7.30 am – 8.30am.  Registration and Breakfast

8: 30 am.   Welcome & Opening Analysis
Sunny Oputa -  President/CEO
Energy & Corporate Africa  

9.00a.m. OPENING MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE   
H.E. Gabriel Obiang Lima. – Minister Delegate, Ministry of Mines, Industry &   Energy, Equatorial Guinea

9:25am –   9.45am  SESSION KEYNOTE

Engr. Farouk Sa’id – Group General Manager, Gas & Power Sector, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

9.45am– 10.10am   
 Tim O’Hanalon - Vice President,
African  Business, Tullow Oil
Title:  Tullow’s  African Success, Untold Stories 

10.10am – 10.15am  COFFEE/TEA BREAK

10.15am -  10.35 am  
Rolake Akinkugbe – Senior Oil Analyst, 
EcoBank – Pan African Bank
Title: Economics, Infrastructure and Consumption: Three Pillars to drive sub-Saharan Africa’s gas industry

10.35am  - 10.55am 
Gretchen H. Watkins  - Vice President,
International Production, Marathon Oil

10.55am – 11.15am 
Dr.  Keith Milheim – Director, Meps – First Oil
Title: Risers as Cost Effective Deep Water Technology

11.15am – 11.35am
Dr. Ekwere Peter – Senior Consultant, AFREN
Title: CSR in Sub-Saharan Africa -  AFREN's Perspective

11.35am – 11.55am
Ousseni Assane Boureima – Director, Exploration, Ministry of Energy & Petroleum, Niger
Title: New licensing Blocks, Available Acreages & Opportunities in Niger

SECOND DAY OF EVENT - FRIDAY APRIL 27, 2012 

7.00am – 8:30  REGISTRATION &BREAK FAST

8:30am – 9:00am WELCOME & OVERVIEW

9:00am – 9:30am - MINISTER'S OPENING KEYNOTE
Hon. Alexandre Barro Chambrier 
Minister of Mines , Oil & Petroleum, Gabon  

Dr. Theophile OGANDAGA – General Coordinator Gabon Economic Free Zone
Title: Gas Master Plan & Ultra Deep E&P Potentials of Gabon

9:30am – 9:50am 
Nora Herbst - Exploration Geologist- WesternGeco, Schlumberger
Title:Deep/Ultra Deep Water Exploration of the Kwanza Basins and Africa New Frontiers

9.50am – 10.10am
Mark Miyaoka – CEO, TDGeo
Dr. Jim Spear – VP Explotaion Tech., TDGeo
Title: Impact of Electromagnetic in de-Risking Deep Water Exploration

10.00am – 10.15am: COFFEE/ TEA BREAK

10:10am  - 10:30am
Aderemi Ogunloye – Company Secretary/Gen. Counsel, Fortel Oil (formerly African Petroleum)
Title: Legal Frameworks of  Nigeria’s Gas Master Plan

10.30am – 11.00am 
Dr. Niranjan Banik
Scientific Adviser, WesternGeco,Schlumberger
Title:  Shale Reservoir Characterization

11:00am – 11:20am
Dr. Oliver Onyewuenyi
President/CEO, MISOL Technology Solutions
Title: Sub-Sahara Africa’s Gas Monetization Outlook

11.20am - 11.40am
Ana Maria Ebong - Managing Partner, BER Business Solutions,Inc.
Title: Tax and Legal Regimes in Sub-Sahara Africa

11:40am – 12.00pm
Ian Gordon - International Exploration New Ventures Manager, Noble Energy, Inc.

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According to World Bank report, the economy of Sub-Saharan Africa will experience a 5.3% growth by the end of 2011. Most of the growth expected in the region will come from revenues that will emanate from the oil and gas sector. Increase in activities in the gas sector and deep water field development are envisioned to be part of the boosters of the economic growth.

Oil & Gas Journal, reported that (as of 1999) about 147.2 Trillion cubic feet of gas are embedded in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region is under-explored and major gas exploration campaigns have not taken place there (Only few campaigns have been done in Tanzania, Mozambique and the Cabinda areas). Apart from accidental discoveries of gas during oil exploration (associated gas), special attention has not been paid to exploration of gas and development of gas fields in the region. Out of Sub-Saharan Africa’s gas reserves only  about 1,837 billion cubic feet are produced per year, 1,313 Bcf of gas flared or vented per year, 203 gas re-injected/year and about 308 Bcf/year is pushed into the market  for local consumption and export.

In the next five years gas production in Africa is expected to increase due to envisaged reduction in gas flaring, increased investment, more gas focused campaign and minimal interruption of supplies through civil unrest.

The salient question becomes: firstly, why flare and vent 1,313 Bcf of gas which is money wasted that would have enhanced economic growth in the region?  Sub-Saharan Africa loses about USD 3 billion annually through gas flaring. Secondly, why threaten the environment with global warming by increasing large emission of greenhouses gases into the atmosphere through gas flaring?

Today Sub-Saharan African countries are poised to grow their economies and get rid of ‘Dutch disease’ by commercializing gas in the region, also known as gas monetization and reduce threats to the environment.  Various governments in the region are coming up with diverse policies to meet up their goals for gas monetization, putting an end to gas flaring, and increasing exploration and gas development.  Therefore, there is high potential of establishing a lucrative gas market in the region.

