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Interview with Country Manager for ExxonMobil Mozambique

March 27, 2019 | Interview with Regional Executives

Jos Evens, Country Manager for ExxonMobil Mozambique, talks about the company’s landmark projects in the country, the importance of a timely FID and how ExxonMobil’s LNG expertise is poised to overcome challenges associated with Rovuma LNG. ExxonMobil Mozambique is active in three offshore blocks as well as the Area 4 projects. TOGY: What have been the key milestones of ExxonMobil in the country? Jos Evens: ExxonMobil always recognised the value of Mozambique. We were here in the 1980s exploring for oil and gas. We were …

Interview with CEO of Nigeria’s NNPC Refineries Division

March 16, 2018 | Interview with Regional Executives

Nigeria plans a major overhaul of its existing refining capacity as the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation finally moves to transform its beleaguered refining industry. Anibor Kragha, CEO of NNPC’s Refineries Division told S&P Global Platts in an interview that he expects to sign a deal with two consortiums next month, that will help increase refinery runs in the country and reduce its hefty fuel import bill. The objective of this program is to increase its domestic refinery utilization rates to 90% from current levels …

Interview with Chief Executive Officer of the South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA)

March 16, 2018 | Interview with Regional Executives

An interview with  Niall Kramer, Chief Executive Officer of the South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA),  about the key trends for the oil and gas economy in Southern Africa for 2018. SAOGA is dedicated to promoting the upstream and midstream sectors of the oil and gas value chain, primarily in South Africa and regionally in Southern Africa. The organization operates as a partnership between public and private sectors, receiving public funding to carry out a range of industry development activities and working to promote …

Interview with Principal, Head of Oil & Gas Corporate Finance Advisory for Sub Saharan Africa of Deloitte

February 09, 2018 | Interview with Regional Executives

An interview with Claude Illy, Principal, Head of Oil & Gas Corporate Finance Advisory for Sub Saharan Africa of Deloitte, about the trends in mergers and acquisitions following the oil price crash and the impact on independents and majors.   How has the downturn in the oil and gas prices impacted financing for independent oil and gas companies in Africa? Claude Illy : It certainly has had a big impact on the oil and gas industry, particularly on independent and indigenous upstream and oilfield services companies. Some …

Interview with Managing Director and Country Chair of Shell Nigeria

May 15, 2016 | Interview with Regional Executives

Amid renewed attacks on infrastructure in the Niger Delta, the Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, speaks with ‘FEMI ASU about the Nigerian oil and gas industry and the company’s operations and plans in Nigeria As the oldest and largest oil producer in Nigeria, how do you currently see the country’s oil and gas industry and the business climate? Osagie Okunbor:  You are right; we have been around for some time. …

Interview with Senior Vice President, Africa Total E&P

August 19, 2015 | Interview with Regional Executives

Guy, thank you for joining us today. To kick things off, could you tell us a bit more about your background and the transition into your new wider African role at Total E&P.  Guy Maurice: I joined the Group in 1983 as a Reservoir Engineer, initially in Paris, then in China and later in Indonesia. In 1993, I was assigned to Total Austral, Buenos Aires, where I headed the Planning Department for three years before returning to Total E&P, Paris as Head of Pre-Project. From …

Interview with Minister of Mines, Industry & Energy, Equatorial Guinea

August 11, 2015 | Interview with Regional Executives

Mr Gabriel Obiang Lima graduated with a degree in Economics from Alma College, Dallas, Texas. Between 1999 and 2003 he was Secretary of State for Mines and Hydrocarbons and has been Vice Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy since 2003. He is the President of the Committee for the Monitoring of Petroleum Operations and a member of the boards of SONAGAS (Compañía Nacional de Gas de Guinea Ecuatorial), GEPetrol (Guinea Ecuatorial de Petróleo) and SEGESA (National Electricity Company). One of the great economic success stories …

Interview with CEO of Global Pacific & Partners

February 25, 2015 | Interview with Regional Executives

With over 45 years’ experience in economics worldwide, but particularly in Africa, Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman and CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, the worldwide oil and gas research, advisory, strategy briefing, events  and oil media firm, has a lot to say about Africa’s oil economy yesterday, today and tomorrow. Through a series of economic and business models and programs spanning the worldwide oil and gas industry, with country-specific understanding and what appears to be an unrivalled bank of insider knowledge, Global Pacific & Partners …