Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Release
Marginal Oil Field Development Conference in London to focus on Oil Industry Reform, Cost Reduction Strategies for Development of Fields and How to Access Capital
Energy & Corporate Africa, the organizers of the Africa Small & Marginal Oil Fields conference scheduled for 17 -18 August 2016 at Crowne Plaza, the City, London have announced that discussions on reforms in the oil industry and involvement of indigenous companies towards ensuring sustainability and increasing productions will take a paramount stage in the conference deliberations. Also, Building Synergy & Collaboration among Indigenous Companies for Cost Reduction and Ensuring Competitiveness and Challenges and Opportunities in Gas to-Power Projects in Host Communities are among the topics that are a carefully selected panelists and industry experts will discuss in the conference.
Some of the keynote topics to be presented in this upcoming unique conference are: Unlocking values in marginal oil fields; Funding marginal oil fields in Africa and debt structuring in times of low oil prices, Lowering Costs through Local Content, Economic and technological options in the development of offshore marginal fields in West Africa, Prospects and challenges in the development of small/marginal fields in Nigeria, Progress on E & P activities in Ghana and Investment Opportunities ,Senegal Basin: E & P Updates and Opportunities, Impact of Petroleum Laws and Fiscal Regimes on Foreign Direct Investments, Vertical integration of upstream and downstream productions in small fields development and others.
The conference organizers also confirmed that the following industry experts and top players will be present in the conference: Emmanuel Bekee – Deputy Director/Head, Upstream Department of Petroleum Resources Nigeria, Joseph Medou – E & P Director Petrosen, Senegal, Dr. Amy Jadesimi – Managing Director, LADOL, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs – Chairman, Platform Petroleum Limited, Osariemen Owodiealor – Managing Director, Platform Petroleum Limited, Engr. Felix Amieye-Ofori – Managing Director/CEO, Energia Limited, Sam Olotu – Chief Technical Officerm, LEKOIL, Damien Mauvais – Managing Director/Head, Oil & Gas Origination-Standard Bank London, Beall Rogers – Chief Executive Officer Fortesa International, Mike Aryeetey – Chief Operating Officer, Explorco Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Keith Millheim – Director, Atlantis Offshore, Prof Anthony Adegbulugbe – Chairman, All Grace Energy.
Some of the participating companies and government regulatory bodies are Department of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria, Petrosen, the national petroleum company of Senegal, E & P Company of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Platform Petroleum Limited, LADOL, Energia Limited, All Grace Energy, LEKOIL, Standard Bank London, Delonex Energy, Koval Petroleum, Africa Drilling, Fortesa International, Zebra Data Sciences, Vestigo (Petronas) and so many other companies. It is also expected that Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board will also participate in this conference.
Africa Small and Marginal Oil Fields Development Conference will continue to provide first hand information on the available small/marginal fields and opportunities in Africa. It will articulate on the geological, geophysical, economics, technical and geopolitical challenges impacting the development of these fields which have been commercially dubbed marginal and stranded.
The conference will showcase where the deals are and present opportunities for deal seekers, decision makers and fund providers to meet and make things happen.