The envisaged growth in the gas sector goes together with the expected increase in deep water campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa amid latest discoveries, opening of new frontiers in East, Central, West and Southern African countries. Development of marginal and deep water fields that take place offshore far   which are often very far from living areas are guaranteed havens that will spike up daily productions and trigger equitable growth in a win-win manner.  Understanding new petroleum laws, local content policies, guaranteeing adequate technologies – both conventional and disruptive, finance and sustainable human capital are important in succeeding in the blossoming deep water operations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The 5^th Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil & Gas Conference which will take place from April 26 – 27, 2012, in Houston will bring together national oil companies from the region, government officials, big, small –medium independent oil companies, investors, financial institutions and all stakeholders in the industry will play out in two parts along with panel sessions.

A.  Gas Monetization:

• The future of gas in the global energy mix
• Potentials and  strategies for developing gas market (local & export)
• Gas focused exploration and production campaigns and field development
• Analysis of gas reserves in the region
• Issues and challenges in developing gas market in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Petroleum laws and local content policies
• Risk management and geopolitical issues
• Project financing and debt structuring
• Challenges of technologies in gas field development
• Gas utilization for power generation
• LNG, LPG
• Fertilizer
• Infrastructures
• Environmental policies and regulations
• West African Gas pipeline & Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline – State and Future

B. Deep water fields exploration and development:

• The state and future of deep water exploration in the emerging market
• Challenges and issues of field development
• Exploration and Drilling
• Petroleum laws
• Conventional / non-conventional technologies
• Process methodologies
• Project financing
• Risk management
• Environmental and safety issues

 C.   SHALE OIL & SHALE GAS POTENTIALS IN AFRICA

Who should attend this conference?

 -  National Oil Company Executives, Senior Government   Officials, and  Policy Makers

• International Oil Company Executives, Top Management and Decision Makers
• Heads of Independent Oil Companies (medium and small caps)
• Head of Gas companies, Senior Geophysicists, Geologists, Deepwater Oil Field Experts, Petroleum Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Mechanical/Metallurgical  Engineers, Pipeline Companies, Fabrication Experts, Inventors, Technologists,  and Industry Top Players
• Business Development Executives and New Venture Managers
• Lawyers, Consultants and Local Content Experts
• Project Finance Experts, Bankers and Senior Investment Officers
• Market Analysts, Researchers
• Non Governmental Organizations
• Any stakeholder in the oil and gas industry

Contact Information:

Lydia Lawrence  
Event Manager
+(713) 271 7778
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12: 00pm – 1:00pm      LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:00pm  -1.25pm

MINISTERIAL  SESSION KEYNOTE
Hon. Emmanuel Armah –  Kofi Buah
Deputy Minister of Energy, Ghana

1.25pm – 1.45pm
Natalie Regoli -  Senior Counsel, Chevron  Global Technology Services Company
Title:  How to Make Money & Ensure Fair Treatment with FOC’s

1.45pm – 2.05pm 
Chief Steve Ahaneku – Hon. Commissioner of Petroleum & Environment, Imo State, Nigeria
Title: Potentials of Imo State Petrochemical Industry

2.05pm -  2.20pm  COFFEE/TEA BREAK

2.20pm -2.40pm
Sylvan Odobulu  -
Vice President & Controller, ERHC Energy 
Title: ERHC  - Quest  for Deep Opportunities

2.40pm – 3.00pm
Al Houseynou Wane  - Exploration Advisor, PETROSEN
Title: Potentials of Senegal Basin

3.00pm – 3:20pm
Rod Ragan – President, Energy Allied
Title:  New Petrochemical Horizons in West Africa -Equatorial Guinea

3:20pm – 3:40pm
Sandeep Kohil – Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, IFC
Title: Strategies for Gas Projects Development in Africa          

3.40pm – 4:00pm
Ousmane Fall - Senior Investment Officer
African Development Bank
Title: Supporting Gas Monetization

 4.00pm - 5.00pm  PANEL SESSION
TOPIC: AFRICAN GEOPOLITICS & VALUES OF NEW     FRONTIERS

5.00PM   END OF DAY 1 CONFERENCE

5.00PM - 6.00PM   NETWORK RECEPTION

 12:00pm - 1.00pm  LUNCH

AFTERNOON  SESSION 

1.00pm -1:30pm  MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE 

MINISTERIAL OPENING KEYNOTE

H.E. Celestin Mbuyu Kabango – Minister of Hydrocarbon. Congo DRC

Joseph Pili Pili Mawezi – Secretary General, Ministry of Hydrocarbons, Congo DRC
Title: The Super Giant Graben Tangayika and Interior Offshore.

1:30pm – 1:50pm
Tosin Famurewa –Vice President, Ryder Scott
Title: Tools to Quantify, Monetize & Analyze Reserves

1:50pm – 2:20pm  
Celodonio Vieira – General Manager, Petroguin, Guinea Bissau
Title: Guinea Bissau Potentials & Available Acreages

2.20pm – 2.35pm  COFFEE/TEA BREAK

2.35pm – 2.55pm
Tah Gordian – CEO , JET, Cameroon
Bryan Ball - Vice President Bluewater Environmental, Canada
Title: Microbial Oil Field  Remedial Applications

3.00pm - 4.00pm  PANEL SESSION
TOPIC: 

 1) BRIDGING UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM FOR  OPTIMIZATION

2) WASTE TO RICHES – GAS MONETIZATION

4.00PM  END OF CONFERENCE

4.00PM - 7.00PM  AFRICA NITE  - NETWORK RECEPTION / PRESENTATION OF AWARDS