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This message aptly described the roadmap already chosen by Uganda, Liberia and Morocco to navigate their ways to success in the oil and gas industry.
In an exclusive interview with CRUDE REPORTS MAGAZINE at the concluded 9th edition of the Sub-Saharan Africa International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC 25) held at Eko Convention Center in Lagos, top executives from the national oil companies of Uganda, Liberia and Morocco spoke on efforts being made by their countries and the support from Nigeria towards making them become notable oil producers and exporters in Africa and the world.
UGANDA
CRUDE REPORTS MAGAZINE Question: What is happening in Uganda as regards the oil and gas industry compared to what you have seen at SAIPEC here in Lagos, Nigeria.
ANSWER: Jessica Cheineff, Content Specialist, Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).
“In Uganda, we are still new to the oil and gas sector. We are expecting our first oil at the end of this year, which means Nigeria is far, far ahead in everything to do with the oil and gas sector.
We have laws, we have regulations, but the capacity that Nigeria has is not comparable to what we have in Uganda. We are ready for collaboration. That is why we have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). With Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) and we have NCDMB supporting us all the way from benchmarking and all those things and I think Nigeria is doing a fantastic job to support Uganda to become great in the oil and gas industry.”
CRUDE REPORTS MAGAZIBE Question: What are your expectations from SAIPEC 25 for Uganda.
ANSWER: Jessica Cheineff:
“Our expectations definitely are that at the end of SAIPEC 2025, all Nigerian oil and gas companies will come to. Uganda to come and Invest in Uganda but also from the support we are getting, we are expecting Ugandans to come and train in Nigeria for updating of knowledge and skills on matters relating to the oil and gas sector.”
LIBERIA
CRUDE REPORTS MAGAZINE Question: What are the full potentials that Liberia is showcasing at SAIPEC 25.
ANSWER: Rixck W. Barsi-Ģiah: Vice President, Technical Services, National Oil Company of Liberia.
“The main potential is that we are now fully involved in oil and gas. We are having different sets of companies coming in BP, Total Energies, and Exxon Mobil, to mention a few. We are here to showcase Liberia to Africa and the rest of the world and collaborate with our African neighbours and other countries around the world, SAIPEC and other important institutions to make sure that they know that Liberia is ready and is investment ready.”
CRUDE REPORTS MAGAZINE Question: What is your expectation at the end of SAIPEC 2025.
ANSWER: Rixck W. Barsi-Ģiah.
“Our expectation is to have a very good collaboration, and internationally, we will build a very good relationship.”
MOROCCO
CRUDE REPORTS MAGAZINE Question: What is the potential for oil and gas industry in Morocco.
ANSWER: Salwa Didi.
“Morocco has very large sedimentary basins which gives very big opportunities. We also have good prospects onshore and offshore. We have a very important portfolio.Some prospects were drilled offshore and onshore. We made some discoveries. We found that the reserves are small. We are still exploring but we don’t have enough wells so far in both onshore and offshore. So we have some discoveries, may be gas. In Onshore Morocco we are producing gas from the two main basins.
In offshore, we made a discovery of gas in the northern part of the offshore Atlantic. We are still promoting our sedimentary basins, and we believe we still have promising potential there.”
