The Surge, Frontier Energy Network’s Monthly Newsletter
Welcome to the March edition of The Surge – designed to keep you connected with all that’s happening within the Frontier Energy Network.
Africa Energies Summit - Announcing Government Partners
Facilitating the connections that drive Africa’s energy industry forward is the cornerstone of all that we do. We are therefore delighted to announce that the following government ministries, NOCs and regulators are confirmed for the 2024 edition of the Africa Energies Summit in London, this May.
We look forward to welcoming their delegations to the UK capital to meet partners and investors.
📣 CONFIRMED FOR AFRICA ENERGIES SUMMIT 2024:
Angola - Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas
Côte d'Ivoire - Direction Générale des Hydrocarbures (DGH)
Côte d'Ivoire - PETROCI
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ministère des Hydrocarbure
Egypt - Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
Egypt - Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG)
Equatorial Guinea - Ministry of Mines & Hydrocarbons | 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑼𝑴 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑾𝑪𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑶𝑹
Gabon - Direction Générale des Hydrocarbures (DGH)
Ghana - Petroleum Commission, Ghana
Guinea-Conakry - Société Nationale des Pétroles (SONAP)
Liberia - Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA)
Liberia – National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL)
Mozambique - Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP (ENH)
Morocco - ONHYM - National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines
Namibia - Ministry of Mines and Energy - NAMIBIA
Nigeria - Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)
Senegal – Groupe PETROSEN
Somalia - Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources of Somalia
Somalia - Somali Petroleum Authority (SPA)
The Gambia - Petroleum Commission
The Gambia - Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Uganda - Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC)
United Kingdom – Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Zanzibar – Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries
Zanzibar – Zanzibar Petroleum Regulatory Authority (ZPRA )
Zimbabwe – Ministry of Mines (and Energy)
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Africa Energies Summit News
More Lead Sponsors Announced
We keep on announcing them, because the list of Partner for Africa Energies Summit 2024 is truly stellar! The biggest names in the African energy industry continue to support the Africa Energies Summit.
EGRonda Confirms Platinum Showcase for the Equatorial Guinea Licensing Round at Africa Energies Summit
Our list of Summit partners continues to grow with every week that passes and this week, we are pleased to announce EGRonda as Platinum Government Showcase Sponsor for Equatorial Guinea, supported by Perceptum.
Frontier is delighted to announce that EGRonda, the Equatorial Guinea Licensing Round and the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea will deliver a Platinum Showcase at the Africa Energies Summit 2024, to global industry upstream dealmakers and partners who are travelling from around the world to join the Summit in London. Read More
Azule Energy, Angola’s Leading Upstream Player Confirms as Africa Energies Summit Key Sponsor
Frontier is delighted to announce that Azule Energy, the pre-eminent leading upstream player and international integrated energy company located in Angola will join the Africa Energies Summit as a key Sponsor. Driving Angola’s oil & gas sector forward and pioneering cost-efficient oil and gas production in Angola, as well as expanding the country’s renewables sector to support local energy consumption, it is a great pleasure to add Azule Energy to our ever-growing list of world-leading Sponsors. Read More
Eni Announced as VIP/ Members’ Sponsor at Africa Energies Summit
Eni, the integrated energy company and Italian multinational energy company and one of the most highly-respected energy companies in the world has confirmed as the Africa Energies Summit 2024 VIP/ Members’ Sponsor. Read More
Enverus Joins Africa Energies Summit as Contributing Sponsor
Enverus, energy’s most trusted SaaS platform which creates intelligent connections to deliver extraordinary outcomes, has confirmed as a Contributing Sponsor at the upcoming Africa Energies Summit in London.
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Searcher Confirms as Bronze Sponsor at Africa Energies Summit
Frontier is delighted to announce to the upstream community that Searcher, the leading service, tech and data provider to the global energy and resource industry has confirmed as a Bronze Sponsor at the Africa Energies Summit. Searcher designs, manages, and markets multi-client geoscience data to the global energy and resource industries and provides high quality exploration data and leading-edge tech to the global exploration industries. Read More
APA Corporation Joins Africa Energies Summit as Bronze Sponsor
illustrious list of confirmed Sponsors for the Africa Energies Summit as a Bronze Sponsor. The continued support of Sponsors like APA Corporation enables Frontier to further build the platform and community we have created to drive oil & gas investment into Africa from around the world. Read More
Economic Association of Namibia Joins Africa Energies Summit as Strategic Partner
In the run-up to this year's Africa Energies Summit, nobody can be in doubt that Namibia remains high on the continent's energy agenda and so we look forward to hearing from EAN at the Summit. Read More
International Geothermal Association Joins Africa Energies Summit as Strategic Partner
We believe that by working together with relevant member organisations, we are facilitating the development of the energy industry – something we’re 100% committed to at Frontier. Read More
Zanzibar Launches 1st Licensing Round
It has been an honour for Frontier to act as Official Promotion & Marketing Partner to Zanzibar’s 1st Licensing Round.
