The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, will canvas for investment into the oil and gas sector at the 2021 Annual Sub-Sahara Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, USA.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who had said a road map document that would drive investment in the sector would be unveiled in the next six months is expected to speak to investors at the conference.
A document made available to journalists showed that Sylva would among other issues intimate investors on the need to leverage the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) alongside his Technical Adviser, Gas Business & Policy Implementation, Justice Derefaka, who would focus on “Nigeria’s Pathway to Gas Economy through Nigerian Gas Flaring Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP).
With growing tension in the oil and gas sector to address climate change and decarbonize, oil and gas experts across Africa are set to converge on the 2021 Sub-Saharan Africa Oil/Gas (SSOAG) Conference.