All is now set. This year’s Upstream & Downstream Oil and Gas Expo 2016 comes with the

theme “Oil and gas solution and the Nigerian Content Advancement”. The

event to be co-located this year with the Power, Steel and Housing

Exhibition and Conference, will run from 27-28 September 2016 at the NICON

Luxury Abuja.

The oil and gas industry players are particularly pleased with the fact

that for the past four years the event has been successfully organized by

a wholly indigenous company, West Africa Exhibition and Conferences

(WAECON).

In one of the organizer’s visit to the DPR, the agency noted that this

laudable initiative and effort by the indigenous firm was worthy of

commendation and that informed the endorsement of the event in line with

the Nigerian Local Content Act of 2010. The regulatory Agency further

stated that it expects oil and gas operators in the upstream and

downstream sectors to fully participate in the upcoming conference so as

to sustain the growth of the industry while urging the organizers to build

on the success that has been achieved so far, adding that it is only by so

doing that more international investors can be attracted to the Nigerian

oil and gas industry.

The Director of Event, WAECON, Dr Kune Igoni while responding said the

company was highly elevated by the endorsement coming from DPR. “This once

again reaffirms our strong conviction that indigenous firms are able to

organize major events in the industry successfully like their foreign

counterparts” he said.

The Director of  Event, also disclosed that, after the successful hosting

of four (4) editions of this event, the U & D Expo and Conference has

continued to receive commendations from oil and gas companies, high

government personnel and diplomatic missions, and is now endorsed by the

Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Organization 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 and other major industry Players and

Stakeholders, with keen interest shown by world business and political

leaders to participate as Special Resource Persons.

The Upstream and Downstream oil and gas exhibition and conference is the

largest indigenous international oil and gas show in Nigeria targeted at

all key players in oil and gas sector around the world to synergise on

policies, technologies and innovations with the institutions to move the

sector to the next level. The event’s exhibition segment will showcase

equipment, tools technologies as well as services cutting across

geophysical, drilling technologies, seismic data acquisition and offshore

and onshore exploration, among others, while the conference segment will

discuss a wide range of industry activities, with resource presentation by

renowned industry players. Plenary sessions focussing on policy and

technology updates, panel discussions and case studies led by industry

leaders, will also give delegates the opportunity to hear from some of the

most influential people in the industry.

Dr. Kune Igoni called on prospective participants including exhibitors and

delegates to avail themselves of the veritable platform that the event

presents and represents for the growth of their businesses in the

industry.