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The 2nd East Africa Oil and Gas Summit (EAOGS) which opens in Nairobi next week has officially been announced as part of the Kenya@50 Celebrations. The Summit which includes a strategic conference and exhibition is taking place on the 29th and 30th October at the Intercontinental, Nairobi.
The 2nd East Africa Oil and Gas Summit (EAOGS) which opens in Nairobi next week has officially been announced as part of the Kenya@50 Celebrations. The Summit which includes a strategic conference and exhibition is taking place on the 29th and 30th October at the Intercontinental, Nairobi.
‘’Following on from
the huge success of the summit last year, we are very proud that the East
Africa Oil & Gas Summit is officially part of the Kenya 50 Celebrations. As
President Kenyatta unveils plans for country wide celebrations of Kenya’s 50
year anniversary of independence, we are honoured that the East Africa Oil
& Gas Summit has been highlighted as a key event to launch the start of
Kenya’s Celebrations’’ said Danny Grogan, Managing Director of the organising
company; Global Event Partners (K) Ltd.
EAOGS is set to welcome
400 delegates from over 180 regional and international companies and the Summit
features 18 headline sponsors, including Ernst & Young, Afren, NOC Kenya,
Africa Oil, ABS, Barclays, CFC Stanbic Bank and Newport Africa.
Rosie Topp, Global Event Partners Ltd
rtopp@gep-events.com
UK Direct line: +44 20 3488 1193
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UK Direct line: +44 20 3488 1193
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EAOGS 2013 will
bring together regional National Oil Companies, Ministries, IOC's, independent
oil companies, service companies, legal advisors and investors to debate the
oil and gas road map for the region. The Speaker line-up features Sumayya
Atthmani, CEO, National Oil Corporation, Kenya; Henry Rotich, Mohamed Lino
Benjamin, Director General of Petroleum, Ministry of Petroleum, Mining and
Industry, South Sudan Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Kenya Galib
Virani, Director, Afren East Africa Exploration; Hassan Hassan, Managing
Director, Operations, Simba Energy; Silvester
Kasuku, Director General/CEO, LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority. The
speaker line up so far features 40 regional and international experts
representing both government and private sector companies.
The Ministry of
Energy and Petroleum in Kenya are looking forward to welcoming the
international community to Nairobi to unite all the key players in the market
and examine how to drive the oil and gas industry forward in Kenya and across
East Africa. At the recent EAOGS press
launch The Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya, Eng.
Joseph Njoroje spoke about the necessity to build up Kenya’s infrastructure to
ensure the successful development of the hydrocarbon industry for the benefit
of all parties: ‘’We want to be a good example of the hydrocarbons in Kenya…
The most important success factor of this industry is setting up of the
infrastructure so that by the time you are extractive industry reaches its
maturity stage, the infrastructure should be in place to avoid wastage and to
avoid pilferage, to ensure the industry itself brings in the benefits to the
investor, to the country and to the local community. ‘’ said the Principal
Secretary.
He also spoke of
his commitment to the EAOGS programme and the importance of knowledge transfer
so Kenya is ready to develop the hydrocarbon sector: ‘’I have been assured by
the team from Global Event Partners that this Summit is one of a difference.
Global Event Partners are ready to engage the stakeholders including our
Ministry so that they can identify the gaps in awareness and focus more in
their summit in filling those gaps. ‘’
EAOGS 2013 will
build on the success of the 2012 Summit which was co-hosted by the Ministry of
Energy, Kenya and Global Event Partners (K) and was a resounding success
welcoming 326 delegates from over 170 regional and international companies
attended with delegates coming from 29 countries.
Danny Grogan, Managing Director of the organisers
Global Event Partners (K) Ltd explained the success factor behind the EAOGS
Summit ‘’EAOGS benefits from the
continued support and guidance from the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum
and the National Oil Company which positions EAOGS as the event of choice for
all the leading industry companies. And Grogan concluded: ‘’EAOGS looks set to break new ground and
attract 400 domestic and international participants to Nairobi this October.’’
Press contact
Organisers:
EAOGS is organised by Global Event Partners
(K) Ltd, a specialist international event organiser in the oil and gas,
infrastructure and financial sectors. Our team at Global Event Partners has
more than 40 years’ experience in organising leading industry conferences and
exhibitions around the world.
Global Event Partners is affiliated to the
dmg::events network. dmg::events are the organisers of world renowned oil and
gas events including Gastech, ADIPEC, the Global Petroleum Show and the World Heavy Oil Congress and are a subsidiary
of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc, one of the largest media companies in
the UK. www.gep-events.com
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