A plunge in crude oil prices due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a global supply glut of oil has occurred in 2020. The energy industry once again, turns to the Gas Industry to salvage revenues and catalyze industrial development and with its multiplier effect. Nigeria has the largest Gas reserves in Africa but her resources remain highly underutilized. Thus, the opportunity for gas to catalyze industrial and economic development is one we can no longer ignore.

Join us as we host a series of Gas Industry Thought Leaders, Technocrats, Policy and Business Advisors to discuss the role of the industry in achieving economic recovery and eventual prosperity.

If you’d love to join us on May 15th, please click on the following link to register http://bit.ly/3bfaVhK

PANELISTS’ PROFILES

Moderator

Chinenye Uwanaka

Chinenye Uwanaka is the Founder of The Firma Advisory, a boutique Law and Consulting Firm in Nigeria with clients all over the world. She is passionate about Energy Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law and Policy. She has completed an executive program on Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and is also a strategic Litigator and Arbitration Expert.

Panelist

Professor Paul Griffin

Professor Paul Griffin is Senior Adviser and Counsel to the Global Oil and Gas Group of White and Case LLP. A former partner at Allen and Overy LLP and with over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector, Paul focuses on the deals and disputes of the global oil and gas business. He has also been involved in related matters of Public Law and Competition Law. He writes and speaks regularly on the issues and developments of the law and global oil and gas industry and is the Consulting Editor of the leading text, “The Law and Business of LNG”.

Among other accolades, Paul has been named Global Oil & Gas Lawyer of the Year by Who’s Who Legal as well as World’s Leading Energy Lawyer by Expert Guides: Best of the Best. He is recognised by Chambers & Partners as being “a very strong oil and gas lawyer” with “tremendous experience in gas sales agreements”.

Paul is Vice-Chair of the Oil and Gas Law Committee of the International Bar Association and a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and the Institute of Energy Law. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

Panelist

Yogesh Srivastava

Yogesh Srivastava is the CEO of Teknobuilt, an international construction company. With 28 years experience in handling heavy industrial construction projects, Yogesh pioneers AWP & LEAN method digitally in Project Execution. He has also held leadership positions in Construction Management, Engineering and Automation in companies such as North West Redwater Partnership, Fluor Canada Ltd., Chiyoda-EEI, NPCC. He has worked in diverse locations like Canada, USA, Middle East & Philippines and has to his credit, technology sector experience from serving as Global Director for Construction and Fabrication Solutions at Hexagon / Intergraph and Hewlett-Packard.

Yogesh has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Calgary in International Business & Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation from Bombay University.

Panelist

Emeka Iheme

Emeka Iheme is a Chemical Engineer with 8 years’ experience in various capacities in the Energy Industry including Oilfield Services (Turbines & Compressors), Energy Consulting and Oil Exploration & Production.

As a Commercial Advisor on Gas & Integration, he has strategically engaged Offtakers that secured millions in outstanding revenues from gas commercialization of previously low-earning assets. As part of a highly dynamic commercial team, he manages the execution & administration of Gas Sales and Crude Handling Agreements. Beyond his commercial duties, he provides research and strategic advice on gas business development in West Africa to the Nigeria Gas Association (NGA) which is a body that helps build local technical & business capacities of its members.

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EVENT OUTLINE

• Introduction

• How does gas help industrialization?

• LPG, CNG, LNG energy and usage comparisons

• The role of Gas in manufacturing, trade & export

• Multiplier effect of gas on GDP, employment, FX, agriculture, environment

• Gas industrialization success stories in

  • Qatar

  • India

  • China

  • East/West Africa

  • Nigeria

• FMCG, Agric, Banking organizations that have transitioned to gas & its resulting effect

• Successful GTL, GTP projects & their economic impact

• Unsuccessful projects & their challenges

• Recommended solutions