WLPGA Africa Summit
LP Gas the Fuel for Africa
Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos
Independence Hall
30 -31 March
“Exceptional Energy: LP Gas – The Fuel for Africa”
On March 30th and 31st the WLPGA, along with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company held the first ever WLPGA African Summit in Lagos, under the title “Exceptional Energy: LP Gas the fuel for Africa". The event was attended by 130 delegates, including numerous media representatives from all over Africa and featured a keynote speech by the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Od ein Ajumogobia. The day and a half long event also included a press conference, a networking event and numerous meetings between WLPGA staff and local LP Gas industry stakeholders.
The goal of the Africa summit was to raise awareness of common issues facing the LP Gas industry in both Nigeria and Africa and to demonstrate to all African LP Gas stakeholders the potential of LP Gas in Africa.
The workshop provided an ideal venue for LP Gas industry representatives in Africa to discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities facing the African LP Gas industry across the total LP Gas value chain (supply, storage, distribution, transportation and more).
Nigeria was specifically chosen as a venue because despite being the biggest producer of LP Gas in sub-Saharan Africa, it has one of the lowest yearly per capita consumption rates on the whole continent. This is set to change as new regulatory frameworks are encouraging more of the locally produced LP Gas to be consumed domestically rather than exported to other markets. These changes implicitly recognize that more widespread use of LP Gas in Nigeria will help the country attain its developmental goals while reducing pressing problems such as the negative health impacts of indoor and urban air pollution and deforestation. Participants from government, businesses and others learned and exchanged ideas on the social, economic and environmental benefits of LP Gas use in Nigeria and in Africa as a whole.
This type of targeted workshop focused on exploring issues facing the LP Gas industry in specific regions or markets is a model that WLPGA hopes to repeat soon again in other parts of the world in the future. Most presentations are available below.
Please click here for article by Dayo Adeshina, Director, Strategic Energy Limited
WLPGA Africa Summit Media Partners
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Workshop Programme
Welcome, Opening Remarks and Keynote
Keynote
· The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum, Odein Ajumogobia, Nigeria
Speakers
· Chris Ogiemwunyi, Group Executive Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria
· Dan Kunle, former Senior Technical Assistant, Minister for Energy and Gas, Nigeria
· James Rockall, Managing Director, WLPGA
Market opportunities in Africa
Where are the big market opportunities in Africa and how will these areas be influenced by government regulation, enforcement, pricing policies and infrastructure development?
· Dayo Adeshina, Strategic Energy, Nigeria
· Felix Ekundayo, Linetrale Gas, Nigeria
· Bessem Enonchong, Kosan Crisplant, Cameroon
· Michael Kelly, WLPGA, Paris
Moderator
· Simon Smith, Argus Media, London
Good industry practices in Africa
This session will look at good industry and safety practices as well as government policies and regulation enforcement in Nigeria and other African markets, what changes are afoot and how this will benefit the industry in the long term.
· Morten Balle, Ragasco, Spain
· Kevin Robertson, LPG Safety Association of South Africa, South Africa
· Marc Williams, EFG Plant & Engineering Services, South Africa
Moderator
· David Tyler, WLPGA, Paris
Round table: Way forward and closing
· Adebayo Ibirogba, General Manager, Business Development, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria· Dan Kunle, former Senior Technical Assistant, Minister for Energy and Gas, Nigeria
· James Rockall, Managing Director, WLPGA, Paris
Moderator
· Simon Smith, Argus Media, London
