21st Africa Oil Week to be Held in South Africa
The 21st Africa oil week starting on November 3rd leading up to November 7th , in Cape Town, will focus on Leading Corporate Players in Africa, Africa’s Giant Plays and Opportunities, New Frontier Openings, Foreign State Oil Companies, Africa’s Exploration Potential containing Government Presentations and Road shows.
According to organizers who held a press conference today in Cape Town, South Africa, the 21st Africa Oil Week expects 1,600 senior-level delegates, with 100 senior high-level presentations. Government delegations will be present with over 140 corporate/state speakers on the program and over 160 exhibition booths displaying a wide range of growing service and supply industry operators found across Africa’s oil and gas-LNG value chain.
Confirmed Speakers include: Cosmas Pitia Kujjo, Director General of Petroleum; Juba, South Sudan ; Immanuel Mulunga, Petroleum Commissioner; Windhoek, Namibia; Guy Maurice, Senior Vice President, Africa, Total Exploration; Hon. Edward Fast, Minister of International Trade; Government of Canada and Papa Boucar Faye, Dakar of Senegal.
Also to attend are Gabriel Nguema Lima, Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy, Equatorial Guinea; Serge-Marie-Ndeko, Director General, Ministry of Hydrocarbons, Congo; Ahmed Salem Ould Tekrour, Director General of Petroleum, Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines; Mauritania Ketsela Tadesse, Director of Petroleum, Licensing and Administration, Ministry of Mines, Ethiopia.
“The 21st Africa Oil Week will include Special sessions on: “Hydrocarbon Hardball” with leading thinkers and on Africa’s exploration technologies.There will also be allied showcase components on corporate Farmouts and Government Roadshows,” said one of the organizing officials, Ahmed Kilim.
In addition to the above, there will be Young Professionals In Oil, Gas and Energy Session, Global Women Petroleum and Energy Club: Africa Business Breakfast, 21st Annual “Big Five” Board Awards (2014), and related Awards, and The 66th PetroAfricanus Dinner in Africa.