‘Embracing new realities: Resetting our gas-to-power industry’

The investment, power and gas business power brokers will congregate on Thursday, June 15 2017, for exchange of views on ways and means to address large spectrum of gas and power related issues at the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) business forum scheduled to hold at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel in Victoria Island with the theme: ‘Embracing New Realities: Resetting Our Gas to Power Industry’. Mr. Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, Managing Director of First Exploration and Production Company Limited will be the moderator at the event.

The forum will feature exciting personalities with deep knowledge of the relationship between the government and the industry who over the years, deftly navigated legislative and regulatory landscape to fight for the needs of the gas and power producers to the end-users. The Keynote speaker is Professor Bart Nnaji, former Nigeria Minister for Power.

Other speakers are; Dr. David Ige the, former  Group Executive Director(Gas and Power) at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Mrs Maryam Shehu, Deputy General Manager(Gas Commercial) Total E & P;  Mr. Sanjay Teotia, Managing Director of NIPCO Plc and Mr. George Etomi the Principal Partner of George Etomi and Partners.  Mr. Walt Perez, Managing Director of West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited and Mr. Philip Msheliba are among the distinguished professionals that will also be speaking on the dynamics and the hard work that must happen to help ensure that the benefits of natural gas continue to be available to our growing customer base, and that our nation continues to take advantage of and benefit from natural gas’ abundance, affordability and efficiency especially if the right measures are put in place to create an enabling environment.

NGA is the apex organisation representing the varied and numerous stakeholders in the gas sector within the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It is a non-political association that was formed in 1999 to promote the development of gas in Nigeria for the benefit of the nation and the various stakeholders. The earliest members include the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Chevron Nigeria Limited, the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), Elf Petroleum, Mobil Producing Nigeria, the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and Conoco Energy Nigeria Limited.