Petroleum, power stakeholders set for NAEC conference

Major stakeholders in the power and oil and gas industries, including the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and his counterpart in Power, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, will be chatting the way forward for the economy at the forthcoming National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) Annual Conference.

Captains of industries and other stakeholders in these sectors, including International Oil Companies (IOCs), downstream oil and gas operators, independent producers and owners of power assets, among others, are equally expected to brainstorm on the challenges to the sectors and the way forward.

 

These will discuss ways of attracting investments into the nation’s oil and gas sector, mindful of the impacts of low oil price on Nigeria’s economy, as well as lasting solutions to the gas-to-power challenges.

 

Slated for August 18, 2016 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, the conference, with the theme, “Low Oil Price: Impacts and the Way Forward,” will focus on how to attract investment to the nation’s oil and gas sector, with emphasis on the challenges and opportunities in the gas-to-power drive.

 

To give the keynote address and present the lead paper is the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. Kachikwu will deliver the goodwill message, while Fashola will be the guest speaker.

 

A statement by the NAEC General Secretary, Mr. Tunde Dodondawa, listed the confirmed speakers as the Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr Clay Neff, Chairman of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Mr. Akin Akinfemiwa, and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane.