Conference Programme

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Chief Philip Asiodu (CON), former Secretary of Petroleum Federal Republic of Nigeria, and was one of Nigeria’s ‘Super-Permanent Secretaries’.
 

OTL 2008 Day One

NIGERIA DOWNSTREAM OVERVIEW: POLICY, OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES:: Engr. Abubakar Yar'Adua, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. Engr. Yar'Adua has been a downstream person for a better part of his career, and understands the issues well. NNPC's downstream components include four refineries, an extensive pipeline network and the supply of petroleum products to bulk customers.

IMPORTATION, REFINING AND THE FUTURE OF NIGERIAN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLY Mr. Dimeji Edwards, Managing Director/CEO, Oando Supply and Trading Ltd. Mr Dimeji Edwards joined Ocean and Oil services in November 2000 as the head of the Distillates Trading Strategic business unit of the company. In 2004, he was appointed Head Trader of Oando Supply and Trading, a position he occupied until this appointment as Managing Director/CEO.

THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLY-CHAIN: OVERVIEW OF PROFITABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY IMPERATIVES. Ian Brown, Mansfield Commercial Services (Vitol) Ian Brown has spent (25 years) or the majority of his working life in the oil industry. The first 20 years, in quantity and quality control working for 2 major Oil inspection companies, and for the last 5 years, involved in providing logistics to Major International trading companies. His experience has covered the quantity and quality control, shipping, trade finance, storage and the commercial aspects of the petroleum products supply chain. This has taken him from the UK, via the Middle East to Africa.

FUNDAMENTALS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TRADING: KEY DRIVERS, PROCEDURES AND OUTLOOK Nicolas Giovanna, Glencore International AG Nicolas Giovanna leads Glencore's trading and market development efforts in West Africa, looking after Nigerian private markets for petroleum products. Amongst other things, Glencore International trades in oil and oil products, and is a leading supplier to Nigeria.

OTL 2008 Day Two

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICING AND PROFITABILITY: THE FUTURE OF SUBSIDIES, THE CHALLENGE OF COMPETITION Dr. Oluwole Oluleye, Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA The PPPRA is the Agency responsible for determining the pricing policy of petroleum products and regulating their supply and distribution in Nigeria. It warehouses the Petroleum Support Fund and is responsible for its disbursement and effective implementation.

STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR FINANCING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TRADE IN EMERGING MARKETS Abraham Carons, Merrill Lynch Global Markets Abraham Carons is a Financial Advisor within the Global Wealth Management Practice of Merrill Lynch. He provides a wealth of knowledge on matters relating to corporate finance, capital structuring and financing, private equity, venture capital, equity and debt markets and M&A's. Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies with offices in 40 countries and total client assets of approximately $1.6 trillion.

UNBUNDLING THE LOGISTICS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLY: THE MARINE TRANSPORTATION LEG Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, Chairman, Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd.

LEGAL ISSUES IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TRADING AND SUPPLY CHAIN Tunde Fagbohunlu, Partner, Aluko & Oyebode Tunde Fagbohunlu has specialist expertise in petroleum products, transactions and wet shipping. He is an active international arbitrator and has closed several white products deals. Aluko & Oyebode is a leading law firm in Nigeria.

END OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN: COMPETITION MAXIMIZATION STRATEGIES IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RETAIL Mr. Tunji Adeniji, President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN IPMAN is the umbrella organization for all registered independent petroleum products marketing companies in Nigeria. IPMAN is said to control about 62% of the retail outlets in Nigeria. Its member companies also claim to have over 70% of the market share in the downstream sector.

QHSE STANDARDS IN REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TRADING IN NIGERIA Director, Department of Petroleum Resources The Department of Petroleum Resources is the government regulatory agency that works hand in hand with the ministry of Energy, NNPC, and NLNG in order to carry out the following; supervision, safety and environmental regulation, standardization, advisory and processing of all petroleum industry operations.

INLAND PRIVATE REFINERIES AND THE FUTURE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLY IN NIGERIA. Engr. Emmanuel Nwawka, Managing Director/C.E.O. Orient Petroleum Resources Plc. Engr. Emmanuel Nwawka has been the Managing Director of Orient Petroleum Resources Plc since 2003. Orient Petroleum Refinery is an inland refinery targeted at servicing the hinterland of Nigeria with petrol, diesel, kerosene, road grade asphalt and cooking gas.

WORKSHOP AND COMMUNIQUÉ SESSION AWARDS COCKTAIL

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