forums on Africa Exploration Technologies, Africa Local Content, and Africa’s Young Professionals
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