Adaobi Rhema Oguejiofor
The Nigeria Oil & Gas Conference (NOG), Nigeria’s foremost international energy conference, has announced that the 22nd edition of its annual Energy Week, which is scheduled to take place from 9th – 13th July 2023, with the theme “Powering Nigeria’s Sustainable Energy Future”, will take place at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, Nigeria.
As West Africa’s largest conference and exhibition serving the international oil, gas, LNG, and energy sector in Nigeria, the meeting will bring policymakers, regulators, and private sector leaders together to discuss Nigeria’s critical energy agenda.
NOG Energy Week strategic conference seeks to build partnerships for the Nigerian energy sector with participation from Presidents, Ministers, Heads of government agencies, and Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO’s)to discuss policy implementation, project developments, showcase investment opportunities and solutions to current industry challenges including how to decarbonize traditional oil and gas operations.
Speaking ahead of the official opening of the conference, the Country Director of DMG Nigeria events,Wemimo Oyelana, said, “NOG Energy Week is committed to fostering the conversations that ensure Nigeria makes the best use of its natural resources for socio-economic development. She explained that the theme for this year’s edition came from our research at this critical time of energy transition.
Oyelana also noted that industry leaders will come together to discuss and debate strategies that will increase investment flow into the country, improve operations for the industry and foster international partnerships.
“With a proven record of serving the Nigerian energy industry for the past two decades, we look forward to once again creating a platform that facilitates multilateral dialogue, advances multi-stakeholder engagement, and enables critical deal-making for many more decades to come,”she said.
Since 2000, NOG Energy Week has attracted over 100,000 global attendees from over 75 counties with participation from over 50 National and International Oil Companies, in addition to delivering a world-class conference with over 1,800 speakers, over 23,000 delegates, and 345 sessions.
Speakers at this year’s edition of NOG Energy Week include Engr. Gbenga Komolafe (Commission Chief Executive, NUPRC), Engr. Farouk Ahmed (Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Midstream & Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Sen. Margery Chuba Okadigbo (Chairman-Board of Directors, NNPC), Mele Kyari (Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr. Simbi Wabote (Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
Also confirmed to speak are Shubham Chaudhuri (Country Director – Nigeria, World Bank), Richard Kennedy (Chairman & Managing Director, & Chairman, Chevron Nigeria/Mid-Africa Business Unit, & OPTS), Osagie Okunbor (Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited & Country Chair Shell Companies in Nigeria), Mike Sangster (Managing Director & Chief Executive, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited),Philip Mshelbila (Managing Director ), Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria LNG),Julius Rone (Group Managing Director, UTM Offshore) amongst many others.
NOG Energy Week is also world-renowned for its many hours of strategic business networking events taking place alongside the conference and exhibition including the Golf Tournament, Gala Dinners, VIP Energy Club, and the Awards Ceremony.
