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https:\/\/wp.fifu.app\/southafricatoday.net\/aHR0cHM6Ly9zb3V0aGFmcmljYXRvZGF5Lm5ldC9hZnJpY2EtbmV3cy93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAyMi8xMS8xNjY5MTY3MDA3XzI0MF9sb2dhbmFseXRpY3M\/a47f374281d9\/afentra-chief-executive-officer-ceo-paul-mcdade-to-discuss-angolan-exploration-at-angola-oil-and-gas-aog-2022.webp?p=94702&amp;w=1600&amp;h=0&amp;c=0 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/wp.fifu.app\/southafricatoday.net\/aHR0cHM6Ly9zb3V0aGFmcmljYXRvZGF5Lm5ldC9hZnJpY2EtbmV3cy93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAyMi8xMS8xNjY5MTY3MDA3XzI0MF9sb2dhbmFseXRpY3M\/6ed4d53deec6\/afentra-chief-executive-officer-ceo-paul-mcdade-to-discuss-angolan-exploration-at-angola-oil-and-gas-aog-2022.webp?p=94702\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/energycapitalpower.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/EnergyCapitalPower.com\/<\/a>)\u00a0is proud to announce that Paul McDade, CEO of independent oil and gas company, Afentra, will be participating at the third edition of the\u00a0Angola Oil &amp; Gas (AOG) conference and exhibition (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3UyBCpP\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3UyBCpP<\/a>)\u00a0\u2013 taking place from November 29 to December 1 in Luanda \u2013 as a speaker.\u00a0While the company represents one of the newest independent explorers to enter the Angolan energy market, the company\u2019s expertise across other markets makes McDade an ideal driver of all discussions related to African exploration and assets acquisition.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Afentra (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Gynbxr\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Gynbxr<\/a>)\u00a0has taken an accelerated approach to exploring Africa since the company\u2019s rebranding, targeting asset acquisition across some of the continent\u2019s most prolific basins. By taking over assets from global oil majors divesting from fossil fuels in Africa, Afentra is committed to ensuring the continent continues to reap the rewards of its\u00a0hydrocarbon resources (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3U31dFD\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3U31dFD<\/a>), deploying state-of-the-art technology and introducing carbon reduction measures to usher in a new era of sustainable oil and gas development in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Just this year, Afentra made its\u00a0Angolan debut (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3tQbnil\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3tQbnil<\/a>)\u00a0with the company\u2019s signing of a sale and purchase agreement with Angola\u2019s national oil company, Sonangol, for stakes in two offshore blocks in the Lower Congo and Kwanza basins. The deal, to the tune of $80 million, not only marked the entry of the UK explorer into the country but enabled Afentra to expand its steadily growing footprint across Africa\u2019s hydrocarbon landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As such, during AOG 2022, McDade will expand discussions on asset acquisition and the role ramping up Angolan exploration and production will play, both in Angola\u2019s and Africa\u2019s energy future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to the discussions that will be led by Paul McDade during AOG 2022 in Luanda. Afentra is set to play an instrumental role in scaling up production in\u00a0Angola (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3sJGHPo\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3sJGHPo<\/a>)\u00a0with the independent representing an emerging, yet key, partner for project developers, financiers and service companies across the entire oil and gas value chain in Angola,\u201d states Miguel Artacho, International Conference Director at ECP.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0AOG 2022 (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3TPoifO\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3TPoifO<\/a>), McDade\u2019s participation signals new opportunities for knowledge sharing and dialogue, with the event providing the best platform for networking and engagement among energy companies and stakeholders active in the country. Meanwhile, for Afentra, AOG 2022 opens up new opportunities for the company to share challenges, insights as well as its growth agenda, while drawing on the conference\u2019s diverse and high-level government representation to sign new deals and form market-focused partnerships.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital &amp; Power.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energycapitalandpower.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/afentra-chief-executive-officer-ceo-paul-mcdade-to-discuss-angolan-exploration-at-angola-oil-and-gas-aog-2022?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>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) (https:\/\/EnergyCapitalPower.com\/)\u00a0is proud to announce that Paul McDade, CEO of independent oil and gas company, Afentra, will be participating at the third edition of the\u00a0Angola Oil &amp; Gas (AOG) conference and exhibition (http:\/\/bit.ly\/3UyBCpP)\u00a0\u2013 taking place from November 29 to December 1 in Luanda \u2013 as a speaker.\u00a0While the company represents one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":94703,"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":[43981,258,256,3941,4263,6556,33166,7213,6510,6686,7631,9746,7168,43989,257,10869,4221,10695,254],"class_list":["post-94702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-angola","tag-afentra","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-angola","tag-angola-news","tag-angolan","tag-aog","tag-ceo","tag-chief","tag-discuss","tag-executive","tag-exploration","tag-gas","tag-mcdade","tag-news","tag-officer","tag-oil","tag-paul","tag-south-africa-today"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/uploads\/socialshare.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94702","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=94702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}