AOG 2026 - Pre-Conference Workshops

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This workshop brings together regulatory leaders, investors, financial institutions, and industry operators to explore how modern regulation fuels a thriving downstream ecosystem. Discover how fair competition and streamlined market access drive capital flow, strengthen stakeholder alignment, and unlock continuous improvement across the value chain.

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This workshop will explore Africa’s evolution in the global energy matrix, with a focus on security of supply. Drawing on current market trends, it will examine rising oil product demand, the growing importance of refining capacity, the vulnerability of import-dependent supply chains, and the need for investment in pipelines, rail, ports, storage, and strategic stockholding.

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The future of P&A will be driven by two fundamental shifts: early value creation and disruptive rigless technologies.

Engaging P&A specialists during feasibility, design, and planning stages enables better project definition, integrated decision-making, and opportunities to optimise scope, reduce risk, and improve campaign efficiency.

At the same time, disruptive technologies are changing how wells are abandoned. The focus is moving away from conventional well intervention methods towards simpler, faster, and lower-carbon solutions. The future of P&A is about leaving more steel in the ground, reducing intervention requirements, dissolving shorter sections of casing, and deploying shorter alternative barrier systems that deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective abandonment outcomes.

Using industry case histories, this presentation will demonstrate how early integration and technology-led innovation are already reshaping the future of P&A delivery.