DETERMINED to make the 2017 edition of its flagship annual event the best in recent times, organisers of the 7th Upstream/Downstream Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference has announced the appointment of Maremi Olofinjana and Dennis Onwuegbu as consultants managing its Lagos operations.

Scheduled to hold between August 30 and 31, at the NICON Luxury, Abuja, the management of West Africa Exhibitions and Conferences, WAECON, which hosts the annual event said the duo of Olofinjana and Onwuegbu are bringing on board their many years of event management and business development skills to bare on the activities of WAECON.

According to Kune Nimi Igoni, director of Event and chief executive officer of WAECON, Lagos represented a critical market which requires exceptional expertise to manage and the company has cautiously chosen these persons to make event sponsors and participants get the best attention there can be.

Olofinjana was before now a key staff in the Business Development Unit of TELL Magazine and was in charge of that magazine’s international conferences and empowerment programmes.

On the other hand, Dennis Onwuegbu was manager, Business Development and Editorial Services of IT& Telecom Digest magazine and was at different times editor of Hallmark Newspaper, National Standard Magazine and Deputy Editor of defunct National Interest, among others.

Igoni emphasised the choice of NICON Luxury, Abuja, as venue of this years edition, stating that: “We are determined to afford participants and exhibitors a wide space to play and NICON Luxury Abuja provides us multiplicity of conference halls for the various segments, as well as a large Exhibition park”.

Upstream and Downstream Expo 2017 has as its theme: “Nigerian Content with Technological Advancement” and it is expected to bring together technical experts, industry leaders, thinkers, investors and Governments and policy makers to discuss global industry trends, issues and new technologies.

Igoni is optimistic that the event presents an opportunity for Nigeria and the sub-region to showcase its strength and opportunities in achieving growth in spite of down turn in revenue from crude sales.

Indeed, Upstream and Down Exhibition and Conference continues to be the largest indigenous and most-established oil and gas event in West Africa, and this year will witness the return of the celebrated Industry Excellence Awards planned for the evening of the first day and it will recognise the contributions of industry players in 10 categories.

Some of the topics lined up for discussion during the two-day event include, Modular Refineries Technologies, Drilling Rigs Enhancement, LNG Market development, Pipeline Engineering, Gas to Power, Oil Recovery Intervention Modules and Oil and Gas Financing and Insurance.

The director of Event thanked industry players for their past support which has led to the successful hosting  of the event, adding that the event has continued to receive commendations from oil and gas companies, high government personnel and diplomatic missions, enjoying endorsements from the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, South Korean Consulate, Nigeria, Royal Dutch Embassy, Nigeria; Nigeria Chambers of Commerce and Industry and other major industry Players and Stakeholders.

The Upstream and Downstream Exhibition and Conference focuses on key players in oil and gas sector around the world and provides opportunity for synergy on policies, technologies and innovations. And with the keen interest already shown by world business and political leaders to participate as Special Resource Persons, this year’s event promises to be a success.

The organisers therefore called on prospective participants including exhibitors and delegates to avail themselves of the veritable platform that the event presents and participate for the growth of their business in the industry.

—  Mar 23, 2017 @ 16:20 GMT

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