13h30 to 14h45

Gas to market

Chair: Andrew Fisher, Senior Associate, The Energy Contract Company

Project stakeholders discuss the challenges of developing an indigenous gas industry that serves both African and international markets.

• Upstream perspectives: barriers to commercialising Africa’s gas deposits
• Industrial developments: monetising gas for industry, domestic distribution and other purposes
• Regulatory changes and pricing issues facing the industry in different countries
• Feedstock gas for fertiliser production and other opportunities
• Prospects for future pipelines and LNG regasification terminals
• Developing an LNG supply industry that can compete in the international market
• Development finance institutions: what is their role in these developments

14h45 Coffee