{"id":64915,"date":"2021-04-09T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/equatorial-guinea-to-launch-vision-on-post-covid-energy-transition-plans-with-report-and-film\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:00:06","slug":"equatorial-guinea-to-launch-vision-on-post-covid-energy-transition-plans-with-report-and-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/equatorial-guinea-to-launch-vision-on-post-covid-energy-transition-plans-with-report-and-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Equatorial Guinea to Launch Vision on Post-COVID Energy Transition Plans with Report and Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrap\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>The Africa Energy Series (AES): Equatorial Guinea 2021 campaign \u2013 comprising a report and a documentary \u2013 will serve as a critical tool to navigate the energy investment landscape in one of Africa\u2019s more mature petroleum producing markets; Equatorial Guinea has largely been able to sustain its pace of engagement with global investors in the face of COVID-19, forecasting $1.1 billion in FDI in oil and gas activities in 2021; The third edition of the AES: Equatorial Guinea 2021 report will be released at Africa Oil &amp; Power\u2019s (www.AfricaOilandPower.com) U.S. Africa Energy Forum 2021 networking event in Washington, D.C. this July.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Africa Oil &amp; Power is proud to announce the upcoming launch of its <em>Africa Energy Series (AES): Equatorial Guinea 2021<\/em> investment report and documentary, as part of a multimedia campaign set to champion the domestic energy sector and shape the West and Central African energy narrative.<\/p>\n<p>The dual-language publication will target key developments driving a post-COVID-19 recovery in Equatorial Guinea \u2013 namely, the growth of petroleum and power industries; regional gas monetization initiatives; a clean energy transition; the impact of environmental, social and governance criteria; and expansion of the national diversification agenda.<\/p>\n<p>A 30-minute documentary will provide a visual complement to the publication, featuring first-hand interviews with government officials, private sector players, industry regulators and energy experts discussing Equatorial Guinea\u2019s unparalleled ambition and future plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom spearheading regional gas monetization initiatives to drilling new exploration wells as early as Q2 2021, Equatorial Guinea continues to cement its reputation as a progressive, dynamic force on the African energy stage,\u201d said H.E. Gabriel Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons. \u201cThe Africa Energy Series publication in conjunction with a detailed documentary format, gives us the voice to showcase the depth of our full-stream investment opportunities to a global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the onset of COVID-19, Equatorial Guinea has been proactive in safeguarding opportunities for foreign investors and continuing to drive capital into its hydrocarbon resources. In February, Chevron achieved first gas flow from the successful execution of its Alen Gas Monetization project, a $475-million investment representing the first phase of Equatorial Guinea\u2019s Gas Mega Hub masterplan.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons is currently promoting several capital-intensive projects \u2013 including the construction of modular oil refineries, a gold refinery, liquefied petroleum gas strategic tanks, a urea plant and the expansion of a compressed natural gas project \u2013 which are open for investment. Last December, the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons announced a forecast of $1.1 billion in foreign direct investment in oil and gas activities in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Active in Equatorial Guinea since 2015, AOP released its first AES documentary on the country in 2016, followed by investment reports in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>AES: Equatorial Guinea 2021<\/em> investment report will be launched at the U.S. Africa Energy Forum 2021 online seminar and in-person networking event in Washington, DC. (July 12). The documentary will be launched at the U.S. Africa Energy Forum conference in Houston (October 4-5) and broadcast globally on news networks.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Oil &amp; Power Conference.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>To find out more on Equatorial Guinea\u2019s energy sector and participate in the upcoming Africa Energy Series publication and documentary, please visit www.AfricaOilandPower.com<\/em><em>. For enquiries about participating in the campaign, please contact Senior Director James Chester at james@africaoilandpower.com. For editorial enquiries, please contact editorial@africaoilandpower.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaoilandpower.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/equatorial-guinea-to-launch-vision-on-postcovid-energy-transition-plans-with-report-and-film?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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>The Africa Energy Series (AES): Equatorial Guinea 2021 campaign \u2013 comprising a report and a documentary \u2013 will serve as a critical tool to navigate the energy investment landscape in one of Africa\u2019s more mature petroleum producing markets; Equatorial Guinea has largely been able to sustain its pace of engagement with global investors in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":64916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/uploads\/socialshare.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4262],"tags":[258,256,4263,7424,7555,7824,4715,5741,257,5212,36678,5144,254,9711,5094],"class_list":["post-64915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-angola","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-angola-news","tag-energy","tag-equatorial","tag-film","tag-guinea","tag-launch","tag-news","tag-plans","tag-postcovid","tag-report","tag-south-africa-today","tag-transition","tag-vision"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/uploads\/socialshare.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64915","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=64915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}