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Conference program

Tuesday 23rd March 2010

10.00 – 19.00 Participants Registration

19.30 – 22.00 Welcome Gala Dinner hosted by the Ministry of Hydrocarbons, DR Congo

Wednesday 24th March 2010 (Exhibition opening time 09.00 – 17.00)

08.30 – 09.00 Participants registration

09.00 – 09.30 Welcome Coffee (Sponsored by Perenco)

09.00 – 10.00 Seating of participants for the opening ceremony

10.00 – 11.30 Official Opening ceremony at the Palais de Peuple, Kinshasa, DRC

11.30 – 12.30 Official inauguration of the exhibition and visit to the exhibition stands

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch (Sponsored by the Ministry of Petroleum, Arab Republic of Egypt)


Session 1: Investment in the African Petroleum Industry
Moderator: H.E. André Raphaël LOEMBA, Minister of Hydrocarbons, Congo
13.30 – 13.45 Keynote address by: H.E. Eng. Sameh FAHMY, Minister of Petroleum, Egypt
13.45 – 14.00 Investments and stability in the Angolan oil sector, Alexandre Pessoa VAZ, Head of Hydrocarbon Concessions Department of Sonangol Negotiations Direction, SONANGOL DOWNLOAD
14.00 – 14.15 Investment Opportunities in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry, Dr Mohammed Sanusi BARKINDO, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) DOWNLOAD
14.15 – 14.30 Investing in Mature Asset Development to fund growth through Exploration, Larry BOTTOMLEY, VP Exploration, Perenco DOWNLOAD
14.30 – 14.45 TOTAL: A major private sector in Africa: Philippe CHALON, Managing Director, Total E & P Angola DOWNLOAD
14.45– 15.00 Investments in African downstream oil: strategies to fill the infrastructure gap, Stanislas DROCHON, Lead Analyst, Downstream, PFC Energy DOWNLOAD
15.00 – 15.15 Discussion

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break (Sponsored by Perenco)

Session 2: Promotion of the Gas Industry in Africa and Energy Dependence
Moderator: H.E. Dr. RILWANU LUKMAN, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria
15.30 - 15.45 Tullow Oil – An African success story, Tim O'HANLON, Vice-President, African Business Tullow Oil Plc DOWNLOAD
15.45 - 16.00 Promoting Natural Gas for Energy & Environment Solutions in Africa, Dr. Latsoucabé FALL, Regional Manager, Africa, World Energy Council DOWNLOAD
16.00 - 16.15 Energy in Africa Horizon 2050 – the role of hydrocarbons, Jean-Pierre FAVENNEC, IFP DOWNLOAD
16.15 – 16.30 How to optimize and utilize gas resources. Sonagas GE model, Juan Antonio NDONG ONDO, General Manager, SONAGAS DOWNLOAD
16.30 - 16.45 The Cameroonian strategy to valorise national gas resources, Jean-Jacques KOUM, Directeur du Gaz, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) DOWNLOAD
16.45 – 17.00 Recent Development of Natural Gas Industry in Egypt, Dr. Hamed KORKOR, Vice Chairman - Expert for Energy Planning & Conservation Affairs, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Egypt DOWNLOAD
17.00 -17.30 Discussion
17.30 -18.00 Overview of the first day
18.00 – 18.30 Overview of the first day

20.00         Gala Dinner (Sponsored by NNPC)

 

Thursday 25th March 2010 (Exhibition opening time 09.00 – 18.00)

08.30 – 09.00 Welcome Coffee

Session 3: Reinforcing Local Capacity in the African Petroleum Industry

Moderator: H.E , Aníbal Octávio Teixeira da Silva, Vice Minister of Petroleum, Angola

09.00 – 09.15 The policies and training capacities in the African hydrocarbon industry, Caetano CAPITÃO, Deputy Director, Centro de Apoio Empresarial- CAE, Angola DOWNLOAD
09.15 – 09.30 Reinforcement of local capacity in the African Petroleum industry, Samuel SAFO TCHOFO, General Manager, SCHLUMBERGER, Equatorial Guinea DOWNLOAD
09.30 – 09.45 Higher training in science and petroleum technology and reinforcement of capacities of the Petroleum Industry in DR Congo, case study Institute of Petroleum and Gas, IPG, Jean Pierre KABINGA, Directeur Général, IPG DOWNLOAD
09.45 – 10.00 Capacity Building in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry, Engineer Ernest C. NWAPA, General Manager, Nigeria Content Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation DOWNLOAD
10.00 – 10.15 Building capacity for transparency and accountability in the oil sector in Africa: role for the African Capacity Building Foundation, Roger B. ATINDÉHOU, Ph.D, Senior Program Officer, East & Southern Africa, The African Capacity Building Foundation DOWNLOAD
10.15– 10.45 Discussion


