NOG Energy Week To Drive Africa’s Push For Competitive Economies

Organisers of NOG Energy Week 2026 have said this year’s edition will drive Africa’s push for competitive economies with a renewed focus on translating energy dialogue into bankable projects.

They said the 25th edition, scheduled for July 5–9, 2026, in Abuja, will convene ministers, chief executives and financiers to fast-track regional partnerships, upstream investment and export infrastructure development.

Under the theme, “Advancing Energy Ambitions for Competitive & Resilient Economies,” the 2026 edition aims to reposition the event as a strategic enabler that moves conversations from policy frameworks to implementable transactions across Africa’s energy markets.

In a statement, the organisers described the event as a turning point in Africa’s energy agenda, coming at a time of renewed policy momentum and project development across the continent.

They noted that Nigeria’s evolving gas strategy, including NNPC Ltd’s Gas Master Plan 2026, signals a shift from high-level strategy to execution, with targets to lift output and mobilise investment across gas-to-power, liquefied petroleum gas and industrial feedstock value chains.

According to the organisers, these production and capital mobilisation targets are already reshaping commercial discussions and opening clearer pathways for offtake agreements and project financing.

They also highlighted growing diplomatic and feasibility momentum around the trans-West Africa Atlantic corridor, known as the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, as governments and multilateral partners advance intergovernmental agreements and route studies.

NOG Energy Week 2026, they said, will prioritise sessions that interrogate how national and regional commitments can be converted into de-risked financing structures and deliverable implementation roadmaps.

The event’s strategic conference will be guided by an executive committee comprising senior operators, corporate executives and technical leaders from across Africa’s energy value chain.

Members include group chief executive officer of NNPC Ltd, Bayo Bashir Ojulari; chief executive officer of the Uganda National Oil Company, Proscovia Nabbanja; chairman and managing director of Chevron Nigeria Mid-Africa Business Unit,

Jim Swartz, managing director of Oando Energy Resources, Dr Ainojie ‘Alex’ Irune, managing director and chief executive officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, and Tony Attah.

Senior executives from global and regional organisations such as bp, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, COS-PETROGAZ, Schneider Electric, Tenaris, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH and Siemens Energy are also part of the committee, alongside experts from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Africa Finance Corporation.

The organisers said the composition of the executive committee reflects a deliberate balance of government, operator and technical expertise to ensure the conference remains both policy-relevant and transaction-oriented.