On 20th March, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries successfully launched Zanzibar’s 1st Licensing Round, which invites bids for 8 blocks totalling 31,883 km². His Excellency, the President of Zanzibar and the Chairman of Revolutionary Council, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, officially opened the Licensing Round with Honourable Shaaban Ali Othman, Minister for Blue Economy and Fisheries and Zanzibar’s notable dignitaries and over 400 delegates in attendance.
Find out more about our full-service marketing and promotion for national regulators and government entities to promote their energy assets including licensing rounds, block promotion and open-door access.
Africa Energies Summit - Agenda Available Soon!
If you’ve requested the Africa Energies Summit agenda, it’ll be in your inbox shortly. This is not to be missed so make sure you purchase your ticket for the Africa Energies Summit today!
Connecting and Collaborating - Exclusive European Members’ Event
Supported by our Corporate Patron, CGG, 150 of our Europe and UK-based members converged upon our exclusive networking reception, held in one of London’s most iconic locations.
We strongly believe in the power of informal networking, in its ability to continue to drive and evolve our global energy industry. You only have to see the evening’s photo gallery to know that the atmosphere in the room was second to none.
Our Regional Leader for Europe, Amalia Olivera-Riley, spoke at the event just a few days after we published her article in which sets out her motivation for becoming Regional Leader and what she hopes to achieve for the energy industry, by working in conjunction with Frontier's European & UK membership.
Our next Regional Members’ Reception takes place in Kuala Lumpur in June - details of this and our full calendar of events can be found here.
The Big Five Awards - Get Your Nominations In Now!
The 28th Big Five Awards are looking for your nominations!
Don’t forget to nominate your peers in the longest-running African-centric energy awards. As in previous years, we’re asking you to nominate who you think should make the finalist stage across five categories. You have until the 12th April to do so before the winners are decided via delegate voting during the Africa Energies Summit.
Pictured: Maggy Shino Petroleum Commissioner of Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy collecting the award for Africa’s Legend in 2023
Welcome to our new Members this month 🙌
Membership of the Frontier continues to grow and this month we are pleased to welcome the following new Members this month...
James Dodson, Director at Future Energy Consultants
Jimmy Boulter, Regional Manager at Enverus
Tom Richards, Senior Regional Manager - EMEA at Enverus
Alessio Checconi, VP Technical Marketing at PXGEO
Serge MATESCO, Founder & CEO at MATESCO & PARTNERS
Christopher Olson, Vice President - Global Exploration Murphy Oil Corporation
Nahed Kahloul, VP Offshore Atlantic East at SLB
Marcela Alonso, New Ventures at SLB
Matthew Masham, Director - National Upstream Gateway And Regulators at SLB
Saheed Kenku, VP Global Account Director - Independents at SLB
Wallace Pescarini, President, Offshore Atlantic Basin at SLB
Andrea Lovatini, Director, Exploration Data and Geosolutions, Digital & Integration at SLB
Miles Dyton, Exploration Data New Ventures Lead, West Africa at SLB
Sugandha Tewari, Exploration Lead Europe And Africa at SLB
Sandra Lane, Digital & Integration Sales Lead EXD for Sub Sahara Africa at SLB
Emmi Sanchez Vargas, Exd Global Sales & Commercial Manager at SLB
Paul Freeman, Global Exploration Advisor at SLB
Patrick Lord, Managing Director - Europe at Horizon Engage
Robert Bose, Chief Executive Officer at Sintana Energy
Adrian Robinson, New Ventures Manager at Chevron
Hans Kuehner, General Manager Exploration at Chevron
Charles Fordham, Business Development and Commercial Manager at Chevron
Luca Rigo de Righi, GM Global New Ventures at Chevron
Debbie Sewell, Multi-Client Sales Manager EAME at Searcher
Neil Hodgson, Vice President - Geoscience at Searcher
Diederick Bax, Business Development Manager Shell Exploration Shell
Nick Feast, Vice President Opportunity Identification and Portfolio at Shell
Michael Harvey, Opportunity Origination Manager at Shell
Dates For Your Diary
Changing Face of Energy Series: Africa Energy Hotspots: What's Hot
📌 25th April 2024, LinkedIn Live – sign up today.
Africa Energies Summit – Africa’s Premier Global Energy Conference
📌 14th – 16th May 2024, London
Changing Face of Energy Series: Global Upstream: What to Watch
📌 20th June 2024, LinkedIn Live – sign up today.
Exclusive Members' Event | Frontier Asia Pacific Members’ Reception
📌 26th June 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RSVP opens soon
Changing Face of Energy Series: World Energy Hotspots: What's Hot
📌 5th September 2024, LinkedIn Live – sign up today.
World Energies Summit – The International Energy Conference
📌 1st – 2nd October 2024, London
Exclusive Members' Event | North America Dinner
📌 13th November 2024, Houston TX
RSVP opens soon
Exclusive Members' Event | Sub-Saharan Africa Reception
📌 4th December 2024, Windhoek, Namibia
RSVP opens soon
Interested in Partnering with our Members' Events? Request Partnership Prospectus today!
We hope you enjoyed the March edition of The Surge. If you’re not already a Member, we hope this has given you an insight into the Frontier Energy Network, and shown you how we connect energy people around the world to make real progress happen.
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The Frontier Team 💡
