The Energy Republic February Edition 2022

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SAIPEC Creates Huge Opportunities for Regional
Collaboration, Partnerships – PETAN Chairman
The Chairman of the Petroleum
Technology Association of Nigeria
(PETAN), Mr. Nicolas Odinuwe, has said
that the Sub-Saharan Africa International
Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC)
creates huge opportunities for regional
collaboration and partnerships.
This is because Sub-Sahara Africa is said to be
the last energy frontier and global hub.
Odinuwe, therefore, pointed out that the key
enabler is to create a collaborative ecosystem
between the local industry stakeholders within
the Sub-region alongside the Africa continental
free trade Area (AfCFTA).
The PETAN Chairman in his opening address
welcomed delegates from across over 25
countries of Sub-Saharan Africa who
converged for the 6th edition of SAIPEC holding
at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria.
The 3-day flagship international energy
conference, Odinuwe said is being hosted by
PETAN, an association of leading Nigerian
Indigenous Technical Oilfield service
companies in the upstream, midstream, and
downstream sectors of the Nigerian Oil and gas
industry, with the active support from the
Nigerian Content Development and
Monitoring Board (NCDMB), headed by Engr.
Simbi Kesiye Wabote, it’s Executive Secretary.
Odinuwe said PETAN is the largest and leading
advocacy group representing Nigerian Oil and
Gas service companies with membership
cutting across the entire value chain of the oil
sector which have been delivering quality
services to the industry for over 30 years.
The PETAN Chairman thanked the delegates
made up of continental prominent speakers,
Mr. Nicolas Odinuwe, Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN)
exhibitors, national regulators, International
Oil Companies (IOCs), Nigerian Oil Companies
(NOCs), sponsors, representatives of Nigeria’s
Petroleum Ministry and its relevant agencies,
the media, and other guests from all over Africa
who have come to share their knowledge in the
quest of development.
The PETAN Chairman equally expressed his
association’s delight at the participation of the
delegates in the event.
Highlighting the gains of this year’s SAIPEC
conference, however, Odinuwe stated that the
gains underscore PETAN’s emphasis on the
future of the oil/gas/energy industry through
collaboration, entrepreneurship, and
innovation.
He also pointed out that through topical
discussions, debates, and interactions,
stakeholders and key players at the conference
will have ample opportunities to share ideas
and critical insights into the region’s
hydrocarbon and transition-energies
businesses.
Odinuwe declared that PETAN will continue to
appeal to all Governments, representatives,
policymakers, legislators, captains of industries,
and all industry stakeholders to incorporate the
outcome of the SAIPEC conference into their
plans, programs, and policies for a better
operating environment that will have the
desired positive effect on the respective
economies of African nations.
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