10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break Sponsored by TOTAL

Session 4: Legislation and regulation of the African hydrocarbon sector

Moderator: H.E. Julien NKOGHE BEKALE, Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Hydrocarbons, Gabon
11.00 – 11.15 Organisation of the procedures of allocating petroleum blocks and the growth of petroleum revenues in African States, Jacques NDJAMBA, Partenaire, CAC Global DOWNLOAD

11.15 – 11.30 Anticipating legal and fiscal problems relating to active transfers in the petroleum industry, François LECOMPTE, Senior Manager, CAC Global DOWNLOAD

11.30 – 11.45 Vulture funds in the African Oil and Gas Industry, Marcello HALLAKE, Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP LLP DOWLOAD
11.45 – 12.00 The problems of trans-frontal deposits case study DR Congo, Pekeyabo NZIBUKIRA, Chef de Division au SGH/Ministère des Hydrocarbures/RDC DOWNLOAD
12.00 - 12.15 An overview of the proposal of the law fixing the management of hydrocarbon concessions, Emery MUKENDI WAFMANA, Founder & Director, Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associates DOWNLOAD

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch Sponsored by GPDPP

Session 5: New opportunities in joint venture Exploration-Production in Africa

Moderator: H.E. Eng. SAMEH FAHMY, Minister of Petroleum, Egypt
13.15- 13.30 The development of hydrocarbons in the Republic of Congo, History, status and perspectives DOWNLOAD
13.30 - 13.45 African National Oil companies operating in multi regions internationally, Ghislain MOUNDOUNGA, IHS DOWNLOAD
13.45 - 14.00 The growth of the petroleum industry in Cameroon and the position of TRADEX SA Stéphane K. SOUMAHORO, Directeur Général  Adjoint, TRADEX SA DOWNLOAD
14.00 - 14.15 Egyptian Petroleum Sector Overview investment Opportunities, Ibrahim Abdel Hamid Haddad, General Manager For Area Evaluation Agreements & Exploration Dept, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation DOWNLOAD
14.15- 14.30 H.E. Julien NKOGHE BEKALE, Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Hydrocarbons, Gabon
14.30- 14.45 Petroleum Potential and investment opportunities in the Petroleum Sector in Benin, Anselme AGBAHOUNDO, Directeur des Hydrocarbures et autres combustibles fossiles, Bénin DOWNLOAD
14.45- 15.00 Svenska Petroleum Exploration: An Africa focused E&P company, Duncan RUSHWORTH, Vice President, Business Development, Svenska Petroleum Exploration DOWNLOAD
15.15 - 15.30 Discussion

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break Sponsored by TOTAL

Session 5: CONTINUATION

Moderator: H.E Celestin MBUYU KABANGO, Minister of Hydrocarbons, DR Congo and President of APPA

16.00 - 16.15 Petroleum Exploration in the Central Basin, Lake Tanganyika and the Reptilian Project, Joseph PILIPILI MAWEZI, Directeur des Projets au SGH/Ministère des Hydrocarbures-RDC DOWNLOAD
16.15 – 16.30 The low petroleum production in the coastal basin of DR Congo, is it connected to geology or the strategy of the operators? VUNUNU DI MAKUALA, Administrateur Directeur Technique/ COHYDRO, République Démocratique du Congo DOWNLOAD
16.30 - 16.45 Nganzi Block Evaluation, Frontier Exploration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Paul R. ASHTON, SOCO International plc DOWNLOAD
16.45 - 17.00 Offshore-Onshore Frontier Exploration Southern (Namibia offshore) and West Africa (Lotshi Block DRC. Jeff GREENBLUM, Chairman of the Board and CEO EnerGulf Resources, Inc. DOWNLOAD
17.00 - 17.15 The structural link between the West Congo Chain and the Central Basin, chronostratigraphy and petroleum potential in the West Congolese group, Emmanuel CIBAMBULA, Departement des Sciences de la Terre/UNIKIN-RDC » DOWNLOAD
17.15 -17.30 Explloratiion et Productiion pétrolliières dans le bassin sédimentaiire côtier de la RD Congo - Monsieur Baudouin EBELI-POPO
Directeur Général de Surestream RDC SARL DOWNLOAD
17.30 - 18.00 Discussion
17.30 – 18.00 Overview of the second day

20.00          Gala Dinner(Sponsored by SONANGOL)

 

Friday 26th March 2010(Exhibition opening time 09.00 – 18.00)

8.30 - 9.00 Welcome Coffee (Sponsored by SOCO)

Friday 26 March 2010 (Opening Hours of the exhibition 9h – 17h)

Session 6: Reinforcement of financial capacities in the African Petroleum industry

Moderator : H. E. Mr. Al Zubair Ahmed Al Hassan, Minister of Energy and Mining, Sudan
09.00 – 09.15 APPA Funds: Development Instrument of the African Hydrocarbon Sector, Babafemi OYEWOLE, Executive Director, APPA funds DOWNLOAD
09.15 – 09.30 The Monetary Value of Expectation in Exploration, Stefano SANTONI, Exploration Manager – Bayfield Energy Ltd, DOWNLOAD
09.30 – 09.45 The Establishment and Operationalization of the African Petroleum Fund, Philippe NIYONGABO, Head of Energy Division, Africa Union DOWNLOAD

