Africa Chapter Event "The United States Transition from Net Energy Importer to Net Energy Exporter: What This Means for Africa’s Producing Countries"

3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra | Independence Ave, Accra, Ghana

Moderator, Adaku Ufere, Senior Associate, Centurion Law Group
Kwabena Baa, Adviser to the Minister of Energy
Afetsi Awoonor, Petroleum Trader, Adelanto Oil
Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst for Institute for Energy Security (IES)
Senyo Horsi, CEO, Chamber of Bulk Distribution Companies in Ghana

Join the Africa Chapter for a presentation on "The United States Transition from Net Energy Importer to Net Energy Exporter: What This Means for Africa’s Producing Countries." The United State Energy Information Administration (EIA) has projected that the United States will become a net energy exporter in 2022 in the newly released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 and there are indications that the United States may halt crude oil import from Nigeria by 2022, as it moves closer to becoming a net exporter of petroleum products. 

As US companies divest their assets all over Africa, it seems to be producing African countries need to prepare for a future in which they may not be able to depend on the West anymore for crude exports. The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu said recently that Nigeria would explore the possibility of selling crude oil to African markets. With the challenge being that most African countries are now also producing countries, Nigeria will have competition from other producing nations trying to capture the available free market.

Will this create a new intra-Africa trading market? Will this hasten the production of infrastructure to support this new venture? And how will the new Dangote Refinery set to begin production in 2020, be able to take advantage of this?

Online Registration has been closed. On-site Registration will be on a space available basis. Registration is complimentary for all members and non-members.

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