The Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vale Media Group (VMG), the African Oil & Energy B2B events company, to partner together to co-host the 6th Annual Upstream West Africa Summit 2020, which will take place between the 16th – 18th June 2020 in the capital city of Banjul, The Gambia, marking the inaugural International Upstream Oil & Gas event for the West African country.
The MoU covers a comprehensive programme for both parties to engage in, from pre-event planning, PR & marketing, establishing a USWA content committee to allow engagement with key stakeholders from the International Upstream Oil & Gas community, through to onsite event execution and post event follow up, to ensure the 6th Annual Upstream West Africa summit is delivered to the highest standards.
(From L-R) Matthew Hewitson, Co-Founder & President (VMG), Lamin Manneh, Reservoir and Geoscience Engineering Manager (GNPC), Yaya Barrow, Managing Director (GNPC), Daniel Maggs, Co-Founder & CEO (VMG), El Hadj Mamedine Sougoufara, Africa Business Development Director (VMG)
Yaya Barrow, Managing Director, Gambia National Petroleum Company commented “GNPC Gambia is upbeat about this event. For the first time in the institution’s history and in general in the annals of The Gambia, a major international conference in oil and gas is being hosted by the country. The event will undoubtedly put both GNPC and The Gambia in positive light internationally, but above all will present huge opportunities in wooing investors in oil and gas related ventures and expand
GNPC’s network in the global oil market. GNPC and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is putting together an organizing committee to ensure the event progresses seamless”
Daniel Maggs, Co-Founder & CEO of VMG, added “This MOU is a significant milestone for VMG, as we have the opportunity to bring our flagship Upstream West Africa Summit for the first time ever into The Gambia. We have the honor of hosting the country’s first ever International Upstream Oil & Gas event, which will provide a fantastic platform for us to showcase The Gambia’s Upstream activity and ambitions to the global Upstream sector, we are delighted to be working alongside the GNPC The Gambia on this world class event”
Matthew Hewitson, Co-Founder & President of VMG concluded “With the MSGBC basin opening up, it is an exciting time for the whole West African region. Executives from Mauritania, down to, and including Nigeria, the Upstream West Africa Summit is the premier Oil & Gas event that brings all of the National & International Oil Companies together from the entire West African region for 3 days of high-level 1-2-1 B2B meetings, panel discussions, presentations & networking. Our award-winning format provides a platform for real, tangible business discussions to take place, in a 5* environment to ensure that West Africa’s people are the real winners of the regions’ Oil & Gas discoveries.
Early Registration is now open for USWA20, for additional information & sponsorship opportunities please contact [email protected] / +44 (0) 1446 678080
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