09.45 – 10.00 Local financing vs International financing, the point of view of a local petroleum importer, Sandrine VASSELIN, Chief Operating Officer, ORION OIL Limited / ORION Group DOWNLOAD

10.00 – 10.15 Discussion


10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break Sponsored by SOCO

Session 7: Hydrocarbon Pipeline Transport Projects in Africa

Moderator : H. E MAHAMAT NASSER HASSANE, Minister of Petroleum, Chad
10.30 – 10.45 Doba Project, Pipeline, Tchad-Cameroun, MAHAMAT KASSER YOUNOUS, Secrétaire Général, Ministère du Pétrole et de l’Energie, Tchad
10.45 – 11.00 The development projects of SCDP, Mireille ONDO MEZE'E, Chef de Cellule HSEQ, SCDP (Société Camerounaise de Dépôts Pétroliers) DOWNLOAD
11.00 – 11.15 Economy of using pipelines as transportation media rather than other means, Dr. Sirag MAHMOUD, Sudan
11.15 – 11.30 SONARA: optimisation of marginal refineries by the choice of crude petroleum and satisfying the sub-regions demand for petroleum products with regards to actual refinery capacities on the horizon of 2013. DOWNLOAD
11.30 – 11.45 CNIC: Industrial and Maritime Industries of Cameroon, the new challenges in the Gulf of Guinea, Oumarou FARICOU, Chef de Département Réparation/Construction Navale, CNIC DOWNLOAD
11.45 - 12.00 Discussion

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

Session 8: Information Technology and Communication in the Petroleum Industry

Moderator: H.E Gabriel MBAGA OBIANG LIMA, Minister delegated for Mines, Industry and Energy, Equatorial Guinea
12.00 - 12.15 Leveraging Information for Natural Resource Development: The NRIE Scheme, Claudine SIGAM, Project Coordinator, Energy and Mines, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD
12.15 - 12.30 Implementing and managing a national exploration and production data centre, Helen STEPHENSON, Founder & Director, Stephenson and Associates Ltd DOWNLOAD
12.30 - 12.45 Data Migration Technologies, John BORDYNUIK, CEO & President, John Bordynuik Inc (JBI) DOWNLOAD1 DOWNLOAD2
12.45- 13.00 Management of databases in the African Petroleum Industry, Adnane BOUHOUCHE, APPA DOWNLOAD
13.00 – 13.15 Discussion

13.15 - 14.30 Lunch

Session 9: Technological Innovation in Exploration and Production Services

Moderator: S.E.M. AHMED OULD M., Ministre de l’Energie et du Pétrole de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie.
14.30 - 14.45 The use of potential field methods in Oil Gas exploration: from Continental to Prospect scale, Alessandro COLLA, Business Development Manager, Fugro Gravity & Magnetic Services DOWNLOAD
14.45 - 15.00 "The oil & gas services industry in Nigeria; An indigenous service provider’s perspective’’ Weafri as a case study, Sola ALOBA, Pipeline Projects Coordinator, Weafri Well Services Company Limited DOWNLOAD
15.00 – 15.15 Dismantling of petroleum infrastructures in Cameroon, Case study stockage of Serepca 1,Bernard BAHIYA, Directeur de la production, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) DOWNLOAD
15.15 - 15.30 Innovations in Seismic Exploration Technology provide A Clearer Image in Africa, Mark MARTIN, Vice President MegaSurveys, Exploration EAME, Petroleum Geo-Services DOWNLOAD
15.30 - 15.45 The importance of inspections in the petroleum industry, Pierre Bertin YAMB, Chef du Centre de Formations Techniques, HYDRAC DOWNLOAD
15.45 - 16.00 Rep. Congo: The problems of dismantling and refurbishment of abandoned petroleum sites, Jérôme MOUNTOU, Directeur Technique, SNPC Holding DOWNLOAD


16.00 - 16.30 Coffee Break Sponsored by Soco

Session 10: Presentation of conclusions and recommendatons of CAPE IV

Moderator: H.E. Barthélemy KASSA, Ministry of Petroleum and Mining Research, Benin
16.30 - 17.00 Presentation of conclusions and recommendations of CAPE IV H.E. Gabriel DANSOU LOKOSSOU, Executive Secretary, APPA DOWNLOAD
17.00 - 18.00 Closing Ceremony

H.E Celestin MBUYU KABANGO, Minister of Hydrocarbons ( DR Congo)
S.E.M. Augustin KOUADIO KOME, Minister of Mines and Energy, Cote D’Ivoire
H.E Joseph KABILA KABANGE, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo

18.00 - 18.30 Press Conference

20.00    Closing Cocktail