{"id":34623,"date":"2019-05-09T10:45:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T08:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/top-execs-of-oil-and-gas-majors-lead-powerful-lineup-for-angola-oil-gas-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-05-09T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T08:45:05","slug":"top-execs-of-oil-and-gas-majors-lead-powerful-lineup-for-angola-oil-gas-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/top-execs-of-oil-and-gas-majors-lead-powerful-lineup-for-angola-oil-gas-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Execs of Oil and Gas Majors Lead Powerful Lineup for Angola Oil &amp; Gas 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/159079deaa2d398.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/159079deaa2d398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top executives from ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Somoil, Octomar and Oceaneering will feature at June 4-6 conference; The conference will unveil the highly anticipated Oil &amp; Gas Licensing Round and introduce the newly established National, Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency; The event will put a premium on deal-making and relationship brokering as Angola aims to attract new exploration and promote marginal oil fields.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Angola Oil &amp; Gas 2019 Conference &amp; Exhibition, the paramount African energy meeting is also Angola&rsquo;s platform for promoting investment in the oil and gas sector and unveiling key economic reforms, has announced a powerful lineup of speakers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Executives from ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Somoil, Octomar and Oceaneering, the world&#039;s leading global oil, gas and sector service companies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So far, the program for Angola Oil &amp; Gas 2019 features an impressive collection of executives from the biggest and most active companies in the country,&rdquo; said Guillaume Doane, CEO of Africa Oil &amp; Power. &ldquo;Our program demonstrates the huge interest, excitement and appetite that exists for Angola&rsquo;s oil and gas potential and as one of Africa&rsquo;s leading investment destinations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Endorsed by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, the event features keynote addresses by: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>H.E. Minister Diamantino Pedro Azevedo,<\/li>\n<li>Jos&eacute; Alexandre Barroso, Secretary of State for Petroleum and<\/li>\n<li>Paulino Jer&oacute;nimo, Chairman of the National, Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers of Angola Oil &amp; Gas 2019 include: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pam Darwin, Vice President, Africa, ExxonMobil;<\/li>\n<li>Uwem Upkong, Chief Global Operations Officer, Baker Hughes;<\/li>\n<li>Khaled Al Mogharbel, Executive Vice President Operations, Schlumberger;<\/li>\n<li>Roderick Larson, President and CEO, Oceaneering;<\/li>\n<li>Tareq F. Kawash, Senior Vice President, Europe, Africa, Russia and Caspian, McDermott;<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey Nwugo, Regional Chief Operating Officer, Southern Africa Afreximbank; \u2d30 Daniel Rocha, Chairman, Somoil; Job Contreiras de S&aacute; Vasconcelos, Coordenador Geral, Centro de Apoio Empresarial;<\/li>\n<li>Domingos Francisco, General Director, Director of Promotion of Local Content and Value Chain, Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, Angola.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Angola Oil &amp; Gas 2019 presents the government with an opportunity to present their ambitious plans to overhaul the oil and gas industry and show off the potential of Angola&rsquo;s economy to a new wave of investors. The Angolan government will launch the highly anticipated 2019 Oil &amp; Gas Licensing Round, clarify the role of the newly established National, Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency and advocate for exploration interest in marginal oil fields.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Africa Oil &amp; Power is also charged with supporting the Angolan Government to attract new investment to the oil and gas industry. A task made simpler by key economic reforms enacted under the leadership of President Jo&atilde;o Manuel Gon&ccedil;alves Louren&ccedil;o.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The global promotional campaign includes hosting of a one-day event on the sidelines of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. Africa Oil and Power will be supporting a new strategic partner, the US Angola Chamber of Commerce&nbsp;and the&nbsp;U.S. Commercial Service Angola, at the May 8, 2019 event to promote Angola&rsquo;s&nbsp; petroleum industry.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key speakers include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jos&eacute; Alexandre Barroso, Secretary of State for Petroleum;<\/li>\n<li>Natasha Massano, Executive Board Member, Agencia Nacional de Petr&oacute;leo, G&aacute;s e Biocombustiveis, ANGP; and<\/li>\n<li>Joe Koch, General Manager, Asset Development (CALAEP), Chevron.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Angola Oil &amp; Gas 2019 gathers key governmental officials and C-level executives spanning the spectrum of the energy industry for a week of keynote presentations, moderated panel discussions, exhibitions, networking gatherings and investment facilitation. The event will put a premium on deal making and relationship brokering as Angola aims to attract investment in all segments of the energy chain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major sponsors include: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sonangol,<\/li>\n<li>ExxonMobil,<\/li>\n<li>Eni,<\/li>\n<li>Centurion Law Group,<\/li>\n<li>Anglobal,<\/li>\n<li>Grupo Simples,<\/li>\n<li>Schlumberger,<\/li>\n<li>Baker Hughes,<\/li>\n<li>Halliburton,<\/li>\n<li>Pluspetrol,<\/li>\n<li>OperAngola and<\/li>\n<li>Amipa LDA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p>Registration is&nbsp;now open: for your tickets click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regonline.com\/registration\/Checkin.aspx?EventID=2539391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><u> (https:\/\/bit.ly\/2vM80uT)<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Oil &amp; Power Conference.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong>:<br \/> Sulaiman Philip<br \/> A-Z Media Communications<br \/> +1 27 74 157 7310<br \/> sulaiman@azmediacommunications.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaoilandpower.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/top-execs-of-oil-and-gas-majors-lead-powerful-lineup-for-angola-oil-and-gas-2019?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Angola\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Top executives from ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Somoil, Octomar and Oceaneering will feature at June 4-6 conference; The conference will unveil the highly anticipated Oil &amp; Gas Licensing Round and introduce the newly established National, Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency; The event will put a premium on deal-making and relationship brokering as Angola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":188473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4262],"tags":[258,256,4263,257,254],"class_list":["post-34623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-angola","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-angola-news","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}