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Angola’s ANPG launches

permanent offer programme
to increase oil and gas

exploration

Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuel’s
Agency (ANPG) Administrator César Paxe offi-
cially announced the Agency’s efforts to increase
oil and gas exploration at AOG 2021.
A new permanent offer programme will allow
ANPG to negotiate the exploration of available company’s position as a global energy leader, and a bargaining chip by some politicians and influ-
petroleum-based resources throughout the year Angola’s position as a top hydrocarbon market. ential people to realise agendas and interests
without the need for a tender announcement. Energy Capital & Power, September 13 2021 that are not geared towards the national good.
The announcement was made at Angola Holding the invisible hands behind these events
Oil & Gas 2021, organized by Energy Capital & accountable is no less important than holding
Power, that brought together Angola’s oil and gas EXPORTS the instigators and perpetrators of these acts
leaders face to face with international investors accountable.
for discussions aimed at accelerating investment Libya’s NOC announces “We call upon law enforcement authorities
in Angola´s energy industry in the wake of the to take the necessary measures to investigate
COVID-19 pandemic. resumption of exports from the facts and to do everything required to bring
Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuel’s them to justice. We affirm that the areas adjacent
Agency (ANPG) launched a permanent offer Es Sider and Ras Lanuf after to the NOC Oil operations need special care and
programme that will allow the national conces- attention from the state, and that the NOC has
sionaire to negotiate multiple petroleum-based 24-hour shutdown historically played its role in the sphere of cor-
resources available in Angola throughout porate social responsibility in light of the budgets
the year without the need of a bid round National Oil Corp. (NOC) announces the made available to it. Creating jobs and pursuing
announcement. resumption of crude export operations this economic prosperity are among the priorities
The Angolan government approved the pro- morning, Friday, September 10, 2021, in both that must be focused on to achieve stability
posal in late August, and the new permanent Es Sider and Ras Lanuf ports, after a shutdown throughout the country.”
negotiations programme will allow the conces- which lasted a day. NOC, September 10 2021
sionaire to proactively promote and negotiate It was perpetrated by groups of demonstra-
oil and gas concessions independently from the tors without any legal basis who issued mislead-
rules and regulations of the Concession Alloca- ing media statements and deceived and exploited DOWNSTREAM
tion Strategy, which was approved by presiden- a group of young people.
tial decree 52/19 of February 18. It will enable Despite the delay in shipping resulting from DPR reopens 8 tank farms
the concessionaire to have robust competitive this temporary shutdown, production from all
strategies to attract international investment in fields was not reduced. The patriotic role played sealed by LASPPA
Angola´s energy sector. by the Army General Command in restoring
“Investors are able to contact ANPG to sub- security in both ports must be recognised by all The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)
mit investment proposal on available petrole- Libyans. has reopened eight petroleum tank farms shut-
um-based resources for exploration in Angola, For his part, the Chairman of NOC, Mustafa down by the Lagos State Physical Planning
in a fully transparent and compliant process,” Sanalla, stated: “Since the February 2011 revo- Permit Authority ( LASPPPA) in Ijegun-Egba,
said César Paxe, ANPG administrator. lution, the NOC has been the faithful guardian Satellite Town, Lagos. Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal
The permanent offer programme will allow of the Libyan oil wealth and a solid rock upon Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos Zone, who
for continued negotiations between operators which the waves of the ambitious and the corrupt directed the reopening of the depots said the
and the concessionaire on fields where the con- individuals crashed. It is clear that, for some, loy- agency lacked the constitutional power to shut
cession period will expire or on concessions that alty and devotion to the homeland are just words them down because the industry was clearly
were not included in the concession’s strategy. they repeat, but it hurts and angers me this time under the Exclusive List.
Under the new programme, concessions will to see a Libyan official planning and another par- Cardoso also noted that sealing of the tank
remain permanently available for negotiations ticipating in shutting down the ports for narrow farms could led to disruption in supply of petro-
with potential investors. purposes and agendas that do not serve the Lib- leum products which would eventually lead to
At AOG2021, which took place on Septem- yan national interest.” scarcity across the country. He said the depots
ber 9-10, 2021, ANPG actively promoted Angola The NOC Chairman added: “We cannot reopened by DPR were: Wosbab Energy Solu-
as the best market to invest in the energy indus- accept or turn a blind eye to practices that under- tions, Emadeb Energy Services, Mao Petro-
try in a post-COVID 19 era. The concessionaire mine the foundations of public service and ignite leum, Menj Oil, Oceanpride Energy Services,
representatives played a key role in a variety of discord within it, and we will never be satisfied A.A. Rano Nigeria, AIPEC Oil and Gas and First
high-level panel discussions, promoting both the with the politicization of the NOC and its use as Royal Oil.

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