Winston Sponsors 2017 West Africa Energy Assembly

Winston & Strawn sponsored the Oil & Gas Council’s 2017 West Africa Energy Assembly held on January 17-18, 2017, in Lagos, Nigeria. Executives from the exploration and production, energy, finance, investment, and infrastructure sectors addressed opportunities in and around the region.

The 2017 conference covered the key topics relevant to the full energy value chain including:

• Strategies for success: How to come out on top in a low oil price environment
• The role of government and NOCs in renegotiating fiscal regulation and incentivizing investment
• How to attract local and international finance and investment
• Mitigating the impact of security threats and conflict
• Making the case for nearfield exploration: Examining successful exploration through 2016
• OFS and oil and gas collaboration: How cost cutting is being balanced with healthy client relationships
• Overcoming the biggest challenges in the gas-to-power market: A lack of affordable domestic gas, poor infrastructure and customer payments
• Working with alternative energies, including solar, to stabilize and secure the future of the oil and gas industry